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Vest's resume, others confirm, contains a fairly impressive list of accomplishments. When Vest takes over the helm at MIT, he ends a two year stint as provost of the University of Michigan. Prior to that he was Michigan's dean of engineering from...
...Vest, who takes over after MIT biologist Philip Sharp declined the post this spring, is no novice at such monumental tasks. At Michigan, he was part of a team which over-hauled the school's engineering curriculum...
Vest is also expected to uphold MIT's role in the revitalization of America's lagging manufacturing sector. "We felt that anybody who had spent most of his adult life in the state of Michigan would understand that issue," Solow says...
...despite the many administrative tangles Vest will face, MIT faculty say they are confident he will make undergraduate education a priority. At Michigan, Vest was known for his rapport with students, and is said to have eaten in undergraduate dining halls on a fairly regular basis...
Kevorkian's fate rests with Michigan prosecutors, who must review state laws about assisted suicide. Seven years ago, the state's high court threw out a case against a man who gave a loaded gun to a friend who later shot himself. While suicide is not unlawful in many states, aiding and abetting suicide is. As yet no charges have been filed, but a Michigan judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Kevorkian from assisting other suicides. The doctor admits to only one regret. Had the medical examiners come more quickly, Adkins' organs might have been harvested for transplant...