Biographical Statements: Speakers
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Professor Phillip L. CLAY
Chancellor Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professor Phillip L. Clay
Chancellor
MIT
Bldg. 10-200
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Tel: +1 617 2536164
Fax: +1 617 2586261
E-mail: plclay@mit.edu,
alexnow@mit.edu
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Phillip L. Clay is the Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and Professor of City Planning. He has served as the chancellor
since 2001. The Chancellor and the Provost are the Institute's two most
senior academic officers. As Chancellor, Professor Clay has oversight
responsibility for graduate and undergraduate education at MIT, student
life, student services, international initiatives, and the management
of MIT's large-scale institutional partnerships. Together, the Chancellor
and the Provost advise the President and participate in strategic planning,
faculty appointments, resource development, and Institute resources
and buildings. Professor Clay chairs the MIT Council on the Environment
and serves on the boards of Media Lab Europe and the Cambridge-MIT Institute.
A member of the MIT faculty since 1975, Professor Clay served as Associate
Provost in the Office of the Provost from 1994 to 2001. He was the Head
of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning from 1992 to 1994 and
its Associate Department Head during 1990 to 1992. From 1980 to 1984,
Professor Clay served as the Assistant Director of the Joint Center
for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard.
Professor Clay is widely known for his work in U.S. housing policy
and community-based development and has been involved in several studies
that received national attention. For example, in a 1987 study commissioned
by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., he identified the market and
institutional conditions contributing to the erosion of low-income rental
housing and documented the need for a national preservation policy.
He later served on the national commission that recommended the policy
that became part of the Housing Act of 1990. His research and writing
continue to explore U.S. housing and urban policy.
In his latest research, sponsored by several national foundations, Professor
Clay evaluated the effectiveness of various initiatives to build organizational
and developmental capacity in community-based development organizations.
Professor Clay is a founding member of the National Housing Trust that
continues to address the issue of housing preservation. He is also President
of the Board of The Community Builders, Inc., the nation's largest nonprofit
developer of affordable housing. In recent years, Professor Clay has
served as a senior advisor on projects in several areas that include
public housing, community capacity-building, and urban job initiatives.
With his appointment to the Board of Trustees of Roxbury Community College,
by Governor Jane Swift in May 2002, he now serves as Chairman of the
Board.
Professor Clay served as a member of the Policy and Research Advisory
Councils of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).
Additionally, he has served as a consultant to numerous federal and
state agencies and foundations. He also maintains an extensive involvement
in community and professional activities, including memberships on other
local and national boards and committees.
Among other works, his publications include two books, Neighborhood
Renewal: Middleclass Resettlement and Incumbent Upgrading in American
Neighborhoods, and Neighborhood Politics and Planning with (Rob Hollister).
Professor Clay received the AB degree with Honors from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968 and his Ph.D. in City Planning
in 1975 from MIT. Professor Clay resides in Boston with his wife and
they have one daughter.
