From the Chronicle of Higher Education: born in Venezuela from a poor family, PhD from Stanford, former director of MIT’s online education program. This appointment certainly evidences the start of a new era for higher education. Felicidades, L. Rafael! I am proud to be Latinamerican.
Passionate about innovation, engineering education and promoting partnerships for economic and social development. Born in Puerto Rico, an engineer, past professor of chemical engineering, working for the largest IT company in the world and winner of the 2006 US National Academy of Engineering Gordon Prize.
