Hal Abelson

Harold (Hal) Abelson PhD ’73
Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Co-founder of OpenCourseWare

Hal Abelson, the Class of 1922 professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, has played key roles in fostering MIT institutional educational technology initiatives such as OpenCourseWare and DSpace. He is co-director of the MIT-Microsoft iCampus Research Alliance in Educational Technology, co-chair of the MIT Council on Educational Technology, and he serves on the steering committee of the HP-MIT Alliance. In 1992, Professor Abelson was recognized for significant and sustained contributions to teaching and undergraduate education in being named one of MIT's six inaugural MacVicar Faculty Fellows. He holds an AB degree from Princeton University and a PhD in mathematics from MIT.