 As of 2014 , former provost Robert A. Brown is president of Boston University ; former provost Mark <unk> is chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis ; former associate provost Alice Gast is president of Lehigh University ; and former professor Suh Nam @-@ <unk> is president of <unk> . Former dean of the School of Science Robert J. <unk> was the chancellor of the University of California , Berkeley ( 2004 – 2013 ) ; former professor John Maeda was president of Rhode Island School of Design ( RISD , 2008 – 2013 ) ; former professor David Baltimore was president of Caltech ( 1997 – 2006 ) ; and MIT alumnus and former assistant professor Hans Mark served as chancellor of the University of Texas system ( 1984 – 1992 ) . 
