Walter Bender is the Executive Director of the MIT Media Laboratory. He is a Senior Research Scientist, Director of the Electronic Publishing Group, and a member of the Media Lab's Information Organized Consortium. Mr. Bender also directs the Gray Matters special interest group, which focuses on technology's impact on the aging population. He received his BA from Harvard University in 1977. Mr. Bender joined the Architecture Machine Group at MIT in 1978. He received his MS at MIT in 1980. A founding member of the Media Laboratory, Mr. Bender is a pioneer in the study of new Information Humanistic Technologies.
Walter Bender