Posted by: techisbest Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010 12:22:31 PM In reply to: None Post # of 29419
The question of John's schooling keeps coming up. I missed his response on FB Thursday...
John Bordynuik Brock Physics BSc until the legislature hired me during my second year. I then continued studies in Toronto, some partially paid by the legislature (tuition reimbursement). Later they paid me to go to a private university for CPU architecture and system internals. Finally in 2004, My magnetic media research was structured to lead to an honorary doctorate. I did solve a near impossible problem (MIT tried with PhD candidates) as many large companies and institutions attempted to solve the problem. In all, my schooling (physics) does not apply to what I do now but I have witnessed many highly successful scientists solve near impossible problems outside their field because they are not bound by the barriers and assumptions of scientists in the field. Firefly Battery is an excellent example of this. I have talent to apply research and technology in completely unrelated fields to solve problems. That is a key factor in our success.
Isn't it claimed that JB has an honorary PhD form MIT? Rawnoc said so, anyway.
Uh, far be it from me to question this wisdom but I always heard that MIT does not award honorary degrees, although I think they have appointed honorary professorships. I'll keep trying though,lol.
Here you go...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Honorary degrees are a routine part of graduation ceremonies at nearly every college in the land -- but not at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT's founder, William Barton Rogers, regarded the practice of giving honorary degrees as "literary almsgiving ... of spurious merit and noisy popularity."
Since MIT held its first graduation ceremony in May, 1868, every MIT degree has been earned by academic labor. It is an MIT tradition of meritocracy that traces its origin back to Rogers and to Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the University of Virginia. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/commdegrees.html
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