Professor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was named as the next chancellor of MIT on Thursday afternoon. He will assume his new role on March 1. Sarang Kulkarni—The Tech May. 9, 2016 Facebook Twitter Reddit Print Professor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was named as the next chancellor of MIT on Thursday afternoon. He will assume his new role on March 1. Sarang Kulkarni—The Tech