Academic Background: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1955.
Research Interests: Syntax, transformational-generative grammar, and cognitive science.
Appointments: Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT; Former Laureate Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona.
Publications: Over 150 books, including Syntactic Structures (Mouton, 1957) and Manufacturing Consent (Pantheon, 1988).
Awards: Kyoto Prize, 1988; Helmholtz Medal, 1996.