Academic Career
Donovan received his tenure at MIT in 1977, at the time being one of the youngest tenured professors. He received the Student Teaching Award three years in a row (1970–72), and David A. Schultz Award for Excellence in Teaching (1969). He was a professor at MIT for 31 years before retiring.
He authored seminal text books in computer science, including Systems Programming and Operating Systems, and his research focused on early work in operating systems, databases, and later applications of IT to business. He has also wrote popular business books such as Business Re-engineering with Information Technology and Business & Technology: A Paradigm Shift. Donovan and his son John Jr. co-authored The Second Industrial Revolution.
Donovan also served as an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. He received two awards for his work at the Center for Birth Defects. Donovan lectured on Strategic Computing in Government while at Harvard University.
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