Priscilla Gray News Today

Priscilla King Gray, co-founder and namesake of MIT’s public service center, wife of former MIT president Paul Gray, and an integral part of the MIT community for more than 50 years, died at age 89.

Shirley McBay, the first Black dean of student affairs at MIT, died at her home in Los Angeles on Nov. 27. She was 86. During her tenure at the MIT, she led efforts to identify and address obstacles in the Institute’s racial environment that hindered the success of students from underrepresented or underserved communities.