Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf PhD ’81 will deliver the Muh Award Lecture on Tuesday, March 21. The event begins at 5 pm in the MIT Samberg Conference Center, 6th floor of the Chang Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Wolf is the recipient of the 2023 Robert A. Muh Alumni Award. Wolf is a 1981 graduate of MIT’s PhD program in the Department of Political Science. Wolf was elected as Pennsylvania’s 47th governor. He served two terms, holding office from January 2015 until January of 2023.
Wolf’s lecture is titled “Collective Action: The Essence of Politics.” In his address, Wolf will share the challenges of running a functional government in a dysfunctional world with extreme partisan division. He will explore how society can move past negativity and nastiness in politics, highlighting examples of his administration’s work during his time as Pennsylvania governor as a potential path forward to greater government effectiveness.
About the award: The biennal Muh Alumni Award recognizes the tremendous achievements of MIT degree holders who are leaders in one of the Institute’s humanities, arts, and social science fields. The prize was founded in 2000 by Robert A. Muh ’59 and his wife Berit, on the occasion of the school’s 50th anniversary.
