Buildings 1 and 2 at MIT have many names of scientists engraved
near the top of the ends abutting Killian Court. There are 10
panels of names, each with one large name and about ten smaller
names above it in three rows. The ends closest to Memorial Drive
have three panels each, and the ends adjoining buildings 3 and 4
have two panels each since the building continues on in two
directions from each of these corners. The actual lists seem to no
longer be online in MIT web pages, but an archival copy was found
here.
To make them more available, I have included them on this page,
the order verified by photos taken in January 2025. They are
listed below starting at the Building 1 panel facing Memorial
Drive and proceeding clockwise around Killian Court, so ending at
the Building 2 panel facing Memorial Drive. The version on this
page preserves the spelling used on the buildings, including the
mock-Latin Vs in place of Us as is also seen in certain other
inscriptions at MIT such as the one atop Lobby 7, and also the
approximate layout of the names, though the small names are fully
justified to fill each row, with the top row slightly wider than
the middle row and the middle row slightly wider than the bottom
row.
COPERNICVS
▾ GVERICKE ▾ TORRICELLI ▾ CHLADNI ▾DARWIN
▾ ICTINVS ▾ PHIDIAS ▾ VITRVVIVS ▾LEONARDO DA VINCI
▾ GVTENBERG ▾ WATT ▾ ARKWRIGHT ▾ARCHIMEDES
▾ GILBERT ▾ COVLOMB ▾ VOLTA ▾ OERSTED ▾FARADAY
▾ BOYLE ▾ CAVENDISH ▾ PRIESTLEY ▾ DALTON ▾LAVOISIER
▾ HARVEY ▾ LINNAEVS ▾ JENNER ▾PASTEVR
▾ DEMOCRITVS ▾ PLATO ▾ AVERROES ▾FRANKLIN
▾ TYCHO BRAHE ▾ GALILEO ▾ KEPLER ▾NEWTON
▾ THALES ▾ PYTHAGORAS ▾ EVCLID ▾ARISTOTLE