scott morton started his academic career in 1966 at the massachusetts institute of technology, initially in the fields of accounting and control systems. he was founding director of the mit center for information systems research (cisr), serving as director from 1974 to 1976. from 1976 to 1981 he was deputy dean of the mit sloan school of management, where later he was appointed jay w. forrester professor of management. from 1983 he was area head of the strategy group, and in 1992 he became area head for the behavioral policy sciences (bps) group at mit sloan.