Academy Fellows and Honorary Life Members the New York Academy of Sciences Honors Distinguished Individuals Through Its Fellowship and Honorary Life Member Awards

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Academy Fellows and Honorary Life Members The New York Academy of Sciences honors distinguished individuals through its Fellowship and Honorary Life Member awards. These awards are highly regarded in the international science community and reflect the Academy's commitment to excellence, its heritage, and serving its worldwide membership.

Honorary Life Members | Academy Fellows

Honorary Life Members

Richard Axel Inducted 2006 Neuroscientist; fundamental work on the sense of smell Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, 2004 Gairdner Foundation Award and many other awards Howard Hughes Investigator Columbia University Health Sciences Center

Gro Harlem Brundtland Inducted 2001 Director of the World Health Organization, former minister of the Environment, and former prime minister of Norway. She has spent much of her political career working on issues of global significance. She established and chaired the World Commission on Environment and Development, which led to the creation of the Earth Summit--the United Nations conference on environment and development in Rio de Janeiro. Now, as director of the World Health Organization, she is using her skills as doctor, politician, activist, and manager to carry out the organization's mission.

Francis Crick Inducted 2004 Co-discover of structure of DNA, molecular biologist, and neurobiologist. He was the J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Research, La Jolla, CA.

Mildred Spiwak Dresselhaus Inducted 2000 The recently named Director of Science for the U.S. Department of Energy. A long-time member of the MIT faculty, she has received the National Medal of Science and 16 honorary degrees; her research has spanned many areas of solid state physics, especially carbon science.

Judah Folkman Inducted 2005 For his work in molecular biology, angiogenesis research, and cancer biology. He was director, Vascular Biology Program, senior associate in Surgery and director, Surgical Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Boston MA. He was also professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School.

William T. Golden Inducted 2004 Leader, designer, and friend of numerous scientific organizations, he was the Honorary Lifetime Governor of the New York Academy of Sciences and also Chairman Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Dudley R. Herschbach Inducted 2002 Dudley Herschbach has been Baird Professor of Science at Harvard University, where he has also served as chairman of the Chemical Physics Program and the Chemistry Department. Among his many awards have been the Linus Pauling Medal, the National Medal of Science, and the 1986 Nobel Prize in chemistry for "contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes." Dr. Herschbach is also nationally recognized for his efforts to improve K-12 science education and the public understanding of science.

www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 1/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Tsung-Dao Lee Inducted 2000 Enrico Fermi Professor in the Department of Physics, Columbia University. Professor Lee was co-winner of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1953 for research showing that parity is not conserved in weak interactions, one of the most important discoveries in the development of modern high energy and particle physics.

Ernst Mayr Inducted 2002 Ernst Mayr was called the "greatest living evolutionary biologist." He was best known for clarifying how a new species forms and adapts to changes in its environment, work which integrates the theories of Darwin and Mendel. After two decades at the American Museum of Natural History, he went to Harvard in 1953, where he was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus. He was the recipient of the National Medal of Science, as well as the "triple crown" of biology—the Balzan Prize, the International Prize for Biology, and the Crafoord Prize.

Matthew Meselson Inducted 2005 For his work in genetics, molecular biology, and on chemical and biological agents. He is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology; faculty chair, Chemical & Biological Weapons Studies at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and co-director, Harvard Sussex Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He is also an adjunct scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

P. Roy Vagelos Inducted 2006 Biochemist; seminal work in fatty acid metabolism which led to the development of statin drugs Chairman of the Board and CEO (retired), Merck & Co. Inc. Currently, Chairman, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Development Campaign Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine National Business Hall of Fame

Harold Varmus Inducted 2001 Former director of the National Institutes of Health and co-recipient of a Nobel Prize for studies of the genetic basis of cancer. He is currently the president and chief executive officer of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. In addition to authoring over 300 scientific papers and four books, Varmus has been an advisor to the federal government, pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, and many academic institutions. Currently, he serves on the World Health Organization's Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, advisory committees on electronic publishing, and a National Research Council panel on genetically modified organisms.

Academy Fellows

Robert R. Alfano Inducted 1999 Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering, City College of New York, CUNY

Ralph Alpher Inducted 2000 Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Physics, Union College

Bruce Ames Inducted 2000 Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Jesse H. Ausubel Inducted 1999 Senior Research Associate, The Rockefeller University www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 2/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Phaedon Avouris Inducted 1999 Manager, Nanometer Scale Science and Technology, T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corporation

Linda G. Basch Inducted 2002 Executive director of the National Council for Research on Women, a working alliance of 95 university-based and policy- oriented research centers focused on women and girls. She directs and manages research, publications, conferences, and links to academic institutions, national non-profit organizations, and corporations.

M. Flint Beal Inducted 2005 For his work in neurodegenerative disorders and antioxidant damage. He is chairman of Neurology and Neuroscience, and neurologist-in-chief, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York.

Dimitri Beskos Inducted 2006 Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece Computational mechanics, structural dynamics and earthquake engineering

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Inducted 2002 Professor and founding director of the Institute on Child and Family Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a National Fellow of the Harvard University Multi-disciplinary Training Program in Inequality and Social Policy and recently won the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy Award from the American Psychological Association.

Andrea Califano Inducted 2005 For his work in computational and systems biology. He is professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics; co-director, Center for Computational Biochemistry and Biosystems; chief of Bioinformatics Division, Department of Biomedical Informatics; director, Genome Center Bioinformatics, Columbia University, New York.

B. J. Casey Inducted 2006 Director and Sackler Professor of Developmental Psychobiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Development of brain circuitry in children with developmental disorders, using magnetic resonance imaging

Brian T. Chait Inducted 2001 Head, Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University

David Chang Inducted 2000 President, Polytechnic University

Virginia Cornish Inducted 2006 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University Protein function at the molecular level, directed evolution to study enzyme function and engineering, manipulation of ribosome machinery to synthesize artificial polymers

David Cowburn Inducted 2001 Head, Laboratory of Physical Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University

www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 3/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Ronald Dahl Inducted 2005 For his work in adolescent development, pediatric sleep disorders, and behavioral/emotional heath in children. He is Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.

Christian de Duve Inducted 2001 Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium

Titia de Lange Inducted 2005 For her work in cell biology, genetics, and telomeric complexes. She is Leon Hess Professor, Head of Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York.

Claude Desplan Inducted 2006 Professor, Department of Biology, New York University Genetic control of pattern development, retinal specification of color vision

Samuel Devons Inducted 2001 Professor emeritus of Physics, Columbia University

Gerald M. Edelman Inducted 1999 Chair, Neurobiology, The Scripps Research Institute

Harvey V. Fineberg Inducted 1999 Provost, Harvard University

Vincent Fischetti Inducted 2006 Professor and Chairman, Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University Mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis and immune response to infections

Alan Friedman Inducted 1999 Director, New York Hall of Science

Elaine Fuchs Inducted 2004 Professor and HHMI Investigator. The Rockefeller University, New York.

Sam Gandy Inducted 2002 Director of the Farber Institute for Neurosciences at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. A frequent speaker on immunology and aging, he is chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fisher Foundation for Alzheimer's Research.

Emmanuel Gdoutos Inducted 2001 Director, Laboratory of Applied Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Uwe Gielen Inducted 2006 Professor of Psychology, St. Francis College www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 4/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Cross-cultural psychology, moral development, gender roles

Robert Goldberger Inducted 2000 Professor Emeritus and Provost Emeritus of Health Sciences, Columbia University

Matthew Goldstein Inducted 2000 Chancellor, City University of New York

Jordan Grafman Inducted 2001 Chief, Cognitive Neuroscience Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland

Daniel Griffith Inducted 2000 Professor, Department of Geography, Syracuse University

Godfrey Gumbs Inducted 2001 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College, City University of New York

Lloyd Guth Inducted 2005 For his work in neuroscience and on spinal cord injuries. He is visiting professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Reeve-Irvine Research Center, UCI School of Medicine, Irvine, CA.

William Haseltine Inducted 2004 Molecular biologist and entrepreneur; Chairman and CEO, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD.

Herbert Hauptman Inducted 2001 President, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, New York

Norman Horing Inducted 2006 Professor of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology Semiconductor and nanostructure science, particularly dielectric properties and quantum transport

Frances Degen Horowitz Inducted 2000 President, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York

D. Frank Hsu Inducted 1999 Professor of Computer Science, Fordham University

Mohammad Jamshidi Inducted 2004 Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

Steve Jonas Inducted 2004 Professor of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY. www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 5/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Calestous Juma Inducted 2000 Senior Research Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Gabor J. Kalman Inducted 1981 Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Physics, Boston College

Lisa Klein Inducted 2001 Department of Ceramics and Materials Engineering, Rutgers University

Mary-Jeanne Kreek Inducted 2000 Professor, Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller University

Harvey D. Kushner Inducted 1976 President, Kushner Management Planning Corporation

Joseph LeDoux Inducted 2005 For his work in neural science and the role of the amygdala and emotions. He is Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, Center for Neural Science, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York.

Tsu-Tien Lee Inducted 2001 Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

W. Ian Lipkin Inducted 2004 Director, Center for Immunopathogenesis and Infectious Diseases, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.

Richard Lokshin Inducted 2006 Professor of Biological Sciences, St. John's University Pioneering work on programmed cell death

Asad Madni Inducted 2000 President and CEO, BEI Sensors and Systems Company, Inc.

Dennis Mangano Inducted 2000 Clinician and Researcher, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Richard Mayeux Inducted 2004 Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.

Roberta B. Miller Inducted 2002 Director of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network and Senior Research Scientist at Columbia www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 6/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences University. She has been a member of the Committee on Global Change Research of the National Research Council.

Peter Model Inducted 2001 Laboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University

John Morrison Inducted 2006 Dean of Basic Science and Professor of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Neurodegeneration, synaptic plasticity, endocrine effects on cortical circuitry, Alzheimer's disease

Fujio Numano Inducted 2002 Director of the Tokyo Vascular Disease Institute and Emeritus Professor of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University. He has been a leader, internationally, in the field of atherosclerosis research.

Iwao Ojima, Inducted 2000 Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Donald Orlic Inducted 2001 National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

David Perlin Inducted 2005 For his work in microbiology and fungal infections. He is scientific director, Public Health Research Institute, Newark, NJ.

Barbara Petrack Inducted 1999 Senior Research Fellow, Norvartis (ret.); Dana Research Institute, Drew University

Donald Pfaff Inducted 2006 Professor, The Rockefeller University Molecular mechanisms of behavior, how the brain manages specific natural behaviors, and hormonal and genetic influences on generalized brain arousal

Fred Plum Inducted 2002 Professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology and Neurosciences at Cornell University-Weill Medical College. His principal research work involves the study of various aspects of the neurology of human consciousness.

Shirley Raps Inducted 2002 Professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College. Among her many awards was a major grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program.

H. Bruce Rinker Inducted 2002 Director of Research and Conservation of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. Mr. Rinker is a distinguished pioneer in the field of forest canopy ecology.

Nancy Russo Inducted 2006 Regents Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, Arizona State University www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 7/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Conceptualization of gender and the psychology of women

Mortimer D. Sackler Inducted 2000 Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Purdue Pharma L.P.

Raymond R. Sackler Inducted 2000 Co-Chief Executive Office, Purdue Pharma L.P.

Oliver W. Sacks Inducted 1999 Neurologist and author

A. George Schillinger Inducted 1999 Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Management, Polytechnic University

Daniel Schutzer Inducted 1999 Vice President and Director of External Standards and Advanced Technology, e-Citi, Citibank

Saw-Teen See Inducted 2005 For her work in structural and civil engineering. She is managing partner, Leslie E. Robertson Associates.

Suresh P. Sethi Inducted 1999 Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations Management, University of Texas at Dallas

Bassam Shakhashiri Inducted 2002 Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin and holder of the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair. He has made significant contributions to United States National Science Policy, toward scientific literacy and the public understanding of science, and to the development of a highly qualified scientific workforce.

David E. Shaw Inducted 1999 President, D. E. Shaw & Co.

Carol Shoshkes-Reiss Inducted 2005 For her work in virology and neuroimmunology. She is professor, Department of Biology; adjunct professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New York University, New York; adjunct professor of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York; and editor-in-chief, Viral Immunology.

Sydel F. Silverman Inducted 1999 President, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

Samuel Silverstein Inducted 2000 Professor, Department of Physiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Anna Marie Skalka www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 8/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Inducted 2000 Director, Basic Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Lowell Steele Inducted 1999 Vice President (ret.), General Electric Co.; Technology Planning and Management Consultant; Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Polytechnic University

Ralph Steinman Inducted 2006 Henry Kunkel Professor, Director of Christopher Browne Center for Immunology and Immune Diseases and Professor and Senior Physician, The Rockefeller University Discover of dendritic cells. Research focuses on the biology of dendritic cells, antigen uptake and its control with the long term goal of enhancing or controlling the immune system 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity

Gustavo Stolovitzky Inducted 2006 Manager, Functional Genomics and Systems Biology Group, Computational Biology Center, IBM TJ Watson Research Center Data mining of high-throughput biological data, reverse engineering biological circuits and the mathematical modeling of biological processes

Gerald Sussman Inducted 2004 Matsushita Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Shirley Tilghman Inducted 2005 For her work in genetics and molecular biology. She is president and professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

Nancy Tooney Inducted 2002 Associate dean for Engineering and Applied Sciences at Polytechnic University. She is currently project director and principal investigator for a NSF grant in support of disadvantaged students in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships.

Joseph F. Traub Inducted 1999 Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University

Kosta Tsipis Inducted 1999 Principal Research Scientist, and Founder and Director, Program in Science & Technology for International Security, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thomas Tuschl Inducted 2005 For his work in the regulatory mechanisms of RNA interference and nuclear pre-mRNA splicing. He is investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; associate professor and head of Laboratory for RNA Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York.

Neil de Grasse Tyson Inducted 1999 Visiting Research Scientist and Lecturer in Astrophysics, Princeton University; Frederick P. Rose Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx#Fellows 9/10 4/18/13 Past Honorary Members and Fellows | The New York Academy of Sciences Lawrence Wennogle Inducted 2006 VP for Drug Discovery, Intra-Cellular Therapeutics, Inc., New York Company focus on drug development for treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases; previous research on brain cholecystokinin receptors

George Yancopoulos Inducted 2005 For his work in biochemistry, cell signaling, and biotechnology. He is president of Laboratories, chief scientific officer/executive vice-president, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New York. He is also an adjunct full professor, Department of Microbiology, Columbia University, New York, and an adjunct full professor, Department of Microbiology, New York Medical College.

Myrna Weissman Inducted 2001 New York Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

George M. Whitesides Inducted 1999 Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University

Norton Zinder Inducted 2000 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Professor Emeritus, The Rockefeller University.

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