Facts about Reed
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THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
The American Academcy of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholar-patriots "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people." Members are elected for distinction and achievement in five areas: mathematics and physics; biological sciences; social sciences; humanities and arts; and public affairs and business.
| Clarence Allen '49 | Professor emeritus of geology and geophysics at Caltech, recipient
of the Seismological Society of America's highest award; former
president of the Geological Society of America |
| Joan Bresnan '66 | Sadie Dernham Patek Professor in Humanities
and Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University |
Joseph Bunnett '42 |
Emeritus chemistry professor at UC Santa Cruz; chair
of a multinational task force on the destruction of chemical weapons |
| Donald Engelman '62 | Professor of molecular biophysics
and biochemistry and director of the division of biological sciences at Yale University;
member of the National Academy of Sciences; recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and
the Francis I Medal. Engelman serves on the advisory panel for the Brookhaven National
Laboratory and as a consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
| Samuel Gubins '64 | President and
Editor-in-Chief, Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, California |
Richard Havel '46 |
Professor emeritus and former director of the Cardiovascular
Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco |
Dell Hymes '50 |
Noted professor emeritus of English
and anthropology, University of Virginia; president of the American Linguistic Society
and the American Folklore Society; fellow of the British Academy |
Steve Jobs '76 |
CEO and chairman, Pixar; co-founder of Apple Computer,
Inc.; founder of NeXT, Inc.; was awarded the National Technology Medal by President
Reagan in 1985 as the creator of the modern personal computer interface |
Dale Jorgenson '55 |
One of the most distinguished economists
in the U.S.; Frederick Eaton Abbe Professor of Economics and director of the program
on technology and economic policy at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| Ronald D. Lee '63 | Professor of Demography, Director of the Center on Economics & Demography
of Aging; Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Family Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley;
fellow of the British Academy |
Hans Linde '47 |
Retired associate justice, Oregon Supreme Court, controversial
for his protection of free speech |
Eleanor (Emmons) Maccoby '39 |
Emeritus professor of psychology, Stanford University,
specializing in the development of children's social behavior; her many awards include
American Psychological Foundation gold medal award for lifetime achievements |
Mark Ptashne '61 |
Ludvig Professor of Molecular Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center (James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, called Ptashne's
work on repressor molecules "one of the major accomplishments of molecular biology") |
Kenneth Raymond '64 |
Professor and chair of chemistry, UC Berkeley; editorial
board member of several chemistry journals and winner of three research awards |
| Sydney Shoemaker '53 | Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy, Cornell University |
| Gary Snyder '51 | One of America's most distinguished poets; winner of
1975 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and many other prizes |
| Richard Thompson '52 | Winner of American Psychological Association 1999 award
for creativity in research; biological sciences director at USC |
| Katherine Verdery '70 | Eric R. Wolf Professor of Anthropology, University of
Michigan, award-winning author of East Europe and Slavic studies |
| Allen Wood '64 | Professor of philosophy, Stanford University; author
of several books on Marx, Hegel, and Kant |
Also see the distinctions page.
