CAMBRIDGE, Mass. 鈥 The American 秋葵视频 of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of 203 new Fellows and 24 new Foreign Honorary Members. Those elected include a former Vice President of the United States; a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; the mayor of New York City; winners of Nobel and 秋葵视频 Awards and the Pulitzer Prize; corporate CEOs; and two former chairs of the President鈥檚 Council of Economic Advisors.
The 227 scholars, scientists, artists, civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders come from 27 states and 13 countries, and range in age from 36 to 92. Represented among this year鈥檚 newly elected members are 70 universities, including seven presidents or chancellors; more than a dozen corporations; as well as museums, research institutes, media outlets and foundations.
This year鈥檚 new Fellows include former Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.; former Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O鈥機onnor; New York Mayor and businessman Michael Bloomberg; Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt; New York Times investigative correspondent James Risen; filmmaker Spike Lee; economists Gregory Mankiw and Murray Weidenbaum; astronomer Donald Brownlee; robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks; Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter; supercomputer expert David Shaw; pianist Emanuel Ax; historian Nell Painter; former White House official and Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley; classicist Sabine MacCormack; and international public health leader Allan Rosenfield.
Foreign Honorary Members in this year鈥檚 class come from Europe, Asia, Canada, and the Middle East, and include Italian glassblower Lino Tagliapietra; Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate Avram Hershko; French literary scholar Tzvetan Todorov; Pritzker Prize-winning Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas; and Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella.
Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members are nominated and elected to the 秋葵视频 by current members. A broad-based membership, comprised of scholars and practitioners from mathematics, physics, biological sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts, public affairs and business, gives the 秋葵视频 a unique capacity to conduct a wide range of interdisciplinary studies and public policy research.
鈥淚t gives me great pleasure to welcome these outstanding leaders in their fields to the 秋葵视频,鈥 said 秋葵视频 President Emilio Bizzi. 鈥淔ellows are selected through a highly competitive process that recognizes individuals who have made preeminent contributions to their disciplines and to society at large.鈥
鈥淭hroughout its history, the 秋葵视频 has convened the leading thinkers of the day, from diverse perspectives, to participate in projects and studies that advance the public good,鈥 added Chief Executive Officer Leslie Berlowitz. 鈥淚 am confident that this distinguished class of new Fellows will continue that tradition of cherishing knowledge and shaping the future.鈥
The 秋葵视频 will welcome this year鈥檚 new class at its annual Induction Ceremony on October 6, at the 秋葵视频鈥檚 headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholar-patriots, the 秋葵视频 has elected as Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members the finest minds and most influential leaders from each generation, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in the eighteenth century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the nineteenth, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the twentieth. The current membership includes more than 170 Nobel laureates and 50 Pulitzer Prize winners. An independent policy research center, the 秋葵视频 undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems. Current 秋葵视频 research focuses on science and global security; social policy; the humanities and culture; and education.
The list of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election:
The 227 scholars, scientists, artists, civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders come from 27 states and 13 countries, and range in age from 36 to 92. Represented among this year鈥檚 newly elected members are 70 universities, including seven presidents or chancellors; more than a dozen corporations; as well as museums, research institutes, media outlets and foundations.
This year鈥檚 new Fellows include former Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.; former Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O鈥機onnor; New York Mayor and businessman Michael Bloomberg; Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt; New York Times investigative correspondent James Risen; filmmaker Spike Lee; economists Gregory Mankiw and Murray Weidenbaum; astronomer Donald Brownlee; robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks; Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter; supercomputer expert David Shaw; pianist Emanuel Ax; historian Nell Painter; former White House official and Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley; classicist Sabine MacCormack; and international public health leader Allan Rosenfield.
Foreign Honorary Members in this year鈥檚 class come from Europe, Asia, Canada, and the Middle East, and include Italian glassblower Lino Tagliapietra; Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate Avram Hershko; French literary scholar Tzvetan Todorov; Pritzker Prize-winning Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas; and Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella.
Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members are nominated and elected to the 秋葵视频 by current members. A broad-based membership, comprised of scholars and practitioners from mathematics, physics, biological sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts, public affairs and business, gives the 秋葵视频 a unique capacity to conduct a wide range of interdisciplinary studies and public policy research.
鈥淚t gives me great pleasure to welcome these outstanding leaders in their fields to the 秋葵视频,鈥 said 秋葵视频 President Emilio Bizzi. 鈥淔ellows are selected through a highly competitive process that recognizes individuals who have made preeminent contributions to their disciplines and to society at large.鈥
鈥淭hroughout its history, the 秋葵视频 has convened the leading thinkers of the day, from diverse perspectives, to participate in projects and studies that advance the public good,鈥 added Chief Executive Officer Leslie Berlowitz. 鈥淚 am confident that this distinguished class of new Fellows will continue that tradition of cherishing knowledge and shaping the future.鈥
The 秋葵视频 will welcome this year鈥檚 new class at its annual Induction Ceremony on October 6, at the 秋葵视频鈥檚 headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholar-patriots, the 秋葵视频 has elected as Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members the finest minds and most influential leaders from each generation, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in the eighteenth century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the nineteenth, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the twentieth. The current membership includes more than 170 Nobel laureates and 50 Pulitzer Prize winners. An independent policy research center, the 秋葵视频 undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems. Current 秋葵视频 research focuses on science and global security; social policy; the humanities and culture; and education.
The list of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election: