List of members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences / 2012
In 2012, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences selected 219 people in five categories to be its membership .
Among the 219 members (fellows) 17 are “foreign honorary members” who are not citizens of the United States or who are active there; these are highlighted in color .
Newly elected members
Mathematical and physical sciences
- Gabriel Aeppli (* 1956)
- Eva Andrei (* 1950)
- Angela Belcher (* 1967)
- Bonnie Berger (born 1961)
- Joan Birman (* 1927)
- Louis Boutet de Monvel (1941-2014)
- Philip Bucksbaum (* 1953)
- Russel Caflisch (* 1954)
- Katharine Cashman (* 1954)
- James J. Collins (* 1965)
- Robert Colwell (* 1954)
- Irene Greif (* 1948)
- Robert G. Griffin (* 1942)
- Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (* 1966)
- Frans Kaashoek (* 1965)
- Steven Kahn (* 1954)
- Daniel Kahne (* 1959)
- Michael Kearns (* 1962)
- Dennis Kent (* 1946)
- Igor Klebanov (* 1962)
- Edward Kramer (1939-2014)
- Herbert Levine (* 1955)
- Jennifer Lewis (born 1964)
- Thomas M. Liggett (* 1944)
- Abraham Loeb (* 1962)
- David MacMillan (* 1968)
- Arvind Mithal (* 1947)
- Ngô Bảo Châu (* 1972)
- Gregory Olson (born 1947)
- Athanassios Panagiotopoulos (* 1960)
- Michele Parrinello (* 1945)
- Judea Pearl (born 1936)
- John Pendry (born 1943)
- Bjorn Poonen (* 1968)
- Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe (* 1942)
- Eli Ruckenstein (* 1925)
- Bernard Sadoulet (* 1944)
- Alexander Samolodchikow (* 1952)
- Helmut Schwarz (* 1943)
- David Spergel (* 1961)
- George Stephanopoulos (* 1947)
- Fraser Stoddart (* 1942)
- Steven H. Strogatz (* 1959)
- Richard Taylor (* 1962)
- Jeffrey Ullman (* 1942)
- Veronica Vaida (* 1950)
- William R. Ward (1944-2018)
- Stephen Yablo (* 1957)
- Eli Yablonovitch (* 1946)
- Yang Peidong (* 1971)
- A. Peter Young (* 1948)
Biological sciences
- Ann Arvin (born 1942)
- Ben Barres (1954-2017)
- James M. Berger (* 1968)
- Meredith Blackwell (born 1940)
- Jef Boeke (born 1954)
- Emery Brown (born 1956)
- Edward Callaway (born 1962)
- John Carlson (born 1955)
- Hans Clevers (* 1957)
- Lawrence Corey (born 1947)
- Tom Curran (born 1956)
- Brian Druker (born 1955)
- Sarah Elgin (* 1945)
- Susan Ferro-Novick (* 1954)
- Robert Fettiplace (* 1946)
- Steven Frank (born 1957)
- Philip Hieter (* 1952)
- Tyler Jacks (* 1960)
- Mark Johnston (born 1951)
- Gerald Joyce (* 1956)
- Stuart Kim (born 1957)
- Gary Koretzky (* 1956)
- Mitzi Kuroda (* 1958)
- James Lake (born 1941)
- Richard P. Lifton (* 1953)
- Jonathan Losos (* 1961)
- Liqun Luo (* 1960)
- Diane Mathis (* 1950)
- Margaret McFall-Ngai (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Phelps (born 1962)
- Danny Reinberg (* 1954)
- Griffin Rodgers (born 1954)
- David Scadden (* 1953)
- Dolph Schluter (* 1955)
- Brenda Schulman (* 1967)
- Robert Seyfarth (* 1948)
- Steven Siegelbaum (* 1952)
- Larry Simpson (* 1940)
- Maureen Stanton (* 1954)
- Alan Templeton (* 1947)
- Gina Turrigiano (* 1963)
- John Werren (born 1952)
- Matthew A. Wilson (born 1961)
Social sciences
- David Author (* 1967)
- George Fletcher Bass (* 1932)
- Marianne Bertrand (* 1969)
- James A. Brown (born 1934)
- John Carey (born 1964)
- Edward Carmines (* 1946)
- Robert L. Carneiro (1927-2020)
- Philippe Descola (* 1949)
- Shari Seidman Diamond (* 1947)
- Ed Diener (* 1946)
- James Druckman (* 1971)
- Alice Eagly (born 1938)
- Amy Finkelstein (* 1973)
- Elisabeth Gerber (* 1964)
- Thomas Gilovich (* 1954)
- Carol Greenhouse (born 1950)
- Ana Hurtado (* 1957)
- Vincent Hutchings (* 1965)
- Ehud Kalai (* 1942)
- Shinobu Kitayama (* 1957)
- Daryl Levinson (* 1968)
- Maureen Mahoney (* 1954)
- George Mailath (* 1957)
- Kathleen McCartney (* 1955)
- Robert Moffitt (* 1948)
- John O'Shea (born 1953)
- James Robinson (* 1960)
- Jeffrey A. Segal (* 1956)
- Yaacov Trope (* 1945)
- Adrian Vermeule (* 1968)
- Andrew Walder (* 1953)
- David Weisbach (* 1963)
- Henry Wellman (* 1948)
- Keith Whittington (* 1968)
- David Wilkins (born 1956)
- Luigi Zingales (* 1963)
Humanities and arts
- Ken Alder (born 1959)
- Christopher Benfey (* 1954)
- Barry Bergdoll (* 1955)
- Sven Birkerts (* 1951)
- David Blight (born 1949)
- Paul Boghossian (* 1957)
- Elizabeth Boone (* 1948)
- Michael Bratman (* 1945)
- Caroline Bruzelius (* 1949)
- John P. Burgess (born 1948)
- Lizabeth Cohen (born 1952)
- Colin Dayan (born 1949)
- Clint Eastwood (born 1930)
- Laura Engelstein (* 1946)
- Martha Feldman (* 1954)
- Debra Fischer (* 1953)
- Midori Gotō (* 1971)
- David Hare (* 1947)
- William Kentridge (* 1955)
- Terrence Malick (born 1943)
- Thomas Mallon (* 1951)
- Paul McCartney (born 1942)
- Michael McCormick (born 1951)
- Daniel Mendelsohn (* 1960)
- Paul Mendes-Flohr (* 1941)
- Michael A. North (born 1951)
- Jerry Pinkney (* 1939)
- Jean Porter (* 1955)
- André Previn (1929-2019)
- Jessica Rawson (* 1943)
- François Recanati (* 1952)
- Joseph Roach (* 1947)
- David Roskies (* 1948)
- Alex Ross (* 1968)
- Vicki Ruiz (* 1955)
- Kaija Saariaho (* 1952)
- Scott Sanders (born 1945)
- Ronald Schuchard (* 1939)
- Kiki Smith (born 1954)
- Alicia Stallings (* 1968)
- Gerald Stern (* 1925)
- Steve Stern (* 1951)
- Eleonore Stump (* 1947)
- Augusta Thomas (* 1964)
- Marvin Trachtenberg (* 1939)
- David Van Zanten (* 1943)
- Frederica von Stade (* 1945)
- Kara Walker (* 1969)
- Christopher Wheeldon (* 1973)
- Brenda Wineapple (born 1949)
- Crispin Wright (born 1942)
Public Affairs, Business and Administration
- Martin Baron (* 1954)
- Kamaljit S. Bawa (* 1939)
- Jeff Bezos (* 1964)
- Phil Bredesen (* 1943)
- Nicholas Burns (* 1956)
- Hillary Clinton (born 1947)
- Jared Cohon (born 1947)
- Victor J. Dzau (* 1946)
- Karl Eikenberry (* 1951)
- Joseph Fins (* 1959)
- Kenneth Frazier (* 1954)
- Melinda Gates (born 1964)
- Robert Giles (* 1933)
- Rita Hauser (* 1934)
- Robert Iger (* 1951)
- Edmund Kelly (* 1945)
- Steven Koblik (* 1941)
- Bruce Kovner (* 1945)
- Reynold Levy (* 1945)
- Carolyn Martin (* 1951)
- Anthony Marx (* 1959)
- Michael McRobbie (born 1950)
- Jack Meyer (* 1945)
- David Oxtoby (* 1951)
- Penny Pritzker (born 1959)
- L. Rafael Reif (born 1950)
- Matthew Ridley (born 1958)
- Daniel Rose (* 1929)
- Joanna Rose (born 1930)
- Michael Schudson (* 1946)
- Ismail Serageldin (* 1944)
- Richard Sylla (* 1940)
- Rodolfo Héctor Terragno (* 1943)
- James Tisch (* 1953)
- Sanford Weill (* 1933)
- Anthony Welters (* 1955)
- Ernest James Wilson (* 1948)
- Judy Woodruff (born 1946)
Web links
- Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 2000–2019. (PDF; 389 kB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org)