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	Harvard Gazette: American Academy of Arts and Sciences announces fellows
		The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently announced the names of 209 distinguished scholars, scientists, artists, business executives, educators, and public officials who have been elected to membership in the nation's leading learned society.
		Founded in the midst of the American Revolution by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock, and other leaders of the young nation, the Academy was chartered "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people."
		The Academy has numbered among its members each generation's finest minds and most influential leaders, from George Washington and Ben Franklin in the 18th century to Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 19th, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the 20th.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2001/05.24/07-academy.html (427 words)

	Four elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Frieden, Ph.D., is the the Wittcoff Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Gordon, Ph.D., is the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor; McDonnell is chairman of the board of trustees; and Phillips is professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies, both in Arts and Sciences.
		In 1988, Frieden was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and selected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
		Phillips is the recipient of, among others, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Witter Bynner Foundation Fellowship from the Library of Congress, two Pushcart Prizes and the Academy of American Poets Prize.
	mednews.wustl.edu /news/page/normal/876.html (1175 words)

	GSB news—GSB newsProfessor Reid Hastie Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		GSB news—GSB newsProfessor Reid Hastie Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		The American Academy of Arts and Science announced that Reid Hastie, professor of behavioral science, was elected a fellow.
		Academy president Patricia Meyer Spacks noted “Fellows are selected through a highly competitive process that recognizes individuals who have made preeminent contributions to their disciplines and to society at large.” An independent policy research center, the academy conducts a wide range of interdisciplinary studies and public policy research.
	www.chicagogsb.edu /news/2006-04-25_HastieAcademy.aspx (301 words)

	Record: Epstein, Schaal elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Schaal and Epstein are among 195 men and women elected this year by the academy, an organization formed in 1870 to cultivate the arts and sciences and to recognize leadership in scholarship, business, the arts and public affairs.
		Schaal was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and, in 1999, a member of the National Academy of Sciences where she serves as the first woman vice president.
		In addition, she was on the board of trustees of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences and the Missouri chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
	record.wustl.edu /news/page/normal/7087.html?e (706 words)

	Columbia News ::: American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Ten Columbia Scholars
		The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation's preeminent learned society and a research institution, has elected 177 Fellows and 30 Foreign Honorary Members to the 2002 class.
		Election to the American Academy is the result of a highly competitive process that recognizes those who have made preeminent contributions to all scholarly fields and professions," said Academy President Patricia Meyer Spacks.
		The unique structure of the American Academy allows Members to conduct interdisciplinary studies that draw on the range of academic and intellectual disciplines.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/02/05/aaaa.html (469 words)

	American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was established in 1779 by a group of Harvard College graduates.
		The first President of the Academy was James Bowdoin who was governor of Massachusetts (1785-87) but also did scientific work in physics (writing a paper with Benjamin Franklin) and astronomy.
		The Academy was founded largely to rival the American Philosophical Society which had been established earlier in Philadelphia in 1743.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Societies/American.html (101 words)

	Hilberg Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences : UVM The View
		Raul Hilberg, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Vermont and a towering international figure in the discipline of Holocaust studies, was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 26.
		Membership in the academy, which was founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholar-patriots, is one of the nation’s most prestigious intellectual honors and is reserved for leading scientists, scholars, artists, business people and public leaders.
		The American Academy of Arts and Sciences named 196 new fellows and 17 new foreign honorary members to its ranks this year.
	www.uvm.edu /theview/article.php?id=1652 (373 words)

	Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		The academy's charter was enacted in 1780 by the Massachusetts legislature.
		Today the academy consists of 4,000 fellows and 600 foreign honorary members who exemplify achievement in science, scholarship, the arts and public affairs.
	www.utsouthwestern.edu /utsw/cda/dept37389/files/219479.html (420 words)

	DAYBREAK - Hauser elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
		DAYBREAK - Hauser elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences represents distinction and achievement in work that is responsive to the needs and problems of society.
		Founded during the American Revolution by individuals, such as John Adams, who contributed prominently to the philosophical and political foundations of the new nation, the academy recognizes great accomplishments in physical and biological sciences, social arts and sciences, and humanities and fine arts.
	www.ucsf.edu /daybreak/1997/05/616_hau.htm (556 words)

	Three faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Heuser, Roediger and Schofield are among 213 men and women elected this year by the Academy, an organization formed in 1870 to cultivate the arts and sciences and to recognize leadership in scholarship, business, the arts, and public affairs.
		He joined the university in 1996 and served as chair of the Department of Psychology in Arts and Sciences until 2004, when he was named dean of academic planning in Arts and Sciences.
		Roediger is past-president of the American Psychological Society, the leading organization of academic psychologists in the United States, and a former chair of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
	news-info.wustl.edu /news/page/normal/5195.html (945 words)

	Five scholars elected to ranks of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country's oldest honorary learned societies, announced on April 27 the election of the 2005 class of Fellows.
		The academy has more than 4,500 members and 600 foreign honorary members, and hosts several research programs addressing pressing contemporary issues such as the role of the humanities in American culture, global security, the use of technology in global development and methodologies for education policy assessment.
		He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) with nearly 90 publications to his credit—several were deemed "paper of the year." His publications address a wide range of topics including nearest-neighbor classification, logistical regressions and high-dimensional data analysis.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2005/may4/aaas-050405.html (1116 words)

	Tufts E-News -- Abriola Named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Linda M. Abriola, Dean of the School of Engineering at Tufts University, is among the latest group of experts and intellectuals elected to the elite American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
		Prior to her arrival at Tufts University, Dr. Abriola spent 19 years as a professor at the University of Michigan College of Engineering where she was Director of the top-ranked Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program and the first woman to be honored with a Chair Professorship.
		Among her many honors, she is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
	www.tufts.edu /communications/stories/042606AbriolaNamedToAmericanAcademyOfArts&Sciences.htm (519 words)

	Academy of Arts and Sciences inducts three from MIT - MIT News Office
		Academy of Arts and Sciences inducts three from MIT
		Three MIT professors were inducted Oct. 7 into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of the 226th class of fellows.
		The academy's charter is "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people."
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/2006/aaas-fellows.html (321 words)

	WHOI : Oceanus : Hart Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		WHOI : Oceanus : Hart Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Hart Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Hart is a geologist and isotope geochemist whose recent research has focused on the origin of hot spots and mantle plumes and on the dynamics and evolution of the deep Earth.
	www.whoi.edu /oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=5467 (161 words)

	04.28.2005 - Six professors named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		BERKELEY – Six professors at the University of California, Berkeley, are among the 196 new fellows elected this week to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of their leadership in scholarship, business, the arts and public life.
		Throughout its history, the academy "has convened the leading thinkers of the day, from diverse perspectives, to participate in projects and studies that advance the public good," said Executive Officer Leslie Berlowitz in the press release.
		Founded in 1780, the academy has a broad-based membership comprised of scholars and practitioners from mathematics, physics, biological sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts, public affairs and business.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2005/04/28_aaas.shtml (221 words)

	UGA chemistry professor Henry F. Schaefer III named Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		The academy was founded during the American Revolution by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other leaders who contributed prominently to the establishment of the new nation, its government and its Constitution.
		Today the academy is an international learned society with a dual function: to elect to membership men and women of exceptional achievement, drawn from science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts, and to conduct a varied program of projects and studies responsive to the needs and problems of society.
		The academy is probably best known to the public through its quarterly journal, Daedalus, widely regarded as one of the world's leading intellectual journals.
	www.uga.edu /news-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=7&num=1468&printer=1 (776 words)

	Vitetta elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Vitetta elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		She is the 12th faculty member and the first woman from UT Southwestern to be elected to the prestigious academy.
		Vitetta joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1974 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994.
	www.utsouthwestern.edu /utsw/cda/dept37389/files/68779.html (291 words)

	Block elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 5/00
		Steven M. Block, who joined the Stanford faculty in September as a professor in the departments of Applied Physics and Biological Sciences, recently was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
		The studies with kinesin were the first to discern the steps in its movement and to determine the forces that single kinesin molecules can generate.
		The academy, which honors intellectual achievement in a wide variety of fields, selected 154 new members and 15 foreign honorary members from 89 institutions on April 15.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2000/may17/aaas2-517.html (188 words)

	UB Reporter: Creeley named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		The academy 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."
		Creeley, a member of the faculty of the Department of English in the College of Arts and Science since 1966, often is cited as one of the most important poets of the last half-century and has been the recipient of many major honors and distinctions.
		The academy elected Creeley just as he announced that he will leave UB this fall to accept an appointment as Distinguished Professor at Brown University.
	www.buffalo.edu /reporter/vol34/vol34n24/articles/Creeley.html (799 words)

	Ten Historians Are Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		At an induction ceremony held on October 8, 2005, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences welcomed its 225th class of fellows, which included 10 historians (of whom seven are AHA members).
		Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems.
		With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the academy’s work is advanced by its 4,600 elected members, who are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs from around the world.
	www.historians.org /Perspectives/Issues/2005/0511/0511new3.cfm (318 words)

	Welcome to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
		Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems.
		The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs.
		The Academy's main headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
	www.amacad.org (261 words)

	UGA Plant Biologist Stephen Hubbell Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of its membership, the academy conducts studies on international security, social policy, education and the humanities.
		He is cofounder and board member of the Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS), which manages a global network of large tropical forest research plots in 14 countries in Central and South America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
		The academy has elected as fellows and honorary members the finest minds and most influential leaders from each generation, including George Washington and Ben Franklin in the eighteenth century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the nineteenth, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the twentieth.
	www.uga.edu /news-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=263&printer=1 (701 words)

	Two UT professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences 04/2000
		The society, one of the country's most distinguished academies, was founded by John Adams, James Bowdoin and George Washington in 1780.
		Its purpose is "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people."
		Goetzmann and Hillis were elected to the academy in recognition of their distinguished contributions in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities.
	www.utexas.edu /opa/news/00newsreleases/nr_200004/nr_academy000428.html (386 words)

	Columbia News ::: Eleven Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Eleven Columbia professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation's preeminent learned society and a research institution.
		Robert Henry Legvold, professor of political science, is the author of studies on foreign and military policies of Soviet and post-Soviet states, arms control and international politics.
		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 Academy a unique capacity to conduct a wide range of interdisciplinary studies and public policy research.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/05/10/aaas.html (579 words)

	Two faculty named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Paul Zukofsky and Michael Waterman are USC's fourth and fifth American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows.
		The Cambridge, Mass.-based academy was founded in 1780 by John Adams "tocultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor,dignity and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people."
		Waterman and Zukofksy join three other current USC academy fellows:economist Richard Easterlin; philosopher Stephen Toulmin, who holds the Henry R.Luce chair in the Center for Multiethnic and Transnational Studies; andneuroscientist Richard Thompson, who is the Keck Professor of Psychology andBiological Sciences and director of the Neurosciences Program.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/1163.html (603 words)

	Headlines - Roberts Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences - Stanford GSB
		Roberts Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences
		Also elected to the Academy as a foreign honorary member was Paul Klemperer, MBA '82, PhD '87, the Edgeworth Professor of Economics at University of Oxford.
		Science and global security: Work explores how the international community can create new cooperative structures to improve global security and employ science and technology to enhance the human condition.
	www.gsb.stanford.edu /news/headlines/roberts_academyartsciences.shtml (588 words)

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