P - American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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P - American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Paabo, Svante (1955-)
Election: 2011, FHM
Affiliation at election: Max-Planck-Institut
für evolutionäre Anthropologie
Residence at election: Leipzig, Germany
Career description: Evolutionary biologist;
Geneticist; Research institution
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Pabo, Carl O. (1952-)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Geneticist; Educator; Company research
administrator
Current affiliation: Mill Valley, CA
Pacala, Stephen W. (1957-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Ecologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pace, Jr., Frank (1912-1988)
Election: 1958, Fellow
Affiliation at election: General Dynamics
Corporation
Residence at election: Greenwich, CT
Career description: U.S. Secretary of the
Army; Company executive (broadcasting)
Pace, Jr., Norman Richard (1942-)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Indiana University
Residence at election: Bloomington, IN
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Ecologist; Educator
Current affiliation: University of Colorado
Pacino, Alfredo J. (1940-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Los Angeles,
California
Residence at election: Palisades, NY
Career description: Actor; Director (stage,
film)
Current affiliation: Same
Packard, Alpheus Spring (1798-1884)
Election: 1844, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Bowdoin College
Residence at election: Brunswick, ME
Career description: Educator
Packard, Alpheus Spring (1839-1905)
Election: 1868, Fellow
Affiliation at election: American
Naturalist; Peabody Academy of Science
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Zoologist;
Entomologist; Museum administrator;
Educator
Packard, David (1912-1996)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Hewlett-Packard
Company
Residence at election: Palo Alto, CA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Company executive
Packard, David Woodley (1940-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Packard
Humanities Institute
Residence at election: Los Altos, CA
Career description: Classicist; Creator of
databases of historical texts; Foundation
executive
Current affiliation: Same
Packard, Julie E. (1952-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Monterey Bay
Aquarium; David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
Residence at election: Monterey, CA
Career description: Conservationist;
Aquarium founder and executive
Current affiliation: Same
Packer, Craig (1950-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Minnesota
Residence at election: St. Paul, MN
Career description: Behavioral ecologist;
Mammalogist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Padelford, Norman Judson (1903-1982)
Election: 1952, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Paducheva, Elena V. (1935-)
Election: 1975, FHM
Affiliation at election: Academy of
Sciences of the USSR
Residence at election: Moscow, USSR
Career description: Linguist; Research
institution staff member; Educator
Current affiliation: Russian Academy of
Sciences
Page, Benjamin Ingrim (1940-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Northwestern
University
Residence at election: Evanston, IL
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Page, Charles Grafton (1812-1868)
Election: 1842, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Patent Office
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Physicist; Inventor;
Patent expert
Page, Curtis Hidden (1870-1946)
Election: 1928, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Dartmouth College
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator; Legislator
Page, David Conrad (1956-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Winchester, MA
Career description: Biologist; Educator;
Academic research institution
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
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442
Page, Denys Lionel (1908-1978)
Election: 1972, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Cambridge
Residence at election: Cambridge, England
Career description: Classicist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Page, Thomas Nelson (1853-1922)
Election: 1918, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Department of
State
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Lawyer; Writer
(novelist, essayist); Diplomat
Page, Irvine Heinly (1901-1991)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cleveland Clinic
Foundation
Residence at election: Cleveland, OH
Career description: Physician; Foundation
research scientist and administrator
Page, Walter Hines (1855-1918)
Election: 1918, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Department of
State
Residence at election: Garden City, NY
Career description: Journalist; Editor;
Publisher; Diplomat
Page, Larry (1973-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Google Corporation
Residence at election: Mountain View, CA
Career description: Computer and
information scientist; Company executive
(information technology)
Current affiliation: Same
Pagels, Elaine Hiesey (1943-)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Historian (religion);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Page, Leigh (1884-1952)
Election: 1934, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Paget, James (1814-1899)
Election: 1877, FHM
Affiliation at election: Royal College of
Surgeons
Residence at election:
Career description: Surgeon; Pathologist
Paine, Susan Woods (1940-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Museum of Fine
Arts Boston
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Museum administrator
(art); Cultural institution board member
and advocate
Current affiliation: Same
Paine, Elijah (1757-1842)
Election: 1812, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Government
Residence at election: Williamstown, VT
Career description: Businessperson; Jurist;
Paine, William (1750-1833)
Election: 1791, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salem, MA
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Physician
Paine, Henry Warren (1810-1893)
Election: 1871, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cambridge, MA
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Lawyer
Painter, Nell Irvin (1942-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Newark, NJ
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Page, Jr., Lyman Alexander (1957-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Astrophysicist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Page, Jr., Robert Eugene (1949-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Arizona State
University
Residence at election: Mesa, AZ
Career description: Sociogeneticist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Page, Scott E. (1963-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Paine, John Knowles (1839-1906)
Election: 1871, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Musician (composer,
performer); Educator
Paine, Robert T. (1933-2016)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Washington
Residence at election: Seattle, WA
Career description: Zoologist; Ecologist;
Educator
Paine, Jr., Robert Treat (1900-1965)
Election: 1953, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Museum curator
Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814)
Election: 1780, Fellow
Affiliation at election: State of
Massachusetts
Residence at election: Taunton, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Member,
Continental Congress; Jurist
Paine, Robert Treat (1803-1885)
Election: 1830, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Astronomer;
Surveyor
Painter, Sidney (1902-1960)
Election: 1958, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Historian; Educator
Pais, Abraham (1918-2000)
Election: 1972, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rockefeller
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
443
Pake, George Edward (1924-2004)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University in St. Louis
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Academic administrator; Company
executive
Palese, Peter (1944-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Microbiologist;
Virologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pakes, Ariel (1949-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Paley, Grace (1922-2007)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Thetford, VT
Residence at election: Thetford, VT
Career description: Writer (short story
writer, poet); Educator
Pal, Yash (1926-)
Election: 1991, FHM
Affiliation at election: University Grants
Commission, India
Residence at election: New Delhi, India
Career description: Physicist; Research
organization staff member and
administrator; Communications and
academic
administrator
Current affiliation: New Delhi, India
Palfrey, Thomas R. (1953-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Palache, Charles (1869-1954)
Election: 1903, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mineralogist; Educator
Palacios, Alfredo Lorenzo (1879-1965)
Election: 1945, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Buenos Aires; University of La Plata
Residence at election: Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Academic administrator; Legislator;
Diplomat
Palade, George Emil (1912-2008)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rockefeller Institute
for Medical Research
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Cell biologist;
Educator
Palay, Sanford Louis (1918-2002)
Election: 1963, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Neuroanatomist;
Educator
Palgrave, Francis (1788-1861)
Election: 1834, FHM
Affiliation at election: London, England
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Historian; Editor;
Lawyer; Public official (records
administrator)
Palisca, Claude Victor (1921-2001)
Election: 1986, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Musicologist; Educator
Palloni, Alberto (1949-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Wisconsin, Madison
Residence at election: Madison, WI
Career description: Demographer;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Palmer, George Herbert (1842-1933)
Election: 1912, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Palmer, Jeffrey Donald (1955-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Indiana University
Residence at election: Bloomington, IN
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Palmer, Robert Roswell (1909-2002)
Election: 1958, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Historian; Educator
Palmer, Walter Walker (1882-1950)
Election: 1937, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University College of Physicians and
Surgeons; Presbyterian Hospital
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Physician; Educator;
Hospital and research institution
administrator
Palmisano, Samuel J. (1951-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: International
Business Machines Corporation
Residence at election: Armonk, NY
Career description: Company executive
(information technology)
Current affiliation: Same
Palmiter, Richard Deforest (1942-)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Washington
Residence at election: Seattle, WA
Career description: Molecular geneticist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pamuk, Orhan (1952-)
Election: 2008, FHM
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Writer (novelist),
Educator
Current affiliation: Istanbul, Turkey
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
444
Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z. (1960-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Chemical engineer;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Papayannopoulou, Thalia (1937-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Washington
Residence at election: Seattle, WA
Career description: Hematologist; Cell
biologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pardue, Mary Lou (1933-)
Election: 1985, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Cellular and
developmental biologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Paneth, Friedrich Adolf (1887-1958)
Election: 1933, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Konigsberg
Residence at election: Konigsberg,
Germany
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Papp, Joseph (1921-1991)
Election: 1987, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Theater producer and
director
Paret, Peter (1924-)
Election: 1986, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Institute for Advanced
Study
Panofsky, Erwin (1892-1968)
Election: 1948, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Institute for
Advanced Study
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Historian (art);
Educator
Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann
(1919-2007)
Election: 1962, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Academic research institution
administrator
Papadimitriou, Christos (1949-)
Election: 2001, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Computer scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Papanicolaou, George (1943-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pappenheimer, Jr., Alwin Max (19081995)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University School of Medicine
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Pappenheimer, John Richard (19152007)
Election: 1954, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physiologist; Educator
Parada, Luis Fernando (1954-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Residence at election: Dallas, TX
Career description: Developmental
biologist; Neuroscientist
Current affiliation: Same
Pardee, Arthur Beck (1921-)
Election: 1963, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Biochemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute
Pardes, Herbert (1934-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New YorkPresbyterian Hospital
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Psychiatrist; Educator;
Government agency, academic, and
hospital administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Parfit, Derek Antony (1942-)
Election: 1992, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Philosopher;
Academic research institution staff
member; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Paris, Gaston Bruno Paulin (1839-1903)
Election: 1901, FHM
Affiliation at election: Collège de France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Philologist; Language
and literary scholar; Educator; Academic
administrator
Park, Charles Edwards (1873-1962)
Election: 1917, Fellow
Affiliation at election: First Unitarian
Church of Boston
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Clergy member
Park, Charles Francis (1869-1944)
Election: 1915, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Mechanical engineer;
Educator; Academic and research
institution administrator
Park, Edwards Albert (1877-1969)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Pediatrician; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
445
Park, James Theodore (1922-2015)
Election: 1963, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Tufts University
School of Medicine
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Microbiologist;
Educator
Parker, George Howard (1864-1955)
Election: 1895, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Zoologist; Educator;
Academic research institution
administrator
Park, Katharine (1950-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Historian (science,
medicine); Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Parker, Herbert (1856-1939)
Election: 1931, Fellow
Affiliation at election: South Lancaster,
MA
Residence at election: South Lancaster,
MA
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official
Park, Robert Ezra (1864-1944)
Election: 1933, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Sociologist; Educator;
Journalist
Park, William Edgar (1909-1987)
Election: 1960, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Simmons College
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Academic administrator
Parker, Charles Pomeroy (1852-1916)
Election: 1910, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Classicist; Educator
Parker, DeWitt Henry (1885-1949)
Election: 1949, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Parker, Eugene Newman (1927-)
Election: 1970, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Astrophysicist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Parker, Isaac (1768-1830)
Election: 1811, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Jurist; Educator
Parker, Joel (1795-1875)
Election: 1853, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Jurist; Educator
Parker, Philip Stanley (1867-1939)
Election: 1936, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brookline District
Court
Residence at election: Brookline, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Jurist;
Government official
Parker, Roy R. (1957-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Arizona; Howard Hughes Medical
Institute
Residence at election: Tucson, AZ
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: University of Colorado
Boulder; Howard Hughes Medical
Insitute
Parker, William Nelson (1919-2000)
Election: 1987, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Economist; Educator
Parkes, Samuel (1761-1825)
Election: 1823, FHM
Affiliation at election: London, England
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Chemist;
Businessperson
Parkin, Stuart Stephen Papworth (1955)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: IBM Almaden
Research Center
Residence at election: San Jose, CA
Career description: Experimental
physicist; Inventor; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Parkman, Francis (1823-1893)
Election: 1855, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Historian
Parkman, Jr., Henry (1894-1958)
Election: 1936, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Parkman, Robbins
and Russell; State of Massachusetts
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official; Legislator
Parkman, Samuel (1816-1854)
Election: 1853, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician; Educator
Parks, Leighton (1852-1938)
Election: 1918, Fellow
Affiliation at election: St. Bartholomew’s
Church
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Clergy member
Parmenter, Charles Stedman (1933-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Indiana University
Residence at election: Bloomington, IN
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
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446
Parodi, Lorenzo Raimundo (1895-1966)
Election: 1942, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Buenos Aires; University of La Plata
Residence at election: Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Career description: Botanist; Agronomist;
Educator; Museum and research
institution administrator
Parr, Robert Ghormley (1921-)
Election: 1982, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residence at election: Chapel Hill, NC
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Parrinello, Michele (1945-)
Election: 2012, FHM
Affiliation at election: Eidgenössische
Technische Hochschule Zürich
Residence at election: Carabbia,
Switzerland
Career description: Computational
Chemist
Current affiliation: Same
Parrish, John A. (1939-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Center for
Integration of Medicine and Innovative
Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Dermatologist;
Medical scientist; Research institution
founder and executive (photomedicine);
Current affiliation: Same
Parry, John Horace (1914-1982)
Election: 1967, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Historian; Educator;
Academic administrator
Parry, Milman (1902-1935)
Election: 1932, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Belmont, MA
Career description: Philologist; Classicist;
Educator
Parshall, George William (1929-)
Election: 1986, Fellow
Affiliation at election: E. I. Du Pont de
Nemours & Company
Residence at election: Wilmington, DE
Career description: Chemist; Company
research administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Parsons, Charles Dacre (1933-)
Election: 1982, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: Harvard University
Parsons, Richard (1948-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Time-Warner, Inc.
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Lawyer; Company
executive
Current affiliation: Providence Equity; Los
Angeles Clippers
Parsons, Talcott (1902-1979)
Election: 1945, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Belmont, MA
Career description: Sociologist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Parsons, Terence Dwight (1939-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Irvine, CA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Parsons, Theodore (1751-1779)
Election: 1780, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Newbury, MA
Residence at election: Newbury, MA
Career description: Physician
Parsons, Theophilus (1750-1813)
Election: 1781, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Newburyport, MA
Residence at election: Newburyport, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Jurist
Parsons, Theophilus (1797-1882)
Election: 1845, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Educator
Parsons, Thomas William (1819-1892)
Election: 1869, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Writer (poet);
Translator; Dentist
Parsons, William Barclay (1859-1932)
Election: 1914, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Civil engineer;
Government agency administrator
Partee, Barbara Hall (1940-)
Election: 1984, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Massachusetts
Residence at election: Amherst, MA
Career description: Linguist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Partridge, George (1740-1828)
Election: 1780, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Duxbury, MA;
Continental Congress
Residence at election: Duxbury, MA
Career description: Government official;
Legislator
Partridge, Linda (1950-)
Election: 2010, FHM
Affiliation at election: University College
London; Max Planck Institute for Biology
of Ageing
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Evolutionary biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Parzinger, Hermann (1959-)
Election: 2014, FHM
Affiliation at election: Stiftung
Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Residence at election: Berlin, Germany
Career description: Archaeologist;
Cultural institution administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Paschen, Friedrich (Louis Carl Heinrich
Friedrich) (1865-1947)
Election: 1928, FHM
Affiliation at election: PhysikalischTechnische Reichsanstalt, Charlottenburg,
Berlin
Residence at election: Berlin, Germany
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
447
Passmore, John Arthur (1914-2004)
Election: 1974, FHM
Affiliation at election: Australian National
University
Residence at election: Canberra, Australia
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Pastan, Ira Harry (1931-)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Cancer
Institute
Residence at election: Bethesda, MD
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Government research agency
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Patel, Dinshaw J. (1942-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Structural biologist;
Research institution scientist
Current affiliation: Same
Pateman, Carole (1940-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Paterson, William (1745-1806)
Election: 1801, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Supreme Court of
the United States
Residence at election: Brunswick, NJ
Career description: Lawyer; Governor of
New Jersey; U.S. Senator; Jurist (U.S.
Supreme Court)
Louis Pasteur, elected 1883, FHM. Image
donated by Corbis-Bettmann
Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895)
Election: 1883, FHM
Affiliation at election: Sorbonne
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Microbiologist;
Chemist; Educator
Patch, Howard Rollin (1889-1963)
Election: 1933, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Smith College
Residence at election: Northampton, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Patel, (Chandra) Kumar Naranbhai
(1938-)
Election: 1976, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Bell Telephone
Laboratories
Residence at election: Murray Hill, NJ
Career description: Physicist; Company
research administrator; Educator
Current affiliation: University of
California, Los Angeles
Patinkin, Don (1922-1995)
Election: 1969, FHM
Affiliation at election: Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
Residence at election: Jerusalem, Israel
Career description: Economist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Paton, William Andrew (1889-1991)
Election: 1942, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Economist;
Accountant; Educator
Patrick, Ruth (1907-2013)
Election: 1976, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia; University of
Pennsylvania
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Limnologist; Curator;
Educator
Patten, Christopher Francis (1944-)
Election: 1998, FHM
Affiliation at election: Independent
Commission on Policing of Northern
Ireland
Residence at election: Cordes, France
Career description: Member of Parliament
(England); Governor of Hong Kong
Current affiliation: London, England
Patten, William (1861-1932)
Election: 1921, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Dartmouth College
Residence at election: Hanover, NH
Career description: Zoologist;
Paleontologist; Educator
Patterson, Annabel M. (1936-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Patterson, Bryan (1909-1979)
Election: 1956, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Paleontologist;
Educator; Museum curator
Patterson, David Andrew (1947-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Kensington, CA
Career description: Computer scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Patterson, James Tyler (1935-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Patterson, Orlando (1940-)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Sociologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
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448
Patterson, Robert Maskell (1787-1854)
Election: 1834, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Virginia
Residence at election: Charlottesville, VA
Career description: Chemist; Natural
philosopher; Educator; Government
agency administrator
Pauli, Wolfgang Ernst (1900-1958)
Election: 1950, FHM
Affiliation at election: Eidgenossische
Technische Hochschule
Residence at election: Zurich, Switzerland
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Patterson, Robert Porter (1891-1952)
Election: 1939, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. District Court,
Southern District of New York
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Lawyer; Jurist;
Government official
Pattison, Mark (1813-1884)
Election: 1876, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Historian; Religion
and literary scholar; Educator; Academic
administrator
Pauck, Wilhelm (1901-1981)
Election: 1959, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Union Theological
Seminary
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Theologian; Educator
Paul, John Rodman (1893-1971)
Election: 1951, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Physician;
Epidemiologist; Educator
Paul, William Erwin (1936-2015)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Residence at election: Bethesda, MD
Career description: Immunologist;
Government research institution
administrator
Paul, Wolfgang (1913-1993)
Election: 1991, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Bonn
Residence at election: Bonn, Germany
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Research institution administrator;
Foundation executive
Linus Carl Pauling, elected 1944. Image donated by CorbisBettmann
Pauling, Linus Carl (1901-1994)
Election: 1944, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Physical chemist;
Educator; Academic administrator
Paulson, Ronald Howard (1930-)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Johns Hopkins
University
Pavel, Thomas (1941-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pavletich, Nikola Panayot (1964-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Structural biologist;
Research institution scientist
Current affiliation: Same
Pawson, Anthony James (1952-2013)
Election: 2004, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Toronto; Mount Sinai Hospital
Residence at election: Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Career description: Cell biologist;
Geneticist; Educator; Research institution
staff member and administrator
Paxton, Robert Owen (1932-)
Election: 1981, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Payne, Stanley G. (1934-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Wisconsin, Madison
Residence at election: Madison, WI
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena
(1900-1979)
Election: 1943, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Lexington, MA
Career description: Astronomer; Educator;
Academic administrator
Payson, Phillips (1736-1801)
Election: 1780, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Chelsea, MA
Residence at election: Chelsea, MA
Career description: Clergy member
Paz, Octavio (1914-1998)
Election: 1975, FHM
Affiliation at election: Mexico City,
Mexico
Residence at election: Mexico City, Mexico
Career description: Writer (poet, essayist);
Educator; Diplomat
Peabody, Andrew Preston (1811-1893)
Election: 1861, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Educator
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449
Peabody, Cecil Hobart (1855-1934)
Election: 1889, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Engineer; Naval
architect; Educator
Peabody, Endicott (1857-1944)
Election: 1918, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Groton School
Residence at election: Groton, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Educator; Academic administrator
Peabody, Ephraim (1807-1856)
Election: 1854, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Clergy member
Peabody, Francis (1801-1867)
Election: 1843, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salem, MA
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Businessperson
Peabody, Francis Greenwood (18471936)
Election: 1918, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Divinity School
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Theologian; Educator; Academic
administrator
Peabody, Francis Weld (1881-1927)
Election: 1921, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School; Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Peabody, Robert Swain (1845-1917)
Election: 1912, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Peabody and
Stearns, Architects
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Architect; Company
executive
Peacock III, James Lowe (1937-)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residence at election: Chapel Hill, NC
Career description: Anthropologist;
Educator; Academic research agency
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Peacocke, Christopher Arthur Bruce
(1950-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pearce, David G. (1956-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pearce, Edward (1833-1899)
Election: 1864, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cambridge, MA
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Businessperson
Pearce, Roy Harvey (1919-2012)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Diego
Residence at election: La Jolla, CA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Pearl, Judea (1936-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Computer Scientist;
Artificial intelligence researcher; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pearl, Raymond (1879-1940)
Election: 1919, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Food
Administration; Johns Hopkins
University
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Biologist; Statistician;
Educator; Research institution
administrator
Pearlstein, Philip (1924-)
Election: 1998, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Artist (painter)
Current affiliation: Same
Pearlstine, Norman (1942-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Time, Inc.
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Journalist; Editor
Current affiliation: Time Inc.
Pears, David Francis (1921-2009)
Election: 1996, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Pearsall, Derek Albert (1931-)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: York, England
Pearse, Langdon (1877-1956)
Election: 1928, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Sanitary District of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Engineer; Government
official
Pearson, Eliphalet (1752-1826)
Election: 1781, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Phillips Academy
Residence at election: Andover, MA
Career description: Educator
Pearson, Karl (1857-1936)
Election: 1928, FHM
Affiliation at election: University College
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Statistician; Eugenicist;
Educator; Research institution
administrator
Pearson, Lester Bowles (1897-1972)
Election: 1957, FHM
Affiliation at election: Government of
Canada
Residence at election: Ottawa, Canada
Career description: Diplomat;
Government official; Legislator; Academic
administrator
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450
Pease, Arthur Stanley (1881-1964)
Election: 1932, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Classicist; Educator;
Museum curator
Peccei, Roberto D. (1942-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Particle theorist;
Educator
Current affiliation: same
Pechman, Joseph Aaron (1918-1989)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brookings
Institution
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Economist; Educator;
Government official; Foundation research
administrator
Peck, Ralph Brazelton (1912-2008)
Election: 1975, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residence at election: Urbana, IL
Career description: Civil engineer;
Educator
Peck, William Dandridge (1763-1822)
Election: 1793, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Kittery, ME
Residence at election: Kittery, ME
Career description: Naturalist; Educator
Pecora, William Thomas (1913-1972)
Election: 1965, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Geological
Survey
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Geologist;
Government research scientist and
administrator; Government official
Pedersen, Susan G. (1960-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: same
Pederson, Donald Oscar (1925-2004)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Educator
Pedlosky, Joseph (1938-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Residence at election: Woods Hole, MA
Career description: Oceanographer;
Research institution staff member;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Peebles, P. James E. (Phillip James E.)
(1935-)
Election: 1977, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Astronomer; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Peers, Edgar Allison (1891-1952)
Election: 1931, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Liverpool
Residence at election: Liverpool, England
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Pei, Ieoh Ming (1917-)
Election: 1967, Fellow
Affiliation at election: I. M. Pei & Partners
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Architect
Current affiliation: Pei Cobb Freed &
Partners
Peirce, Benjamin Osgood (1854-1914)
Election: 1884, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mathematician;
Physicist; Educator
Peirce, Charles Santiago Sanders (18391914)
Election: 1867, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Philosopher;
Mathematician; Government and
academic research agency staff member
Peirce, George James (1868-1954)
Election: 1927, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Botanist; Educator
Peirce, James Mills (1834-1906)
Election: 1862, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator; Academic administrator
Peirson, Abel Lawrence (1794-1853)
Election: 1829, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salem, MA
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Physician; Surgeon
Pekeris, Chaim Leib (1908-1993)
Election: 1971, FHM
Affiliation at election: Weizmann Institute
of Science
Residence at election: Rehovoth, Israel
Career description: Astrophysicist;
Geophysicist; Educator
Peierls, Rudolf Ernst (1907-1995)
Election: 1962, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Birmingham
Residence at election: Birmingham,
England
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan (1923-2006)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Historian; Educator
Peirce, Benjamin (1809-1880)
Election: 1834, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mathematician;
Astronomer; Educator
Pellegrino, James W. (1947-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Illinois at Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Cognitive
psychologist; Educator
Current affiliation: same
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451
Peltason, Jack Walter (1923-2015)
Election: 1981, Fellow
Affiliation at election: American Council
on Education
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Educator; Academic
administrator; Foundation executive
Pelzel, John Campbell (1914-1999)
Election: 1961, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Anthropologist;
Educator; Museum curator; Research
institution administrator
Pender, Harold (1879-1959)
Election: 1913, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Educator; Academic administrator
Pendry, John Brian (1943-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Imperial College
London
Residence at election: Cobham, England
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Penfield, Samuel Lewis (1856-1906)
Election: 1893, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Mineralogist; Educator
Penfield, Wilder Graves (1891-1976)
Election: 1950, FHM
Affiliation at election: McGill University;
Montreal Neurological Institute
Residence at election: Montreal, Canada
Career description: Neurosurgeon;
Educator; Academic and hospital
administrator
Penhoet, Edward E. (1940-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Alta Partners
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Biochemist; Company
founder and executive (biotechnology);
Educator; Academic administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Penman, Sheldon (1930-)
Election: 1975, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Cell biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Penner, Stanford Solomon (1921-)
Election: 1969, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Diego
Residence at election: La Jolla, CA
Career description: Aeronautical and
astronautical engineer; Educator;
Academic administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Penny, Nicholas Beaver (1949-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Gallery of
Art
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Museum curator; Art
historian
Current affiliation: Same
Penzias, Arno Allan (1933-)
Election: 1975, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Bell Telephone
Laboratories
Residence at election: Holmdel, NJ
Career description: Astronomer; Physicist;
Company research staff member and
administrator
Current affiliation: AT&T Bell
Laboratories
Pepper, George Wharton (1867-1961)
Election: 1901, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Pennsylvania
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Government official
Pepper, Stephen Coburn (1891-1972)
Election: 1956, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Perahia, Murray (1947-)
Election: 2015, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Academy of St.
Martin in the Fields; Jerusalem Music
Centre
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Musician (piano,
conductor); Cultural institution
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Percival, Thomas (1740-1804)
Election: 1789, FHM
Affiliation at election: Manchester,
England
Residence at election: Manchester,
England
Career description: Physician
Percival, Walter Keith (1930-)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Kansas
Residence at election: Lawrence, KS
Career description: Linguist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Percy, Walker (1916-1990)
Election: 1972, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Covington, LA
Residence at election: Covington, LA
Career description: Writer (novelist)
Perdue, Peter C. (1949-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Jamaica Plain, MA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Yale University
Perelson, Alan S. (1947-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Los Alamos
National Laboratory
Residence at election: Los Alamos, NM
Career description: Mathematician;
Biologist; Government research
institution staff member
Current affiliation: Same
Perez, Louis A. (1943-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residence at election: Chapel Hill, NC
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
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Perez-Diaz, Victor (1938-)
Election: 2006, FHM
Affiliation at election: Analistas SocioPoliticos
Residence at election: Madrid, Spain
Career description: Sociologist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Perez-Firmat, Gustavo Francisco (1949-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator; Writer (poet, fiction
writer)
Current affiliation: Same
Perham, Margery Freda (1895-1982)
Election: 1969, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Political scientist;
Historian; Educator; Academic
administrator
Perkin, Richard Scott (1906-1969)
Election: 1955, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Perkin-Elmer
Corporation
Residence at election: Norwalk, CT
Career description: Scientific instrument
manufacturer; Company executive
Perkin, Jr., William Henry (1860-1929)
Election: 1919, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Organic chemist;
Educator; Academic administrator
Perkins, Charles Callahan (1823-1886)
Election: 1870, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Art critic; Cultural
organizer
Perkins, Courtland Davis (1912-2008)
Election: 1977, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Academy
of Engineering; Princeton University
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Aeronautical engineer;
Educator; Learned society administrator
Perkins, David Dodd (1928-)
Election: 1977, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Perl, Martin Lewis (1927-2014)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Perkins, Dexter (1889-1984)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cornell University
Residence at election: Ithaca, NY
Career description: Historian; Educator
Perle, George (1915-2009)
Election: 1985, Fellow
Affiliation at election: City University of
New York
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Musician (composer);
Educator
Perkins, Elliott (1901-1985)
Election: 1953, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Historian; Educator;
Academic administrator
Perley, Ira (1799-1874)
Election: 1866, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Residence at election: Concord, NH
Career description: Jurist; Lawyer
Perkins, Henry Coit (1804-1873)
Election: 1844, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Newburyport, MA
Residence at election: Newburyport, MA
Career description: Physician
Perlis, Alan Jay (1922-1990)
Election: 1974, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Mathematician;
Computer scientist; Educator
Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
Election: 1813, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Newburyport, MA
Residence at election: Newburyport, MA
Career description: Inventor;
Businessperson
Perkins, James Alfred (1911-1998)
Election: 1965, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cornell University
Residence at election: Ithaca, NY
Career description: Academic
administrator; Foundation executive
Perkins, Thomas Nelson (1870-1937)
Election: 1931, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Ropes, Gray,
Boyden and Perkins; Boston and Maine
Railroad
Residence at election: Milton, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official
Perl, Edward Roy (1926-2014)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of North
Carolina School of Medicine
Residence at election: Chapel Hill, NC
Career description: Physiologist;
Neurobiologist; Educator
Perlman, Isadore (1915-1991)
Election: 1969, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Perlman, Itzhak (1945-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Musician (violinist)
Current affiliation: Same
Perlmutter, David M. (1938-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Diego
Residence at election: San Diego, CA
Career description: Linguist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Perlmutter, Roger Matthew (1952-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Merck and Co., Inc.
Residence at election: Rahway, NJ
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Immunologist; Company research
administrator; Educator
Current affiliation: Amgen Inc.
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
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Perlmutter, Saul (1959-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Physicist; Cosmologist
Current affiliation: Same
Perry, John Bulkley (1825-1872)
Election: 1871, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University;
Oberlin College
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Geologist; Clergy
member; Museum staff member
Pesendorfer, Wolfgang (1963-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Perloff, Harvey Stephen (1915-1983)
Election: 1969, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Economist; Urban
planning specialist; Academic
administrator; Foundation executive
Perry, John R. (1943-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: University of
California, Riverside
Peskin, Charles Samuel (1946-)
Election: 1994, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Perloff, Marjorie Gabrielle (1931-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Perrimon, Norbert (1958-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Geneticist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Perrin, Bernadotte (1847-1920)
Election: 1915, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Classicist; Educator
Perrot, Jean Joseph Francois (1920-2012)
Election: 1967, FHM
Affiliation at election: Centre National de
la Recherche Scientifique
Residence at election: Jerusalem, Israel
Career description: Archaeologist;
Excavation and research agency
administrator
Perry, Elizabeth J. (1948-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Perry, Ralph Barton (1876-1957)
Election: 1928, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Perry, William James (1927-)
Election: 1989, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Technology
Strategies and Alliances; Stanford
University
Residence at election: San Francisco, CA
Career description: Mathematician;
Company executive (technology and
investment); U.S. Secretary of Defense;
Current affiliation: Stanford University
Persons, Warren Milton (1878-1937)
Election: 1928, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Economist;
Statistician; Educator
Persson, Torsten (1954-)
Election: 2001, FHM
Affiliation at election: Stockholm
University
Residence at election: Stockholm, Sweden
Career description: Economist; Educator;
Academic research agency administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Perutz, Max Ferdinand (1914-2002)
Election: 1963, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Cambridge
Residence at election: Cambridge, England
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Research institution administrator
Peskin, Michael E. (1951-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center
Pestel, Frederik Willem (1724-1805)
Election: 1789, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Leiden
Residence at election: Leiden, Netherlands
Career description: Legal scholar;
Educator
Peters, Andrew James (1872-1938)
Election: 1932, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Peters, Clark and
Keating, Boston
Residence at election: Jamaica Plain, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official (legislator)
Peters, Christian August Friedrich
(1806-1880)
Election: 1853, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Konigsberg
Residence at election: Konigsberg,
Germany
Career description: Astronomer; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Peters, Christian Heinrich Friedrich
(1813-1890)
Election: 1856, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Coast Survey
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Astronomer; Educator;
Government research agency staff
member
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
454
Peters, Edward Dyer (1849-1917)
Election: 1914, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Dorchester, MA
Career description: Mining and
metallurgical engineer; Educator
Peterson, Merrill Daniel (1921-2009)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Virginia
Residence at election: Charlottesville, VA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Peters, Ellen Ash (1930-)
Election: 1990, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Supreme Court of
Connecticut
Residence at election: Hartford, CT
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Jurist
Current affiliation: Same
Peterson, Paul Elliott (1940-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Peters, James Lee (1889-1952)
Election: 1946, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Harvard, MA
Career description: Ornithologist;
Museum curator
Peters, Rudolph Albert (1889-1982)
Election: 1950, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Government research scientist
Petersdorf, Robert George (1926-2006)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician; Academic
and hospital administrator; Educator
Peterson, Jr., Dean Freeman (1913-1989)
Election: 1977, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Utah State
University
Residence at election: Logan, UT
Career description: Civil and agricultural
engineer; Educator; Academic
administrator; Government research
scientist
and administrator
Peterson, Franklin Paul (1930-2000)
Election: 1974, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Peterson, Peter G. (1926-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Blackstone Group
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Company executive;
U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Government
official; Banking executive
Current affiliation: Peter G. Peterson
Foundation
Petes, Thomas D. (1947-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Duke University
Medical Center
Residence at election: Durham, NC
Career description: Geneticist; Educator
Current affiliation: Duke Medicine
Pethick, Christopher John (1942-)
Election: 2013, FHM
Affiliation at election: Nordic Institute for
Theoretical Physics; Niels Bohr Institute
Residence at election: Copenhagen,
Denmark
Career description: Theoretical physicist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Petrassi, Goffredo (1904-2003)
Election: 1978, FHM
Affiliation at election: Accademia SantaCecilia
Residence at election: Rome, Italy
Career description: Musician (composer);
Educator
Petrides, Michael (1949-)
Election: 2007, FHM
Affiliation at election: McGill University
Residence at election: Montreal, Canada
Career description: Neuroscientist;
Psychologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Petroski, Henry (1942-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Duke University
Residence at election: Durham, NC
Career description: Civil engineer;
Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Petsko, Gregory Anthony (1948-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brandeis University
Residence at election: Waltham, MA
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Academic research agency administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Pettee, William Henry (1838-1904)
Election: 1871, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mineralogist; Mining
engineer; Educator
Pettengill, Gordon Hemenway (1926-)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pettijohn, Francis John (1904-1999)
Election: 1960, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Geologist; Educator;
Government research scientist
Pettit, Philip Noel (1945-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Philosopher and
political theorist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pettit, Rowland (1927-1981)
Election: 1976, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Texas
at Austin
Residence at election: Austin, TX
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
455
Petty, Richard Edward (1951-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Ohio State
University
Residence at election: Columbus, OH
Career description: Psychologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pfeffer, Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp
(1845-1920)
Election: 1897, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Leipzig
Residence at election: Leipzig, Germany
Career description: Botanist; Chemist;
Educator
Pevsner, Nikolaus Bernhard Leon (19021983)
Election: 1962, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
London
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Historian
(architecture); Educator
Pfeiffer, Heinrich (1927-)
Election: 1997, FHM
Affiliation at election: Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation
Residence at election: Bonn, Germany
Career description: Foundation executive
Current affiliation: Same
Peyre, Henri Maurice (1901-1988)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Pfeiffer, Robert Henry (1892-1958)
Election: 1934, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Language scholar;
Historian; Educator
Pfaff, Donald Wells (1939-)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rockefeller
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Neurobiologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pforzheimer III, Carl H. (1936-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Carl H. Pforzheimer
and Co.
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Company executive
(finance)
Current affiliation: Same
Pfaff, Judy (1946-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Bard College
Residence at election: Kingston, NY
Career description: Artist (painter,
sculptor, printer, installation artist);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Phelps, Edmund Strother (1933-)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pfaffmann, Carl (1913-1994)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Psychologist; Educator
Pfeffer, Suzanne Ruth (1956-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford School of
Medicine
Residence at election: Portola Valley, CA
Career description: Biochemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Phelps, Edward John (1822-1900)
Election: 1890, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: Burlington, VT
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Diplomat
Phelps, Elizabeth Anya (1962-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Neuroscientist;
Psychologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Phelps, William Lyon (1865-1943)
Election: 1921, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Literary scholar;
Educator; Journalist
Philander, S. George H. (Samuel George
Harker) (1942-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Oceanographer;
Educator; Academic research institution
staff member
Current affiliation: Same
Phillips, Carl (1959-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University in St. Louis
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Writer (poet);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Phillips, Christopher Hallowell (19202008)
Election: 1952, Fellow
Affiliation at election: State of
Massachusetts
Residence at election: North Beverly, MA
Career description: Government official;
Diplomat
Phillips, David Chilton (1924-1999)
Election: 1968, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Biophysicist;
Crystallographer; Educator; Learned
society administrator
Phillips, Henry Bayard (1881-1973)
Election: 1918, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
456
Phillips, John (1770-1823)
Election: 1810, Fellow
Affiliation at election: State of
Massachusetts
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official (state legislator)
Phillips, Robert B. (1964-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Biophysicist; Educator
Current affiliation: same
Phillips, John Charles (1876-1938)
Election: 1915, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Wenham, MA
Career description: Ornithologist;
Geneticist; Educator; Museum curator
Phillips, Samuel (1752-1802)
Election: 1780, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Constitutional Convention; State of
Massachusetts
Residence at election: Andover, MA
Career description: Government official
(state legislator); Jurist
Phillips, Julia Mae (1954-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Sandia National
Laboratories
Residence at election: Albuquerque, NM
Career description: Physicist; Materials
scientist; Company and government
research agency staff member and
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Phillips, Norman Alton (1923-)
Election: 1962, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Meteorologist;
Educator; Government agency staff
member
Current affiliation:
Phillips, Peter Charles Bonest (1948-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Phillips, Philip (1900-1994)
Election: 1953, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Archaeologist;
Museum curator
Phillips, Ralph Saul (1913-1998)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Philpott, Anthony John (1862-1952)
Election: 1932, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston Globe
Residence at election: Arlington, MA
Career description: Journalist; Editor
Phong, Duong H. (1953-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Phillips, Thomas Leonard (1924-)
Election: 1990, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Raytheon Company
Residence at election: Lexington, MA
Career description: Company executive;
Electrical engineer
Current affiliation: Same
Phillips, Willard (1784-1873)
Election: 1823, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Lawyer;
Businessperson; Author
Phillips, William (1878-1968)
Election: 1947, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Anglo-American
Committee on Palestine
Residence at election: North Beverly, MA
Career description: Government official;
Diplomat
Phillips, William Dale (1925-1993)
Election: 1970, Fellow
Affiliation at election: E.I. Du Pont de
Nemours and Company
Residence at election: Wilmington, DE
Career description: Physical chemist;
Biophysicist; Educator; Company research
scientist and administrator;
Government official
Phillips, William Daniel (1948-)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Institute of
Standards and Technology
Residence at election: Gaithersburg, MD
Career description: Physicist; Government
science institution researcher
Current affiliation: Same
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Piaget, Jean (1896-1980)
Election: 1957, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Geneva; International Bureau of
Education
Residence at election: Geneva, Switzerland
Career description: Psychologist;
Educator; Research institution
administrator
Pianka, Eric R. (1939-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Texas
at Austin
Residence at election: Austin, TX
Career description: Evolutionary ecologist;
Herpetologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Piano, Renzo (1937-)
Election: 1993, FHM
Affiliation at election: Renzo Piano
Building Workshop
Residence at election: Genoa, Italy
Career description: Architect
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
457
Piazzesi, Monika (1968-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Los Altos, CA
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Picard, Charles Emile (1856-1941)
Election: 1903, FHM
Affiliation at election: Sorbonne
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Picasso, Emilio (1927-)
Election: 1994, FHM
Affiliation at election: Scuola Normale
Superiore de Pisa
Residence at election: Pisa, Italy
Career description: Physicist; Research
institution staff member and
administrator; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pickard, Greenleaf Whittier (1877-1956)
Election: 1930, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Wireless Specialty
Apparatus Company
Residence at election: Newton Center, MA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Inventor; Company executive
Pickart, Cecile M. (1954-2006)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Biochemist; Molecular
biologist; Educator
Pickering, George White (1904-1980)
Election: 1959, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Physician; Educator;
Academic administrator
Pickering, John (1737-1805)
Election: 1791, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Residence at election: Portsmouth, NH
Career description: Jurist; Government
official (state legislator); Lawyer
Pickering, John (1740-1811)
Election: 1780, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salem, MA
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Government official
(state legislator); Jurist
Pickering, John (1777-1846)
Election: 1810, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salem, MA
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Language scholar;
Lawyer; Public official
Pickering, Octavius (1791-1868)
Election: 1825, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Court official
Pickering, Charles (1805-1878)
Election: 1845, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington, DC
Residence at election: Washington , DC
Career description: Anthropologist;
Physician
Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)
Election: 1815, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. House of
Representatives
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: U.S. Senator; Member,
U.S. House of Representatives; U.S.
Secretary of State; U.S. Postmaster
General
Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-1919)
Election: 1867, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Astronomer; Educator;
Academic research institution
administrator
Pickering, William Hayward (19102004)
Election: 1964, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Educator
Pickering, William Henry (1858-1938)
Election: 1883, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Astronomer; Research
institution staff member and
administrator; Educator
Pickett, Lucy Weston (1904-1997)
Election: 1955, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Mount Holyoke
College
Residence at election: South Hadley, MA
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Pickett, Steward T. A. (1950-)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York Botanical
Garden
Residence at election: Bronx, NY
Career description: Ecologist; Botanist;
Research institution staff member
Current affiliation: Institute of Ecosystem
Studies
Pickman, Benjamin (1763-1843)
Election: 1815, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salem, MA
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Businessperson;
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Piel, Gerard (1915-2004)
Election: 1954, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Scientific American
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Science editor and
publisher
Pielou, Evelyn Chrystalla (1924-2016)
Election: 1996, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Lethbridge
Residence at election: Denman Island,
British Columbia, Canada
Career description: Ecologist;
Biogeographer; Researcher; Educator
Pier, Arthur Stanwood (1874-1966)
Election: 1928, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Graduates’
Magazine
Residence at election: Milton, MA
Career description: Writer (novelist,
biographer); Educator; Editor
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
458
Pierce, Chester Middlebook (1927-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Psychiatrist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pierce, George Washington (1872-1956)
Election: 1907, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Pierce, John (1773-1849)
Election: 1809, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brookline, MA
Residence at election: Brookline, MA
Career description: Clergy member
Pierce, John Alvin (1907-1996)
Election: 1952, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Applied physicist;
Academic research institution staff
member
Pierce, John Robinson (1910-2002)
Election: 1962, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Bell Telephone
Laboratories
Residence at election: Murray Hill, NJ
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Educator
Pieron, Henri (1881-1964)
Election: 1937, FHM
Affiliation at election: Université de Paris;
Collège de France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Psychophysiologist;
Educator; Research institution
administrator
Pierrehumbert, Janet Breckenridge
(1954-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Northwestern
University
Residence at election: Evanston, IL
Career description: Linguist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pierrehumbert, Raymond T. (1954-)
Election: 2015, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Geophysicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pike, Kenneth Lee (1912-2000)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Linguist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Pierson, George Wilson (1904-1993)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Historian; Educator
Pike, Nicholas (1743-1819)
Election: 1788, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Newburyport, MA
Residence at election: Newburyport, MA
Career description: Educator;
Mathematician; Public official
Pierson, Paul (1959-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: same
Pifer, Alan Jay Parrish (1921-2005)
Election: 1968, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Carnegie
Corporation of New York
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Foundation executive
Piggott, Stuart (1910-1996)
Election: 1960, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Edinburgh
Residence at election: Edinburgh, Scotland
Career description: Archaeologist;
Educator
Pignatti, Terisio (1920-2004)
Election: 1989, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Venice
Residence at election: Venice, Italy
Career description: Historian (art);
Educator; Museum administrator
Pigou, Arthur Cecil (1877-1959)
Election: 1928, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Cambridge
Residence at election: Cambridge, England
Career description: Economist; Educator
Pilbeam, David Roger (1940-)
Election: 1985, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Anthropologist;
Educator; Academic and museum
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Pildes, Richard H. (1957-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University School of Law
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Legal scholar;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pillsbury, Edmund P. (1943-2010)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Kimbell Art
Museum
Residence at election: Fort Worth, TX
Career description: Art scholar; Museum
administrator; Gallery partner
Pillsbury, John Elliott (1846-1919)
Election: 1893, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Navy
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Oceanographer; Naval
officer
Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1862-1957)
Election: 1921, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Zoologist; Museum
curator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
459
Pimentel, George Claude (1922-1989)
Election: 1968, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Pimm, Stuart Leonard (1949-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Duke University
Residence at election: Durham, NC
Career description: Ecologist;
Conservation biologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pincus, Gregory Goodwin (1903-1967)
Election: 1939, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Clark University
Residence at election: Worcester, MA
Career description: Biologist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Pinczuk, Aron (1939-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: Westfield, NJ
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Editor
Current affiliation: Same
Pines, Alexander (1945-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pines, David (1924-)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residence at election: Urbana, IL
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Los Alamos National
Laboratory
Pingree, David Edwin (1933-2005)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Historian
(mathematics, science); Educator
Pings, Cornelius John (1929-2004)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Association of
American Universities
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Chemical engineer;
Educator; Academic and educational
association administrator
Pinker, Steven A. (1954-)
Election: 1998, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Cognitive scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Harvard University
Pinkham, Jr., Daniel Rogers (1923-2006)
Election: 1965, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New England
Conservatory of Music
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Musician (composer,
organist); Educator
Pinkney, David Henry (1914-1993)
Election: 1984, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Washington
Residence at election: Seattle, WA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Pinkney, Jerry (1939-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Jerry Pinkney
Studio
Residence at election: Croton-on-Hudson,
NY
Career description: Children’s book
author and illustrator
Current affiliation: Same
Pinn, Vivian Winona (1941-)
Election: 1994, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Institutes
of Health
Residence at election: Bethesda, MD
Career description: Pathologist; Educator;
Government health agency administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Pinter, Harold (1930-2008)
Election: 1985, FHM
Affiliation at election: London, England
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Writer (playwright);
Actor; Director
Piore, Emanuel Ruben (1908-2000)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: IBM Corporation
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Physicist; Electrical
engineer; Government research scientist
and administrator; Company research
scientist and administrator
Piotrovskiy, Mikhail Borisovich (1944-)
Election: 2016, FHM
Affiliation at election: State Hermitage
Museum; St. Petersburg State University
Residence at election: St. Petersburg,
Russia
Career description: Historian; Museum
administrator and curator; Producer
(film)
Current affiliation: same
Piper, Charles Vancouver (1867-1926)
Election: 1921, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Department of
Agriculture
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Agronomist;
Government agency administrator
Piperno, Dolores Rita (1949-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Museum
of Natural History; Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Anthropologist;
Archaeologist; Research institution staff
member
Current affiliation: Same
Pipes, Richard (1923-)
Election: 1965, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pinsky, Robert Neal (1940-)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston University
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Writer (poet); Poet
laureate; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
460
Pipher, Jill (1955-)
Election: 2015, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Mathematician;
Professional organization administrator;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pipkin, Francis Marion (1925-1992)
Election: 1963, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Pippard, Alfred Brian (1920-2008)
Election: 1970, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Cambridge
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Pippin, Robert B. (1948-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pirenne, Henri (Jean Henri Otto Lucien
Marie) (1862-1935)
Election: 1922, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Ghent
Residence at election: Ghent, Belgium
Career description: Historian; Educator
Pirie, Robert (1934-2015)
Election: 1985, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rothschild, Inc.
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Investment banker;
Lawyer
Pirrotta, Nino (Antonino) (1908-1998)
Election: 1967, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Musicologist;
Educator; Librarian
Pirsson, Louis Valentine (1860-1919)
Election: 1917, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Geologist; Educator
Pister, Karl Stark (1925-)
Election: 1994, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Santa Cruz
Residence at election: Santa Cruz, CA
Career description: Engineer; Educator;
Academic administrator
Current affiliation: University of
California, Berkeley
Pitzer, Kenneth Sanborn (1914-1997)
Election: 1958, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Piston, Jr., Walter Hamor (1894-1976)
Election: 1941, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Belmont, MA
Career description: Musician (composer);
Educator
Piwnica-Worms, Helen M. (1957-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University in St. Louis
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Cellular biologist
Current affiliation: University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pitkin, Hanna Fenichel (1931-)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Plana (Barone), Giovanni Antonio
Amedeo (1781-1864)
Election: 1832, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Turin
Residence at election: Turin, Italy
Career description: Mathematician;
Astronomer; Educator; Academic
research institution administrator
Pitofsky, Robert (1929-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Federal Trade
Commission
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Government official
Current affiliation: Georgetown
University
Pittendrigh, Colin Stephenson (19181996)
Election: 1958, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Biologist; Educator;
Research institution and academic
administrator
Pitts, Robert Franklin (1908-1977)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cornell University
Medical College
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Physiologist; Educator
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Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (18581947)
Election: 1914, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Berlin;
Institute for Theoretical Physics
Residence at election: Berlin, Germany
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
461
Plank, Terry A. (1963-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: Palisades, NY
Career description: Geochemist;
Volcanologist; Educator
Current affiliation: same
Plantamour, Emile (1815-1882)
Election: 1878, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Geneva
Residence at election: Geneva, Switzerland
Career description: Astronomer;
Meteorologist; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Plantinga, Alvin Carl (1932-)
Election: 1975, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Calvin College
Residence at election: Grand Rapids, MI
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: University of Notre
Dame
Plaskett, Harry Hemley (1893-1980)
Election: 1930, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Astrophysicist;
Educator
Platner, John Winthrop (1865-1921)
Election: 1915, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University;
Andover Theological Seminary
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Theologian; Educator; Academic
administrator
Platt, John Rader (1918-1992)
Election: 1977, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Biophysicist;
Environmentalist; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Plimpton, Calvin Hastings (1918-2007)
Election: 1968, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Amherst College
Residence at election: Amherst, MA
Career description: Physician; Educator;
Academic administrator
Plimpton, Francis Taylor Pearson (19001983)
Election: 1964, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Department of
State
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Lawyer; Diplomat
Ploegh, Hidde L. (1953-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Biochemist;
Immunologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Whitehead Institute
for Biomedical Research
Plog, Stephen (1949-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Virginia
Residence at election: Charlottesville, VA
Career description: Archaeologist;
Anthropologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Plomin, Robert (1948-)
Election: 2001, FHM
Affiliation at election: King’s College,
University of London
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Psychologist;
Geneticist; Educator; Academic research
agency staff member and administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Ploog, Detlev Walter (1920-2005)
Election: 1971, FHM
Affiliation at election: Max-Planck-Institut
für Psychiatrie
Residence at election: Munich, Germany
Career description: Psychiatrist;
Ethologist; Research institution
administrator
Plott, Charles Raymond (1938-)
Election: 1985, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Plough, Harold Henry (1892-1985)
Election: 1950, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Amherst College
Residence at election: Amherst, MA
Career description: Zoologist; Geneticist;
Educator
Plum, Fred (1924-2010)
Election: 1998, Fellow
Affiliation at election: The New York
Hospital-Cornell University Medical
College
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Neurologist; Educator
Plumb, John Harold (1911-2001)
Election: 1970, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Cambridge
Residence at election: Cambridge, England
Career description: Historian; Educator
Plumly, Stanley (1939-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Maryland
Residence at election: Gaithersburg, MD
Career description: Writer (poet);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Plummer, Christopher O. (1929-)
Election: 2015, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: Weston, CT
Career description: Actor
Current affiliation: Same
Plummer, Earl Ward (1940-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Louisiana State
University
Residence at election: Baton Rouge, LA
Career description: Experimental
physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Plummer, James D. (1944-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Portola Valley, CA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Academic administrator; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
462
Pocock, John Greville Agard (1924-)
Election: 1975, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851)
Election: 1825, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. House of
Representatives
Residence at election: Charleston, SC
Career description: U.S. Secretary of War;
Diplomat
Poggendorff, Johann Christian (17961877)
Election: 1874, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Berlin
Residence at election: Berlin, Germany
Career description: Physicist; Chemist;
Educator; Editor; Biographer
Poirier, Richard (1925-2009)
Election: 1979, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rutgers University
Residence at election: New Brunswick, NJ
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Poggio, Tomaso A. (1947-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Neuroscientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Poggioli, Renato (1907-1963)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Poggioli, Sylvia (1946-)
Election: 1994, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Public
Radio
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Journalist
Current affiliation: Same
Poincare, Jules Henri (1854-1912)
Election: 1901, FHM
Affiliation at election: Université de Paris
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Poincare, Raymond (1860-1934)
Election: 1919, FHM
Affiliation at election: Government of
France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official
Poirion, Daniel (1927-1996)
Election: 1994, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Poisson, Simeon Denis (1781-1840)
Election: 1822, FHM
Affiliation at election: Sorbonne
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Mathematician;
Physicist; Educator
Poitier, Sidney (1927-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Los Angeles, CA
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Actor; Director (film)
Current affiliation: Same
Polanyi, John Charles (1929-)
Election: 1976, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Toronto
Residence at election: Toronto, Canada
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Polanyi, Michael (1891-1976)
Election: 1962, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Physical chemist;
Philosopher; Social scientist; Educator
Polasky, A. Stephen (1957-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Minnesota
Residence at election: Arden Hills, MN
Career description: Economist; Educator;
Government advisor (economics and
environment)
Current affiliation: Same
Polchinski, Joseph G. (1954-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Santa Barbara
Residence at election: Santa Barbara, CA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Polisi, Joseph William (1947-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: The Julliard School
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Musician (bassoonist);
Academic institution administrator;
Writer (nonfiction)
Current affiliation: Same
Politzer, Adam (1835-1920)
Election: 1913, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Vienna
Residence at election: Vienna, Austria
Career description: Otologist; Educator;
Hospital administrator
Politzer, Hugh David (1949-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Polke, Sigmar (1941-2010)
Election: 2008, FHM
Affiliation at election: Cologne, Germany
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Artist (painter,
photographer)
Pollak, Louis Heilprin (1922-2012)
Election: 1972, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University Law
School
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Jurist
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
463
Pollak, Robert A. (1938-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University in St. Louis
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pollard, Thomas Dean (1942-)
Election: 1990, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Cell biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Yale University
Pollock, Allan (1767-1859)
Election: 1803, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Inventor; Machinist
Pollock, Frederick (1845-1937)
Election: 1895, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Lawyer; Historian
(law); Educator
Pollock, Harry Evelyn Dorr (1900-1982)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University;
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Archaeologist;
Foundation research staff member and
administrator; Museum curator
Pollock, Sheldon I. (1949-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Philology (Sanskrit);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Polsby, Nelson Woolf (1934-2007)
Election: 1982, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Polshek, James Stewart (1930-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University; Polshek Partnership
Architects LLP
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Architect; Educator;
Academic administrator
Current affiliation: Ennead Architects LLP
Polya, George (1887-1985)
Election: 1974, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Polyakov, Alexander M. (1944-)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pomeranz, Kenneth L. (1958-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Irvine
Residence at election: Irvine, CA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: University of Chicago
Poncelet, Jean Victor (1788-1867)
Election: 1865, FHM
Affiliation at election: Ecole Polytechnique
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Mathematician;
Engineer; Educator
Pond, John (1767-1836)
Election: 1822, FHM
Affiliation at election: Greenwich
Observatory
Residence at election: Greenwich, England
Career description: Astronomer; Research
institution administrator
Pontecorvo, Guido P. A. (1907-1999)
Election: 1958, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Glasgow
Residence at election: Glasgow, Scotland
Career description: Geneticist; Educator
Pool, Ithiel de Sola (1917-1984)
Election: 1961, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Pool, James Lawrence (1906-2004)
Election: 1965, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University College of Physicians and
Surgeons; Presbyterian Hospital
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Neurosurgeon;
Educator; Hospital administrator
Poole, Keith T. (1947-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Diego
Residence at election: Carlsbad, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: University of Georgia
Poonen, Bjorn Mikhail (1968-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Poor, Charles Lane (1866-1951)
Election: 1896, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Astronomer;
Astrophysicist; Educator
Poor, Harold Vincent (1951-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
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464
Poorvu, William James (1935-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Business
School
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Company founder and
executive (real estate, media); Foundation
administrator; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Popa, Sorin T. (1953-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pope, Alfred (1915-2009)
Election: 1961, Fellow
Affiliation at election: McLean Hospital;
Harvard University Medical School
Residence at election: Waverley, MA
Career description: Neuropathologist;
Educator
Pope, John Collins (1904-1997)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Pope, Joseph (1754-1826)
Election: 1788, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Clock and instrument
maker
Pope, Stephen B. (1949-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cornell University
Residence at election: Ithaca, NY
Career description: Mechanical engineer;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham (19131994)
Election: 1978, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Metropolitan
Museum of Art; New York University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Historian (art);
Educator; Museum administrator
Popjak, George Joseph (1914-1998)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles School of
Medicine
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Porsild, Alf Erling (1901-1977)
Election: 1947, FHM
Affiliation at election: Canadian National
Museum of Science
Residence at election: Ottawa, Canada
Career description: Botanist; Government
research scientist and administrator;
Herbarium curator
Popkin, John Snelling (1771-1852)
Election: 1808, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Newbury, MA
Residence at election: Newbury, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Educator
Porter, Andrew (1928-2015)
Election: 1985, Fellow
Affiliation at election: The New Yorker
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Music critic
Popkin, Richard Henry (1923-2005)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University; University of California, Los
Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Philosopher;
Historian; Educator
Pople, John Anthony (1925-2004)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Carnegie Mellon
University
Residence at election: Pittsburgh, PA
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Popper, Hans (1903-1988)
Election: 1967, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Mount Sinai School
of Medicine; Mount Sinai Hospital
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Pathologist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Popper, Karl Raimund (1902-1994)
Election: 1966, FHM
Affiliation at election: London School of
Economics and Political Science
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Porada, Edith (1912-1994)
Election: 1969, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Archaeologist;
Historian (art); Educator
Porter, Arthur Kingsley (1883-1933)
Election: 1922, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Archaeologist;
Historian (art); Educator
Porter, Eliot Furness (1901-1990)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Tesuque, NM
Residence at election: Tesuque, NM
Career description: Artist (photographer,
illustrator)
Porter, Eliphalet (1758-1833)
Election: 1810, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Roxbury, MA
Residence at election: Roxbury, MA
Career description: Clergy member
Porter (Lord Porter of Luddenham),
George (1920-2002)
Election: 1979, FHM
Affiliation at election: Royal Institution of
Great Britain
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Research institution and academic
administrator
Porter, Jean (1955-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Notre
Dame
Residence at election: South Bend, IN
Career description: Theologian; Ethicist;
Educator; Professional society
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
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Porter, Keith Roberts (1912-1997)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rockefeller Institute
for Medical Research
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Cell biologist;
Educator; Research institution
administrator
Porter, Noah (1811-1892)
Election: 1866, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Educator; Academic
administrator; Clergy member
Porter, Robert Hugh (1955-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Northwestern
University
Residence at election: Evanston, IL
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Porter, Rodney Robert (1917-1985)
Election: 1968, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Biochemist; Educator
Porter, Roy (1946-2002)
Election: 1998, FHM
Affiliation at election: Wellcome Institute
for the History of Medicine
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Historian (medicine,
science); Educator
Porter, Theodore M. (1953-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Altadena, CA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Porter, William Townsend (1862-1949)
Election: 1901, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physiologist; Educator;
Company executive
Portes, Alejandro (1944-)
Election: 1998, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Sociologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Posen, Barry R. (1952-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
International security scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Posner, Eric (1965-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago Law School
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Lawyer; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Posner, Jerome Beebe (1932-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center; Cornell
University Medical College
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Neurologist; Physician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center; Weill Medical
College, Cornell University
Posner, Michael I. (1936-)
Election: 1986, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University in St. Louis School of
Medicine; University of Oregon
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Psychologist;
Neuropsychologist; Educator
Current affiliation: University of Oregon
Posner, Richard Allen (1939-)
Election: 1982, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Court of
Appeals
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Jurist
Current affiliation: Same
Posnock, Ross (1953-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Literary and culture
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Post, Chandler Rathfon (1881-1959)
Election: 1921, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Classicist; Historian
(art); Educator
Post, Gaines (1902-1986)
Election: 1959, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Wisconsin, Madison
Residence at election: Madison, WI
Career description: Historian; Educator
Post, Robert Charles (1947-)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Lawyer; Educator
Current affiliation: Yale Law School
Postan, Michael Moissey (1899-1981)
Election: 1972, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Cambridge
Residence at election: Cambridge, England
Career description: Historian (economics);
Educator
Postlewaite, Andrew (1943-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Pennsylvania
Residence at election: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Poterba, James Michael (1958-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; National Bureau
of Economic Research
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466
Potter, Alonzo (1800-1865)
Election: 1831, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Union College
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Educator
Potter, David Morris (1910-1971)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Historian; Educator
Potter, Van Rensselaer (1911-2001)
Election: 1959, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Wisconsin Medical School
Residence at election: Madison, WI
Career description: Biochemist;
Bioethicist; Educator
Pottle, Frederick Albert (1897-1987)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Potts, Jr., John Thomas (1932-)
Election: 1982, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School; Massachusetts General Hospital
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician;
Endocrinologist; Educator; Hospital
administrator
Current affiliation: Massachusetts General
Hospital
Poulet, Anne L. (1941-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Frick Collection
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Museum curator
Current affiliation: Boston, MA
Poulet, Georges (1902-1991)
Election: 1970, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Nice
Residence at election: Nice, France
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Poulter, Charles Dale (1942-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Utah
Residence at election: Salt Lake City, UT
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pound, Robert Vivian (1919-2010)
Election: 1952, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Pound, Roscoe (1870-1964)
Election: 1911, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Belmont, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Jurist;
Educator; Academic administrator
Powell, James L. (1955-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pounds, William Frank (1928-)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Management expert;
Educator; Academic administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Poussaint, Alvin Francis (1934-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Psychiatrist; Social
critic; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Powell, Colin Luther (1937-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Colin L. Powell
Associates, LLC
Residence at election: McLean, VA
Career description: U.S. Secretary of State;
Military officer; Government advisor
Current affiliation: Same
Powell III, Earl Alexander (1943-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Gallery of
Art
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Museum administrator
(art); Historian (art)
Current affiliation: Same
Powell, Jr., G. Bingham (George
Bingham) (1942-)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Rochester
Residence at election: Rochester, NY
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
John Wesley Powell, elected 1887, Associate Fellow.
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Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902)
Election: 1887, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Geological
Survey; Smithsonian Institution
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Geologist; Ethnologist;
Government research agency
administrator
Powell, Jr., Lewis Franklin (1907-1998)
Election: 1989, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Supreme Court of
the United States
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Lawyer; Jurist (U.S.
Supreme Court)
Powell, Robert L. (1946-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Powell, Thomas Reed (1880-1955)
Election: 1931, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
467
Power, Mary Eleanor (1950-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Ecologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Powers, Harold Stone (1928-2007)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Musicologist; Educator
Powers, Hiram (1805-1873)
Election: 1855, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Florence, Italy
Residence at election: Florence, Italy
Career description: Artist (sculptor)
Powers, J. F. (James Farl) (1917-1999)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: St. John’s University
Residence at election: Collegeville, MN
Career description: Writer (novelist, short
story writer); Educator
Powers, Richard (1957-)
Election: 1998, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residence at election: Urbana, IL
Career description: Writer (novelist);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pozen, Robert Charles (1946-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: MFS Investment
Management
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Company executive
(investment); Lawyer
Current affiliation: Same
Prager, William (1903-1980)
Election: 1951, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Applied
mathematician; Mechanical engineer;
Educator
Prandtl, Ludwig (1875-1953)
Election: 1929, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Goettingen
Residence at election: Goettingen,
Germany
Career description: Physicist;
Aerodynamicist; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Prather, Kimberly A. (1962-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Diego
Residence at election: Encinitas, CA
Career description: Atmospheric chemist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pratt, Bela Lyon (1867-1917)
Election: 1913, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Artist (sculptor);
Educator
Pratt, Carroll Cornelius (1894-1979)
Election: 1933, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Psychologist;
Musicologist; Educator
Pratt, Frederick Haven (1873-1958)
Election: 1927, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston University
Residence at election: Dedham, MA
Career description: Physiologist; Educator;
Company executive
Pratt, James Bissett (1875-1944)
Election: 1941, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Williams College
Residence at election: Williamstown, MA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Pratt, John Winsor (1931-)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Graduate School of Business
Administration
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Statistician; Educator
Current affiliation: Harvard Business
School
Pratt, Joseph Hersey (1872-1956)
Election: 1927, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston Dispensary
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician; Educator;
Hospital administrator
Prausnitz, John Michael (1928-)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Chemical engineer;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Praz, Mario (1896-1981)
Election: 1969, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Rome
Residence at election: Rome, Italy
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Prebisch, Raul (1901-1986)
Election: 1971, FHM
Affiliation at election: Latin American
Institute for Economic and Social
Planning
Residence at election: Santiago, Chile
Career description: Economist; Banker;
Educator; Government official; Diplomat;
Foundation executive
Prelog, Vladimir (1906-1998)
Election: 1960, FHM
Affiliation at election: Eidgenossische
Technische Hochschule
Residence at election: Zurich, Switzerland
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Prendergast, Christopher A. (1942-)
Election: 2015, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Cambridge
Residence at election: Cambridge, England
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Prescott, Charles Young (1938-)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
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468
Prescott, David Marshall (1926-2011)
Election: 1970, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Colorado
Residence at election: Boulder, CO
Career description: Cell biologist;
Geneticist; Educator
Prescott, Edward C. (1940-)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Minnesota
Residence at election: Minneapolis, MN
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Arizona State
University; Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis
Prescott, Henry Washington (18741943)
Election: 1935, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Philologist; Educator
Prescott, Oliver (1731-1804)
Election: 1780, Fellow
Affiliation at election: State of
Massachusetts
Residence at election: Groton, MA
Career description: Physician; Public
official
Prescott, Samuel Cate (1872-1962)
Election: 1914, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Brookline, MA
Career description: Bacteriologist;
Educator; Academic administrator
Prescott, William (1762-1844)
Election: 1815, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official (state legislator)
Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859)
Election: 1840, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Historian
Press, Frank (1924-)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Geophysicist;
Educator; Presidential science advisor
Current affiliation: Washington Advisory
Group
Press, William Henry (1948-)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Astrophysicist;
Educator; Government laboratory
administrator
Current affiliation: University of Texas at
Austin; Los Alamos National Laboratory
Pressler, Menahem Max Jacob (1923-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Indiana University
Residence at election: Bloomington, IN
Career description: Musician (pianist);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Prest, William Morton (1862-1945)
Election: 1938, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Probate Court of
Boston
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Jurist
Preston, Lewis Thompson (1926-1995)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: World Bank
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Banker; Company
executive; Diplomat
Preston, Samuel Hulse (1943-)
Election: 1986, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Pennsylvania
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Demographer;
Educator; Academic administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Preston, William Munro (1909-1989)
Election: 1961, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Previn, André George (1929-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Musician (conductor,
composer, pianist)
Current affiliation: Same
Prewitt, Kenneth (1936-)
Election: 1979, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago; Social Science Research Council
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator; Government agency and
academic administrator; Foundation
executive
Current affiliation: Columbia University
Pribram, Karl Harry (1919-2015)
Election: 1956, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Institute of Living
Residence at election: Hartford, CT
Career description: Psychologist;
Neurologist; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Price, Jr., Don Krasher (1910-1995)
Election: 1960, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator; Government official;
Foundation executive; Academic
administrator
Price, Hugh B. (1941-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Urban
League
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Lawyer; Foundation
executive
Current affiliation: New Rochelle, NY
Price, Leontyne (1927-)
Election: 1962, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Musician (opera and
concert soprano)
Current affiliation: Same
Price, Lucien (1883-1964)
Election: 1949, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston Globe
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Journalist
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469
Price, Martin (1920-2010)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Pringle, Cyrus Guernsey (1838-1911)
Election: 1901, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Charlotte, VT
Residence at election: Charlotte, VT
Career description: Plant breeder;
Collector; Farmer
Price, Reynolds (1933-2011)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Duke University
Residence at election: Durham, NC
Career description: Writer (fiction writer,
poet, essayist); Educator
Pringle, John William Sutton (19121982)
Election: 1969, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Oxford
Residence at election: Oxford, England
Career description: Cytologist; Educator
Price, Richard (1723-1791)
Election: 1782, FHM
Affiliation at election: London, England
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Clergy member;
Economist; Philosopher
Price, Trevor Douglas (1953-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Evolutionary biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Priest, George L. (1947-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale Law School
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Legal and economic
theory scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
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Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
Election: 1782, FHM
Affiliation at election: Birmingham,
England
Residence at election: Birmingham,
England
Career description: Chemist; Philosopher;
Clergy member; Educator
Priestley (1915-1986)
Beardsley, Monroe Curtis
Election: 1976, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Temple University
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Pritchard, David E. (1941-)
Election: 1994, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pritchard, Jonathan K. (1971-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Evolutionary
geneticist; Educator; Research institution
scientist
Current affiliation: Same
Prigogine, Ilya (1917-2003)
Election: 1960, FHM
Affiliation at election: Free University of
Brussels; International Institutes of
Physics and Chemistry (Solvay Institutes,
Brussels)
Residence at election: Brussels, Belgium
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Pritchard, William H. (1932-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Amherst College
Residence at election: Amherst, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Primakoff, Henry (1914-1983)
Election: 1976, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Pennsylvania
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Pritchett, Charles Herman (1907-1995)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Santa Barbara
Residence at election: Santa Barbara, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Prince, John (1751-1836)
Election: 1785, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salem, MA
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Clergy member;
Instrument maker
Pritchett, Henry Smith (1857-1939)
Election: 1901, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Astronomer; Educator;
Academic administrator; Foundation
executive
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Pritchett, Victor Sawdon (1900-1997)
Election: 1971, FHM
Affiliation at election: New Statesman
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Writer (literary critic,
novelist, short story writer); Editor;
Company executive
Pritsak, Omeljan (1919-2006)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Historian; Linguist;
Educator
Pritzker, Penny S. (1959-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: PSP Capital
Partners and Pritzker Realty Group
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Company executive
and founder (finance); Presidential
advisor; Philanthropist; U.S. Secretary of
Commerce
Current affiliation: United States
Department of Commerce
Pritzker, Thomas J. (1950-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Hyatt Corporation
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Company executive
and founder (finance); Philanthropist
Current affiliation: Same
Prives, Carol L. (1941-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Molecular and cancer
biologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Probst, Emil (1877-1950)
Election: 1929, FHM
Affiliation at election: Technische
Hochshule
Residence at election: Karlsruhe, Germany
Career description: Engineer; Educator
Probstein, Ronald Filmore (1928-)
Election: 1961, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Mechanical engineer;
Educator
Current affiliation: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Proctor, Bernard Emerson (1901-1959)
Election: 1958, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Food technologist;
Educator; Research institution
administrator
Proudfoot, Wayne (1939-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Theologian;
Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Proctor, Robert N. (1954-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Pennsylvania State
University
Residence at election: University Park, PA
Career description: Historian (science);
Educator
Current affiliation: Stanford University
Proulx, E. Annie (1935-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Seattle, Washington
Residence at election: Carnation, WA
Career description: Writer (novelist, short
story writer)
Current affiliation: Same
Proger, Samuel Herschel (1906-1984)
Election: 1950, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Tufts University
School of Medicine
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician; Educator;
Hospital administrator
Prokhorov, Alexander Mikhailovitch
(1916-2002)
Election: 1972, FHM
Affiliation at election: Academy of
Sciences of the USSR
Residence at election: Moscow, USSR
Career description: Physicist; Research
institution administrator
Prose, Francine (1947-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York, NY
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Writer (fiction writer,
essayist)
Current affiliation: Same
Prosser, Clifford Ladd (1907-2002)
Election: 1957, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residence at election: Urbana, IL
Career description: Physiologist; Educator
Prothero, George Walter (1848-1922)
Election: 1919, FHM
Affiliation at election: Quarterly Review
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Historian; Educator;
Editor
Provine, William B. (1940-2015)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cornell University
Residence at election: Marathon, NY
Career description: Evolutionary biologist;
Educator
Prudden, Theophil Mitchell (1849-1924)
Election: 1904, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University College of Physicians and
Surgeons
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Bacteriologist;
Pathologist; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Prusiner, Stanley Ben (1942-)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Francisco
Residence at election: San Francisco, CA
Career description: Neurologist;
Biochemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Przeworski, Adam (1940-)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: New York University
Ptacek, Louis J. (1961-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Francisco
Residence at election: San Francisco, CA
Career description: Neurologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
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Ptashne, Mark Steven (1940-)
Election: 1977, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center
Puck, Theodore Thomas (1916-2005)
Election: 1967, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Colorado Medical School
Residence at election: Denver, CO
Career description: Geneticist;
Biophysicist; Educator
Pulitzer, Emily Rauh (1933-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Pulitzer Foundation
for the Arts
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Historian (art);
Museum curator; Foundation founder
and executive; Philanthropist
Current affiliation: Same
Pullum, Geoffrey Keith (1945-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Santa Cruz
Residence at election: Santa Cruz, CA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Current affiliation: University of
Edinburgh, UK
Pumpelly, Raphael (1837-1923)
Election: 1870, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Government of
Michigan; Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mining geologist;
Explorer; Government research agency
administrator; Educator
Pupin, Michael Idvorsky (1858-1935)
Election: 1905, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Purcell, Edward Mills (1912-1997)
Election: 1950, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Purves, Clifford Burrough (1902-1965)
Election: 1939, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Putnam, Frederic Ward (1839-1915)
Election: 1865, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Essex Institute
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Anthropologist;
Naturalist; Museum administrator;
Educator
Purves, Dale (1938-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Duke University
Medical Center
Residence at election: Durham, NC
Career description: Neurobiologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Putnam, George (1807-1878)
Election: 1847, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Roxbury, MA
Residence at election: Roxbury, MA
Career description: Clergy member
Pusey, Anne (1949-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Minnesota
Residence at election: Minneapolis, MN
Career description: Primatologist; Animal
behaviorist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pusey, Nathan Marsh (1907-2001)
Election: 1954, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Academic
administrator; Historian; Classicist
Putnam, Charles Gideon (1805-1875)
Election: 1857, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician
Putnam, Charles Pickering (1844-1914)
Election: 1912, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston Society for
the Relief of Destitute Mothers
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician
Putnam, Frank William (1917-2006)
Election: 1974, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Indiana University
Residence at election: Bloomington, IN
Career description: Biochemist;
Immunologist; Educator
Putnam, George (1926-)
Election: 1989, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Putnam Group
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Company executive
(investment management)
Current affiliation: Putnam Investment
Management Company
Putnam, Herbert (George Herbert)
(1861-1955)
Election: 1902, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Library of
Congress
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Librarian
Putnam, Hilary Whitehall (1926-2016)
Election: 1966, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Putnam, James Jackson (1846-1918)
Election: 1878, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Medical School
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Neurologist; Educator
Putnam, Michael Courtney Jenkins
(1933-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Classicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Putnam, Robert David (1941-)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator; Academic administrator
Current affiliation: Same
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472
Putnam, Samuel (1768-1853)
Election: 1824, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Residence at election: Salem, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Jurist
Putnam, Tracy Jackson (1894-1975)
Election: 1935, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School
Residence at election: Brookline, MA
Career description: Neurologist; Educator;
Hospital administrator
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre Cecile (18241898)
Election: 1897, FHM
Affiliation at election: Paris, France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Artist (painter)
Pyle, Anna Marie (1963-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Biochemist;
Biophysicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pynchon, Thomas Ruggles (1823-1904)
Election: 1892, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Trinity College
Residence at election: Hartford, CT
Career description: Educator; Clergy
member; Academic administrator
Pyne, Stephen Joseph (1949-)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Arizona State
University
Residence at election: Phoenix, AZ
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Pye, Lucian Wilmot (1921-2008)
Election: 1962, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
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