National Academy of Sciences

he National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charge granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters.

The following H&S faculty members -- both current and emeritus -- have been elected to NAS:

Hans C. Andersen, Chemistry
Theodore Anderson, Statistics and Economics*
Kenneth J. Arrow, Economics and Operations Research*
Bruce S. Baker, Biological Sciences
Malcolm R. Beasley, Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
Roger Blandford, Physics
Steven Block, Applied Physics
Lawrence Bobo, Sociology
Gordon Bower, Psychology*
John I. Brauman, Chemistry*
Winslow Briggs, Biological Sciences*
Philip Bucksbaum, Applied Physics
Robert Byer, Applied Physics
Allan Campbell, Biological Sciences
Steven Chu, Physics and Applied Physics
James P. Collman, Chemistry*
Gretchen C. Daily, Biological Sciences
Persi Diaconis, Statistics and Mathematics
Rudolfo Dirzo, Biological Sciences
Carl Djerassi, Chemistry*
David Donoho, Statistics
Bradley Efron, Statistics
Paul Ehrlich, Biological Sciences
Yakov Eliashberg, Mathematics
John Ferejohn, Political Science and Hoover Institution
Chris Field, Biological Sciences
Morris P. Fiorina Jr., Political Science and Hoover Institution
John Flavell, Psychology*
Charles Frake, Anthropology*
Theodore H. Geballe, Applied Physics, Materials Science and Engineering*
Robert E. Hall, Economics
Philip Hanawalt, Biological Sciences
Stephen E. Harris, Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
Alex Inkeles, Sociology and Hoover Institution*
Iain M. Johnstone, Statistics and Biostatistics
Joseph B. Keller, Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering*
Donald Kennedy, Biological Sciences*
Richard Klein, Anthropological Sciences
Anne O. Krueger, Economics*
David Laitin, Political Science
Robert Laughlin, Physics
Sharon R. Long, Biological Sciences
Eleanor E. Maccoby, Psychology*
James G. March, Political Science, Sociology and Business*
Max Mathews, Music*
James McClelland, Psychology
Harden McConnell, Chemistry*
Paul Milgrom, Economics
William Moerner, Chemistry
Harold Mooney, Biological Sciences
Donald Ornstein, Mathematics*
Douglas Osheroff, Physics
George Papanicolaou, Mathematics
John Ross, Chemistry*
David Rumelhart, Psychology*
Thomas Sargent, Economics*
Robert Schimke, Biological Sciences*
Stephen H. Schneider, Biological Sciences
Richard Schoen, Mathematics
Carla Shatz, Biological Sciences
Roger N. Shepard, Psychology*
David O. Siegmund, Statistics
G. William Skinner, Anthropology*
Edward I. Solomon, Chemistry
George Somero, Biological Sciences
Christopher Somerville, Biological Sciences
Claude M. Steele, Psychology
Charles Stein, Statistics*
Joseph Stiglitz, Economics*
Patrick Suppes, Philosophy and Statistics*
Leonard Susskind, Physics
Barry Trost, Chemistry
Eugene E. van Tamelen, Chemistry*
Peter Vitousek, Biological Sciences
Brian A. Wandell, Psychology
Paul A. Wender, Chemistry
Charles Yanofsky, Biological Sciences*
Richard N. Zare, Chemistry

* now emeritus