Arts, sciences fellows named

April 28, 2008

Eight MIT faculty members are among the 212 new fellows recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.

"For 228 years, the Academy has served the public good by convening leading thinkers and doers from diverse perspectives to examine--and provide practical policy solutions to--the pressing issues of the day," said Academy Chief Executive Officer and William T. Golden Chair Leslie Berlowitz. "I am confident that this distinguished class of new members will continue that tradition."

The academy will welcome this year's new fellows at its annual induction ceremony in October at its Cambridge, Mass., headquarters.

The new MIT fellows are:

Tobias Colding, Professor of Mathematics
Christopher Cummins, Professor of Chemistry
Alan D. Grossman, Praecis Professor of Biology
Timothy L. Grove, Professor of Geology
Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics
Klavs F. Jensen, Chemical Engineering department head, Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Marc A. Kastner, Donner Professor of Science; Dean, School of Science
Henry I. Smith, Professor of Electrical Engineering