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14 Elected to American Academy

14 Elected to American Academy

MIT President Charles M. Vest and 13 others from MIT were elected to the 
American Academy of Arts and Sciences at its annual meeting in Boston 
Wednesday, May 8. 

They were among 195 scholars, public figures and artists elected to the 
Academy, the second oldest learned society in the United States. Founded 
in 1780 by John Adams and other leaders of the American Revolution, it 
conducts programs of study and publication on issues of national and 
international concern. 

MIT membership in the Academy of both active and emeriti faculty now 
stands at about 120.

The new Fellows, in addition to President Vest, who is a professor of 
mechanical engineering, are:

Amar G. Bose, professor of electrical engineering; Jill Conway, visiting 
professor of the history of women; Ann M. Graybiel, professor of 
neuroanatomy; Jerry A. Hausman, professor of economics; Paul A. Joskow, 
Mitsui Professor of Economics and Management; Patrick A. Lee, William 
and Emma Rogers Professor of Physics; Leonard S. Lerman, senior lecturer 
in biology; George Lusztig, professor of mathematics; Uttam Lal 
RajBhandary, professor of biochemistry; Robert J. Silbey, Class of 1942 
Professor of Chemistry; Merritt Roe Smith, Metcalfe Professor of 
Engineering and the Liberal Arts; Daniel W. Stroock, professor of 
mathematics; and JoAnne Stubbe, Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of 
Chemistry and professor of biology.