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Awards
09 May 2001
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Eight faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences The professors are among 72 new members and 15 foreign associates announced May 1 by the academy, chosen in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. An additional member was elected posthumously. Those elected today bring the total number of active members nationwide to 1,874, of which 126 are at Berkeley. The new campus members are: American Academy of Arts and Sciences Berkeley faculty elected were: Professor Richard Buxbaum, law; Professor in the Graduate School Hubert Dreyfus, philosophy; Professor Alan Dundes, anthropology; Professor Peter Evans, sociology; Professor Stuart Linn, molecular and cell biology; Professor Christos Papadimitriou, electrical engineering and computer sciences; Professor Kenneth Raymond, chemistry; Professor Barbara Romanowicz, earth and planetary science and director of the Berkeley seismological laboratory; Professor Daniel Rubinfeld, law and economics; Professor Ignacio Tinoco, chemistry; Professor Janet Yellen, economics, Haas School of Business; Michael Marletta, who holds a joint appointment in chemistry and molecular and cell biology, was also elected; he will join the faculty July 1. Steven Brenner, Noam Sobel This year’s Searle Scholars were selected from among 173 applications from recently appointed assistant professors, nominated by 93 universities and research institutions. The 11-member scientific advisory board looked for individuals who have demonstrated innovative research with the potential for making significant contributions to biological research over an extended period of time.
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