Four UCSF Scholars Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Julius, Locksley,
Reichardt, White
• David Julius, professor and vice chair in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology,
• Richard Locksley, Sandler Distinguished Professor in Asthma Research,
• Louis Reichardt, Jack D. and DeLoris Lange Endowed Chair in Cell Physiology, and
• Raymond White, Rudi Schmid Distinguished Professor in Neurology. Current academy members selected the new members as part of a competitive process that acknowledges individuals whose contributions have influenced their field and society. With the 2005 election of the 225th class of academy fellows and foreign honorees, 509 UC faculty are a part of this learned society, composed of the world's leading scientists, scholars, artists, business people, and public leaders. "The UC researchers who were elected to the academy underscore the stellar faculty for which our university is known worldwide, and I congratulate our newest fellows on this important honor," said UC President Robert C. Dynes, who is himself an academy fellow. "These honorees and their UC colleagues are making important contributions in creating new knowledge, in teaching and mentoring their students, and in producing innovative research that will benefit our nation and the world." Other UC scholars elected include: UC Berkeley • Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, emerita; • Daniel Boyarin, Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Professor; • Ronald Lee, director, Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging; • Hiroshi Nikaido, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology; • Robert Powell, Robson Professor of Political Science. UC Davis • Alan Hastings, distinguished professor; • Stephen Kowalczykowski, professor of microbiology and molecular and cell biology; • Michael Turelli, professor of genetics. UCLA • Christopher Donnan, professor of anthropology; • Naomi Lamoreaux, professor of economics and history. UC San Diego • M. Salah Baouendi, professor of mathematics; • Michael Norman, professor of physics; • Linda Preiss Rothschild, professor of mathematics; • Jack Wolf, Stephen O. Rice Professor of Magnetics; • Ajit Varki, professor of cellular and molecular medicine. UC Santa Barbara • Joseph Connell, professor of zoology, emeritus; • Reginald Golledge, professor of geography; • Galen Stucky, professor of chemistry and materials. UC Santa Cruz • Michael Soulé, professor emeritus of environmental studies. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholar-patriots "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people." The academy has elected as fellows and foreign honorary members the finest minds and most influential leaders from each generation, including George Washington and Ben Franklin in the 18th century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 19th, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the 20th. The current membership includes more than 150 Nobel laureates and 50 Pulitzer Prize winners. Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of its membership, the American Academy conducts thoughtful, innovative, non-partisan studies on international security, social policy, education, and the humanities. These esteemed UC faculty are part of an impressive and eclectic class of fellows that includes Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, journalist Tom Brokaw and playwright Tony Kusnher who will be honored at the annual induction ceremony on Oct. 8, at the academy's headquarters in Cambridge, MA.