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May 3, 2004

Ten Faculty Are Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Ten members of the Northwestern University faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the oldest learned society in academia.

Election to the academy, which was founded in 1780, recognizes those who have made preeminent contributions to all scholarly fields and professions.

University President Henry S. Bienen said, “I congratulate all of those who received this honor,” adding that having 10 faculty elected in the same year is “a remarkable achievement.”

Northwestern ranked second in the number of fellows elected this year, tied with Harvard, and now has 60 faculty members in the academy.

The faculty members are:

• Paul Berliner, professor of music studies;
• Gary Borisy, professor of cell and molecular biology;
• Dedre Gentner, professor of psychology;
• Loren Ghiglione, dean of the Medill School of Journalism;
• J. Larry Jameson, professor of medicine;
• Yuri Manin, Board of Trustees professor of mathematics;
• Janet Pierrehumbert, professor of linguistics;
• Mark Satterthwaite, Earl Dean Howard professor of management and strategy;
• Richard Van Duyne, Morrison professor of chemistry;
• Mary Zimmerman, professor of performance studies.