| | 1 | Name: | Dr. Bernhard Bischoff | | | Institution: | University of Munich & Monumenta Germaniae Historica | | | Year Elected: | 1989 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 404. History of the Arts, Literature, Religion and Sciences | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1906 | | | Death Date: | 9/17/91 | | | | |
| 2 | Name: | Sir Walter Bodmer | | | Institution: | Hertford College, Oxford; Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine | | | Year Elected: | 1989 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 204. Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Immunology | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Living
| | | Birth Date: | 1936 | | | | | | |
Sir Walter Bodmer was principal of Hertford College at Oxford University from 1996-2005. Formerly director general and director of research of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, he has served as president of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO); president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; chairman of the BBC Science consultative group; and chairman of the trustees of the Natural History Museum. The co-author of a classic book on human population genetics, he has contributed heavily to both the science and the theory of human genetics. Sir Walter has been a pioneer in elucidating the laws of tissue matches in humans, as well as in the mapping of genes on chromosomes by fusion of human and rodent cells in culture. He led the group that demonstrated that the gene for hereditary colonic polypsis is on chromosome 5. An eminently effective explicator of genetics and a public advocate for science, he has held academic appointments and honorary fellowships at Keble College, Oxford; Clare College, Cambridge; the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Surgeons; and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1974, was knighted in 1986 and is a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He was chancellor of the University of Salford from 1995 to 2005. | |
| 3 | Name: | Prof. François Furet | | | Institution: | Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond Aron | | | Year Elected: | 1989 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 303. History Since 1715 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1927 | | | Death Date: | 7/12/97 | | | | |
| 4 | Name: | Dr. Vitalii I. Gol'danskii | | | Institution: | Academy of Sciences of the USSR & NN Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics | | | Year Elected: | 1989 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 102. Chemistry and Chemical Biochemistry | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1923 | | | Death Date: | January 14, 2001 | | | | |
| 5 | Name: | Mr. Riccardo Muti | | | Institution: | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini | | | Year Elected: | 1989 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 501. Creative Artists | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Living
| | | Birth Date: | 1941 | | | | | | |
Born in Naples, Italy in 1941, conductor Riccardo Muti is the music director of both the Chicago Symphony and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. He assumed both posts at the beginning of the 2010-11 season. Maestro Muti previously served as music director of both the Philadelphia Orchestra (1980-92) and Milan's La Scala Opera House (1986-2005) during his distinguished career. As a young conductor, he won the Cantelli Prize in 1967 and went on to become principal director and music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (1968-80). Additionally, in 2011, he won the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize for his "extraordinary contributions" to the music world. He began regularly conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in London in 1972 and has also been a frequent guest of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics and at the Salzburg Festival, where he is held in high esteem for his performances of Mozart operas. He is also considered to be one of the greatest conductors of the operas of Guiseppe Verdi. Educated at the University of Naples and Verdi Milan Conservatory, Mr. Muti is the recipient of numerous international prizes for recordings and an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music. In 2011, he won the presigious OPERA NEWS Award presented by the Metropolitan Opera Guild as well as the Prince Asturias Prize for Arts and in 2012 he was awarded the McKim Medal by the American Academy in Rome. He was honored by the government of Japan with Order of the Rising Sun Gold and Silver Star in 2016. | |
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