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1Name:  Dr. Gardner Ackley
 Institution:  Michigan University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  3. Social Sciences
 Subdivision:  302. Economics
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1915
 Death Date:  2/12/98
   
2Name:  Dr. Alexander G. Bearn
 Institution:  American Philosophical Society
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  2. Biological Sciences
 Subdivision:  204. Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Immunology
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1923
 Death Date:  May 15, 2009
   
 
Alexander G. Bearn was Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society from 1997 until his retirement in 2002. A physician, scientist and author, Dr. Bearn became a member of the Society in 1972 and served as a vice president from 1988-96. He received the Society's Benjamin Franklin Medal in 2001. The citation read "in recognition of distinguished contributions as a physician and scientist, represented by his service as Stanton Griffis Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College and Physician-in-Chief at the New York Hospital, as Senior Vice President for Medical and Scientific Affairs at Merck, Sharp and Dohme and as Editor of the American Journal of Medicine. The Society places on record its profound appreciation for his outstanding service, wise leadership and exemplary devotion to the life and work of the Society and its members. As Executive Officer, he revitalized the Society's meetings, instituted Mellon sabbatical fellowships in the humanities and social sciences, led the Society's gift support to record levels, created joint programs with scholarly societies in Sweden and the United Kingdom, oversaw the renovation of Philosophical Hall and the purchase of additional office space, launched a successful program of scientific exhibits, redefined the focus of the Society's publications and, not least, brought to these and all his dealings a warmth, grace and generosity of spirit which have enlivened and enriched the corporate life of the Society. In expressing its admiration and gratitude for Dr. Bearn's enlightened leadership, the Society also places on record its best wishes for a long and happy retirement and its anticipation of a long continuing association with him as one of the Society's most eminent members. It hereby awards to him its highest honor in recognition of his loyal and devoted service, and as a mark of the admiration, appreciation and affection of its members." Dr. Bearn was educated in England, and received his M.B., B.S. and M.D. degrees from the University of London. He came to the U.S. in 1951 for the first time to work at Rockefeller University for one year and soon embarked on the study of genetics of rare metabolic diseases. In 1964 he was named professor and senior physician. In 1966 Dr. Bearn was appointed professor and chairman of the department of medicine at Cornell University Medical College and physician-in-chief of New York Hospital. He established the first human genetics laboratory at the Medical College and with former Rockefeller colleagues initiated the joint M.D./Ph.D. program between the institutions. He remained at Cornell until 1979 when he was named senior vice-president for medical and scientific affairs of Merck, Sharpe & Dohme, International Division, a post he held until 1988. A frequent lecturer and author of numerous scientific articles, Dr. Bearn is also the author of Archibald Garrod and the Individuality of Man (Oxford, 1993), Sir Clifford Allbutt: Scholar and Physician (London, 2007), Sir Francis Richard Fraser; A Canny Scott Shapes British Medicine (Brighton, 2008). In 1970 Dr. Bearn joined the Rockefeller Board of Trustees and after serving for twenty-eight years, was elected emeritus trustee in 1998; he continues as a visiting professor and physician. In 2002 he received the David Rockefeller Award. Since 1987 Dr. Bearn has been a Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and has also served as a trustee of the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation and as an overseer of the Jackson Laboratory. He became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1972 and is a member of its Institute of Medicine and numerous other academies and societies, including the Harvey Society (president 1972-73) and the American Society of Human Genetics (president, 1971).
 
3Name:  Mr. James Biddle
 Institution:  National Trust for Historic Preservation
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs
 Subdivision:  503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1929
 Death Date:  March 10, 2005
   
4Name:  Dr. John Tyler Bonner
 Institution:  Princeton University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  2. Biological Sciences
 Subdivision:  203. Evolution & Ecology, Systematics, Population Genetics, Paleontology, and Physical Anthropology
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1920
 Death Date:  February 7, 2019
   
 
John T. Bonner was George M. Moffett Professor of Biology Emeritus at Princeton University. Dr. Bonner served on the Princeton faculty for 42 years and continued his research and teaching for over two decades after his retirement. His prime interests were in evolution and development, and he used cellular slime molds as a tool to seek an understanding of those twin disciplines. Dr. Bonner earned B.S. (1941), M.A. (1942) and Ph.D. (1947) degrees from Harvard University. He joined the Princieton faculty in 1947, chairing the Department of Biology for 14 years and assuming emeritus status in 1990. A member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1969) and the National Academy of Sciences (1973), Dr. Bonner has authored numerous works, including The Evolution of Development (1958); The Scale of Nature (1969); The Evolution of Culture in Animals (1980); Researches on Cellular Slime Molds (1988); and Life Cycles: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist (1992). His more recent books include, Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales (2006) and Randomness in Evolution (2013). John Tyler Bonner died on February 7, 2019 in Portland, Oregon at the age of 98.
 
5Name:  Dr. Paul J. Cohen
 Institution:  Stanford University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
 Subdivision:  104. Mathematics
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1934
 Death Date:  March 23, 2007
   
6Name:  Dr. Mildred Cohn
 Institution:  University of Pennsylvania
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  2. Biological Sciences
 Subdivision:  201. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1913
 Death Date:  October 12, 2009
   
 
Mildred Cohn was Benjamin Rush Professor Emerita of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School at the time of her death at age 96. She received her B.A. from Hunter College and her Ph.D. from Columbia University. During her career she served on the faculties of Cornell University Medical College, Washington University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. She is known for her work using isotopes to understand the mechanisms of enzymatic reactions and for pioneering studies in NMR spectroscopy. In a lifetime of biochemical research, Dr. Cohn had seriously advanced the myriad of fields which had attracted her attention. She received the Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute, the Women in Science Award of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Service Award of the College of Physicians, the Garvan Medal of the American Chemical Society, the Stein and Moore Award for lifetime achievement from the Protein Society, the Humboldt Award, and, in 1982, the National Medal of Science. Dr. Cohn was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1972 and served with impeccable style and distinction as the Society's Vice President 1994 to 2000.
 
7Name:  Dr. John T. Dunlop
 Institution:  Harvard University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  3. Social Sciences
 Subdivision:  302. Economics
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1914
 Death Date:  October 2, 2003
   
8Name:  Dr. Harold E. Edgerton
 Institution:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
 Subdivision:  103. Engineering
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1903
 Death Date:  1/4/90
   
9Name:  Dr. Clifford Geertz
 Institution:  Institute for Advanced Study
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  4. Humanities
 Subdivision:  403. Cultural Anthropology
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1926
 Death Date:  October 30, 2006
   
10Name:  Dr. Charles C. Gillispie
 Institution:  Princeton University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  4. Humanities
 Subdivision:  404. History of the Arts, Literature, Religion and Sciences
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1918
 Death Date:  October 6, 2015
   
 
Charles Coulston Gillispie was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1918. At Wesleyan University he majored in chemistry with a minor in history, then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for graduate study in chemical engineering. From 1942-46 he served in the United States Army in ranks from private to captain, becoming company commander in the 94th Chemical Mortar Battalion, XV Corps, Third Army, in the European Theater of Operations. Thereafter, he decided to become a historian rather than an engineer and was admitted to graduate study at Harvard University. Combining his technical background with his interest in history, Dr. Gillispie began the study of science as a factor in historical development. Joining the Princeton University faculty in 1947, he taught history while developing the lectures that would become the 1960 book The Edge of Objectivity. That same year he founded the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at Princeton, a collaborative venture between departments. During the 1960s and 1970s Dr. Gillispie also conceived, organized and edited the 16-volume Dictionary of Scientific Biography, which catalogued the careers of over 5,000 scientists from antiquity to the 20th century. The collection immediately established itself as the standard work of reference in the history of science. After serving as Directeur d'Etudes Associé at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris from 1980-85, Dr. Gillispie retired from the Princeton faculty in 1987 in order to devote himself to the completion of his scholarly undertakings. Publishing in both English and French, Dr. Gillispie has numerous books to his credit, including Lazare Carnot, Savant (1971); Science and Policy in France at the End of the Old Regime (1983); The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation (1983); Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827, a Life in Exact Science (1997); Science and Polity in France, The Revolutionary and Napoleon Years (2004); and Essays and Reviews in History and History of Science (2007). The recipient of the 1997 Balzan Prize for History and Philosophy of Science, he was a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1972. Charles Gillispie died October 6, 2015, at age 97, in Plainsboro, New Jersey.
 
11Name:  Myron P. Gilmore
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  4. Humanities
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1910
 Death Date:  10/27/1978
   
12Name:  Dr. Thomas Gold
 Institution:  Cornell University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
 Subdivision:  101. Astronomy
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1920
 Death Date:  June 22, 2004
   
13Name:  Dr. Maurice Goldhaber
 Institution:  Brookhaven National Laboratory
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
 Subdivision:  106. Physics
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1911
 Death Date:  May 11, 2011
   
 
Nuclear physicist Maurice Goldhaber was born in Austria in 1911. He earned his Ph.D. at Cambridge in 1936 and, after two years as a fellow at Magdalene College, he came to the United States as a member of the faculty of the University of Illinois. Dr. Goldhaber became a naturalized citizen in 1944, and in 1950 he joined the faculty of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, which he would go on to direct from 1961-73. Dr. Goldhaber's numerous experimental and theoretical contributions to nuclear physics include the discovery of deuteron splitting with gamma rays, evidence of the helicity of the neutrino, and of nuclear vibrations of protons against neutrons. The recipient of awards including the National Medal of Science (1985), the Wolf Prize (1991), the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1992) and the Fermi Award (1998), Dr. Goldhaber was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Having held the position of Associated Universities, Inc. Distinguished Scientist from 1973-85, he became BSA Distinguished Scientist Emeritus there in 1985, but he continued to work at Brookhaven until 2008. He died May 11, 2011, at the age of 100 at his home in East Setauket, New York.
 
14Name:  Dr. Norman Hackerman
 Institution:  Rice University & Robert A. Welch Foundation & University of Texas at Austin
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
 Subdivision:  102. Chemistry and Chemical Biochemistry
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1912
 Death Date:  June 16, 2007
   
15Name:  Hon. William H. Hastie
 Institution:  3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  3. Social Sciences
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1904
 Death Date:  4/14/76
   
16Name:  Dr. John N. Hazard
 Institution:  Columbia University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  3. Social Sciences
 Subdivision:  304. Jurisprudence and Political Science
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1909
 Death Date:  4/7/95
   
17Name:  Dr. Alex Inkeles
 Institution:  Stanford University & Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  3. Social Sciences
 Subdivision:  301. Anthropology, Demography, Psychology, and Sociology
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1920
 Death Date:  July 9, 2010
   
 
Alex Inkeles was born into modest circumstances, his parents having emigrated from Poland just before the start of World War I. Early identified as a promising student, and aided by various scholarships, he left home in Brooklyn, New York to study at Cornell University, where great teachers -- including Carl Becker, a leading historian of the French Revolution, and the sociologist Leonard Cottrell, Jr. -- set him on the path of scholarship, and served as models of what could be achieved in that realm. Shortly after beginning graduate studies at Cornell, Dr. Inkeles was called up for military service in 1942. During most of WW II, while in uniform, he served in the Office of Strategic Services, becoming an expert on the social structure of the Soviet Union, thus laying the foundation for one of his later academic specialties. After the war he continued his graduate training at Columbia University, supported by the "GI bill". There he studied with Robert Merton, Paul Lazarsfeld, Robert Lynd, and Robert MacIver. On completing his Ph.D. thesis he was called to Harvard University in 1948, and served in various ranks and capacities including Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow in both the Russian Research Center and the Center for International Affairs. Seeking a new life he moved with his family to Stanford University in 1971, where he was Professor of Sociology and Education, as well as Senior Fellow in the Hoover Institution, until 1995, when he became Professor of Sociology Emeritus. Lists of his books and honors are available in various Who's Who type publications and other biographical sources. While such scholarly recognition and professional honors are of course very gratifying, what they do not capture for Dr. Inkeles is the sense of how rewarding it has been to train and advance the professional development of so many exceptional students. Alex Inkeles died on July 9, 2010, at the age of 90, in Palo Alto, California.
 
18Name:  Dr. Gerhart B. Ladner
 Institution:  University of California, Los Angeles
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  4. Humanities
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1905
 Death Date:  9/21/93
   
19Name:  Dr. Tsung-Dao Lee
 Institution:  Columbia University
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
 Subdivision:  106. Physics
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Living
 Birth Date:  1926
   
 
Physicist Tsung-Dao Lee has devoted his long career to the study of the theoretical aspects of particle and nuclear physics. In 1957, Dr. Lee and Chen Ning Yang won the Nobel Prize in Physics for disproving a tenet of physics known as the conservation of parity. Their finding was based on research carried out at the Brookhaven Institute's particle accelerator, the Cosmotron, while they were visiting scientists at the Laboratory in 1956. Born in Shanghai, China, Dr. Lee attended universities in that country before coming to the U.S. in 1946, where he became a student of Enrico Fermi and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1950. After working as a research associate at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Lee joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1951. Then, in 1953, he joined Columbia University, where he is currently University Professor. After serving a six-year term as Director of the RIKEN BNL Research Center, Dr. Lee stepped down and was named Director Emeritus. In addition, Dr. Lee is Director of the China Center of Advanced Science & Technology in Beijing; the Beijing Institute of Modern Physics; and the Zhejiang Institute of Modern Physics, all in China. He holds twelve honorary degrees and 15 honorary professorships and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and several other academies.
 
20Name:  Dr. Luna B. Leopold
 Institution:  University of California, Berkeley
 Year Elected:  1972
 Class:  1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
 Subdivision:  105. Physical Earth Sciences
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Deceased
 Birth Date:  1915
 Death Date:  February 23, 2006
   
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