Class
| • | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | [X] |
| | 1 | Name: | Dr. David P. Eastburn | | | Institution: | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | | | Year Elected: | 1982 | | | 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: | 1921 | | | Death Date: | October 11, 2005 | | | | |
| 2 | Name: | Dr. A. Barlett Giamatti | | | Institution: | National League | | | Year Elected: | 1982 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1938 | | | Death Date: | 9/1/89 | | | | |
| 3 | Name: | Mr. William T. Golden | | | Institution: | American Museum of Natural History & American Association for the Advancement of Science | | | Year Elected: | 1982 | | | 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: | 1909 | | | Death Date: | October 7, 2007 | | | | | | |
William T. Golden is chairman emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History and an officer and trustee of several scientific and educational organizations including the New York Academy of Sciences (honorary life member, life governor, former president); the American Association for the Advancement of Science (treasurer emeritus); the Carnegie Institution of Washington (secretary emeritus); Mount Sinai Medical Center, Hospital and Medical School (vice chairman emeritus); the National Humanities Center (emeritus); the Hebrew Free Loan Society (treasurer emeritus); Barnard College (vice chairman emeritus); and the Black Rock Forest Consortium (chairman emeritus). He is also a director of several business corporations including General American Investors Company and Block Drug Company.
Mr. Golden was co-chairman (with Joshua Lederberg) of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government. As Special Assistant to President Truman he designed the first President’s Science Advisory apparatus in 1950 and was presidential adviser on the initial program of the National Science Foundation.
He served as an officer in the US Navy on active duty throughout World War II, and has served in the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of State, and the Executive Office of the President.
He received the Distinguished Public Service Award of the National Science Foundation in 1982 and its Special Tribute of Appreciation from the National Science Board in 1991. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society (vice president, 1992-98); the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the Royal Society of Arts (Benjamin Franklin Fellow), London; and the National Academy of Public Administration. He is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania (AB, 1930) and of Columbia University (MA in Biology, 1979). He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Polytechnic University, Hamilton College, Bard College, the City University of New York Graduate School, and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University. In 1995 he received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Distinguished Public Service from the American Philosophical Society; in 1996 the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences (its highest honor); in 2001 the Scholar-Patriot Award of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and in 2002 the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Mr. Golden is editor and co-author of Science Advice to the President (Pergamon Press, 1980; second edition, AAAS Press, 1993); Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary (Pergamon Press, 1988; second edition, AAAS Press, 1993); Worldwide Science and Technology Advice to the Highest Levels of Governments (Pergamon Press, 1991). Distributed by Transaction Publishers; and guest editor with J. Thomas Ratchford of Science, Engineering, and Technology in Government and Industry Around the World: Translating Knowledge into Power and Wealth (Elsevier Science Ltd., 1997); published as a special issue of Technology In Society: An International Journal, Vol. 19, Numbers 3/4.
April 2004 | |
| 4 | Name: | Alva Myrdal | | | Year Elected: | 1982 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1902 | | | Death Date: | 2/1/86 | | | | |
| 5 | Name: | Dr. Gunnar Myrdal | | | Year Elected: | 1982 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1898 | | | Death Date: | 5/17/87 | | | | |
| 6 | Name: | Mr. Charles Scribner | | | Institution: | Charles Scribner's Sons | | | Year Elected: | 1982 | | | 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: | 1921 | | | Death Date: | 11/11/95 | | | | |
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