| | 1 | Name: | Dr. Philip Hauge Abelson | | | Institution: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 105. Physical Earth Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1913 | | | Death Date: | August 1, 2004 | | | | |
| 2 | Name: | Dr. James A. Van Allen | | | Institution: | University of Iowa | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 106. Physics | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1914 | | | Death Date: | August 9, 2006 | | | | |
| 3 | Name: | Prof. Edoardo Amaldi | | | Institution: | Universita "La Sapienza" | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 106. Physics | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1908 | | | Death Date: | 12/6/89 | | | | |
| 4 | Name: | Dr. Frank A. Beach | | | Institution: | University of California, Berkeley | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 210. Behavioral Biology, Psychology, Ethology, and Animal Behavior | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1911 | | | Death Date: | 6/15/88 | | | | |
| 5 | Name: | Dr. Derk Bodde | | | Institution: | University of Pennsylvania | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1909 | | | Death Date: | November 3, 2003 | | | | |
| 6 | Name: | Dr. Harvey Brooks | | | Institution: | Harvard University | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 106. Physics | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1915 | | | Death Date: | May 28, 2004 | | | | |
| 7 | Name: | Alfonso Caso y Andrade | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1896 | | | Death Date: | 11/30/70 | | | | |
| 8 | Name: | Arthur Clay Cope | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1909 | | | Death Date: | 6/4/66 | | | | |
| 9 | Name: | Dr. Andrei N. Kolmogorov | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 104. Mathematics | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1903 | | | Death Date: | 10/20/87 | | | | |
| 10 | Name: | Merle Fainsod | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1907 | | | Death Date: | 2/12/1972 | | | | |
| 11 | Name: | Kurt Gödel | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1906 | | | Death Date: | 1/14/1978 | | | | |
| 12 | Name: | Dr. Daniel H. H. Ingalls | | | Institution: | Harvard University | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1916 | | | Death Date: | 7/17/99 | | | | |
| 13 | Name: | John Allen Krout | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1896 | | | Death Date: | 4/3/79 | | | | |
| 14 | Name: | Dr. Harry Levin | | | Institution: | Harvard University | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 402. Criticism: Arts and Letters | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1912 | | | Death Date: | 5/29/94 | | | | |
| 15 | Name: | Aubrey J. Lewis | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1900 | | | Death Date: | 1/21/75 | | | | |
| 16 | Name: | Garrett Mattingly | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1900 | | | Death Date: | 12/19/62 | | | | |
| 17 | Name: | Peter B. Medawar | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1915 | | | Death Date: | 10/2/87 | | | | | | |
Sir Peter Medawar was a pioneer of transplantation immunology. During the 1940's and 50's he researched skin grafting and how the development of tolerance in human and animal transplantation. He was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance." In addition to his scientific research, he wrote several books of popular science and philosophy of science, including Pluto's Republic (1982) and The Hope of Progress: A Scientist Looks at Problems in Philosophym Literature and Science (1973). He also authored an autobiography, Memoirs of a Thinking Radish (1986). Medawar was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1949, only eight years after finishing his docotorate. Among his many honors are the Copley Medal (1969), the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science (1985), and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1959) and the US National Academy of Sciences (1965). He was knighted in 1965, appointed to the Companions of Honour in 1972, and to the Order of Merit in 1981. Peter Medawar was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1961. He died October 2, 1987 in London, England at the age of 72. | |
| 18 | Name: | Hans. J. Morgenthau | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1904 | | | Death Date: | 7/19/80 | | | | |
| 19 | Name: | Dr. Giuseppe Moruzzi | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 200 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1910 | | | Death Date: | 3/11/86 | | | | |
| 20 | Name: | Dr. Frederick Mosteller | | | Institution: | Harvard University & American Academy of Arts & Sciences | | | Year Elected: | 1961 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 104. Mathematics | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1916 | | | Death Date: | July 23, 2006 | | | | |
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