new members of the APS
Three Yale faculty members recently were inducted to membership in the American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest learned society in the United States.
The membership of the APS comprises top scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines -- the mathematical and physical sciences, the biological sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and the arts -- as well as professionals and leaders in public and private affairs.
The Yale faculty members inducted into the APS are:
David R. Mayhew, Sterling Professor of Political Science. Mayhew is a preeminent authority on American political partisanship, the behavior of U.S. legislators, particularly incumbents, and the effect of politicking on policy-making. His ground- breaking book, "Congress: The Electoral Connection," first published in 1974, is considered a classic in its field.
William E. Odom, adjunct professor of political science and senior fellow of the Hudson Institute. Odom is a former three-star general in the U.S. Army who served as director of the National Security Agency under President Ronald Reagan and was a leading authority on military intelligence in the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. His books include "The Collapse of the Soviet Military," which won the Marshall Schulman Prize.
Harold Hongju Koh, dean of Yale Law School and the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law. Koh is a leading expert on international law and a prominent advocate of human and civil rights. He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and testified before the U.S. Congress more than 20 times. He served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor 1998-2001 and became the Law School's 15th dean in 2004. His books include "The National Security Constitution," which won the American Political Science Association's award as the best book on the American presidency.
Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of "promoting useful knowledge," the APS seeks to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas, and to convey the conviction that intellectual inquiry and critical thought are inherently in the best interest of the public. Past members are scientists, humanists and public personages including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, John Marshall, John James Audubon, Robert Fulton, Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, Robert Frost and George Marshall. Since 1900, more than 200 of its members have received the Nobel Prize.
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