Academy of Arts & Sciences
Nine faculty members and a Yale trustee will be inducted into the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), one of the nation’s oldest and most
prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.
T H I S
They are among 190 new fellows and 22 foreign honorary members elected April
28 to the Class of 2008. The new members are considered leaders in the field
of science, the arts and humanities, business, public affairs and the non-profit
sector.
Those honored this year are (in alphabetical order):
Mel Bochner, professor (adjunct) of prinmaking and painting, Yale School of Art.
An artist based in New York City, Bochner has exhibited widely in the United
States and Europe, and his work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, the
Whitney Museum of American Art and the Musée National d’Art Moderne
in Paris.
Michael Donoghue, the John G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology and director of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History. Donoghue,
who also has appointments in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and the
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, does research revolving around
understanding phylogeny (i.e., the relationship of all organisms on the Tree
of Life), with particlar emphasis on plant diversity and evolution.
Stathis N. Kalyvas, the Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science, director
of the Program on Order, Conflict and Violence and co-director of the Hellenic
Studies Program. Kalyvas focuses his research on the dynamics and polarization
of civil war, ethnic and non-ethnic violence, and the formation of collective
identities centered on religion, class and ethnicity.
Indra Nooyi, chief executive officer, PepsiCo Inc. A 1980 graduate of the Yale
School of Management, Nooyi was named a successor trustee of the Yale Corporation
in 2002. As head of PepsiCo Inc., she heads one of the world’s largest
convenient food and beverage companies.
David L. Quint, Sterling Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Quint
is a specialist in European Renaissance literature and culture, whose fields
of study include classical and Renaissance heroic poetry and their influence
on the epics of Milton and Spenser, Renaissance drama, and the literature and
legacy of Italian humanism.
Reva B. Siegel, the Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School.
Siegel is a specialist in constitutional law and anti-discrimination law. Her
writing draws on legal history to explore questions of law and inequality, and
to analyze how courts interact with representative government and popular movements
in interpreting the Constitution.
Susan C. Stokes, the John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and director
of the Yale Program on Democracy. Stokes is a leading scholar of Latin American
politics, who has explored such topics as new democracies, neoliberalism, political
parties, economic reform, vote-buying, and political patronage and clientelism — particularly
on how they relate to Latin American countries.
David Swensen, chief investment officer and professor (adjunct) at the Yale School
of Management. A former Wall Street investor, Swensen is responsible for Yale’s
more than $22.5 billion in endowment assets and other investment funds. He is
the author of “Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach
to Institutional Investment” and “A Fundamental Approach to
Personal Investment.”
Alan Trachtenberg, the Neil Gray Jr. Professor of English and American Studies,
Emeritus. In his writings, Trachtenberg has explored the American culture and
literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, with special emphasis on the effects
of urbanism. His works include “Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making
Americans, 1880-1930,” “Reading American Photographs: Images as History,
Mathew Brady to Walker Evans” and “Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol.”
Megan C. Urry, the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, chair of
the Department of Physics and director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Urry’s scientific research concerns active galaxies — i.e., galaxies
with unusually luminous cores powered by very massive black holes. She has also
won widespread acclaim for her efforts to expand the options for and increase
the number of women and minorities in the physical sciences.
The AAAS was founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other
scholar-patriots. The academy undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems
through interdisciplinary, long-term policy research. Its members include influential
leaders from each generation, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
in the 18th century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 19th, and
Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the 20th. The current membership includes
some 200 Nobel laureates and more than 60 Pulitzer Prize winners.
Other new members this year include Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul
Stevens; filmmakers Milos Forman, Pedro Almodóvar and the Coen brothers;
former Secretary of State James Baker; and business entrepreneurs Michael Dell
and Jeff Immelt.
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In Yale-led study, astronomers discover nine young galaxies . . .
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Paul Anastas honored as the founder of ‘green chemistry’
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Symposium on pain management aimed at medical school students
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Two student-curated shows focus on the medium of photography
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Two seniors will study at the University of Cambridge as Gates Scholars
Campus leaders discuss strategies for increasing staff diversity
Former Bucknell chaplain is named new pastor of University Church
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Karyn Frick honored for contributions to women’s health
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