American Academy of Arts & Sciences Member
The Academy membership encompasses over 4,600 Fellows and 600 Foreign Honorary Members and reflects the full range of disciplines and professions: mathematics, the physical and biological sciences, medicine, the social sciences and humanities, business, government, public affairs, and the arts. Among the Academy’s Fellows are more than 250 Nobel laureates and 60 Pulitzer Prize winners.
Application/Nomination information: Nominations are restricted to members.
Agency deadline: Provided to nominators.
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Illinois Recipients
^emeritus/retired faculty
*alumnus/alumna
| Recipient | Department | Award Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sarita Adve | Computer Science | 2020 |
| Renee Baillargeon | Psychology | 2007 |
| Gordon Baym | Physics | 1981 |
| Peter Beak | Chemistry | 2004 |
| Arnold Beckman* | Chemistry | 1976 |
| May Berenbaum | Entomology | 1996 |
| Kathryn Bock | Psychology | 2015 |
| John Carbon* | Chemistry | 1986 |
| David Ceperley | Physics | 1999 |
| Gary Dell | Psychology | 2015 |
| Scott Denmark | Chemistry | 2017 |
| Edward Diener | Psychology | 2012 |
| James Economy | Materials Science & Engineering | 2003 |
| Eduardo Fradkin | Physics | 2009 |
| Hans Frauenfelder | Physics | 1979 |
| Lambert Freund | Materials Science & Engineering | 1993 |
| Nigel Goldenfeld | Physics | 2010 |
| Laura Greene | Physics | 1997 |
| Martin Gruebele | Chemistry | 2010 |
| Sharon Hammes-Schiffer | Chemistry | 2012 |
| Richard Herman | Education Policy, Organization & Leadership | 2008 |
| Karl Hess | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 1997 |
| Nick Holonyak, Jr.+* | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 1984 |
| Frederick Hoxie | History | 2013 |
| Stanley Ikenberry | Education Policy, Organization & Leadership | 2000 |
| Jiri Jonas | Chemistry | 1987 |
| Robert Jones | Office of the Chancellor; Crop Sciences | 2019 |
| Benita Katzenellenbogen | Molecular and Integrative Physiology | 1993 |
| John Katzenellenbogen | Chemistry | 1992 |
| Susan Kieffer | Geology | 1988 |
| Miles Klein | Physics | 1997 |
| Frederick Lamb | Physics | 2005 |
| Anthony Leggett | Physics | 1996 |
| Jeffrey Moore | Chemistry | 2008 |
| Catherine Murphy | Chemistry | 2019 |
| Bruno Nettl | Music | 1997 |
| Ralph Nuzzo | Chemistry | 2005 |
| Terrance O'Connor | Dance | 2014 |
| Henry Petroski* | Engineering | 2003 |
| Philip Phillips | Physics | 2020 |
| David Pines | Physics | 1980 |
| Richard Powers | English | 1998 |
| Gene Robinson | Institute for Genomic Biology | 2004 |
| John Rogers | Materials Science & Engineering | 2014 |
| Charles Slichter | Physics | 1969 |
| Jack Stillinger | English | 1993 |
| Wilfred van der Donk | Chemistry | 2014 |
| Dale Van Harlingen | Physics | 1999 |
| Phyllis Wise | Molecular and Integrative Physiology | 2013 |
| Ralph Wolfe | Microbiology | 1981 |
| Andrew Yao* | Mathematics | 2000 |