Society Alumni Honors

Society Alumni include:
- 15 Nobel Prize winners
- 2 Fields Medal recipients
- 13 National Medal of Science recipients
- 2 Enrico Fermi Award winners
- 27 MacArthur Foundation Fellows
- 3 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award winners
- 8 Breakthrough Prize winners
- 35 National Academy of Engineering inductees*
- 126 National Academy of Sciences inductees*
- 56 Sloan Research Fellows*
Nobel Prize Winners:
- Leon Cooper (STS 1947), 1972 prize in Physics
- Gerald Edelman (STS 1946), 1972 prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Ben Mottelson (STS 1944), 1975 prize in Physics
- Sheldon Glashow (STS 1950), 1979 prize in Physics
- Walter Gilbert (STS 1949), 1980 prize in Chemistry
- Roald Hoffmann (STS 1955), 1981 prize in Chemistry
- Frank Wilczek (STS 1967), 2004 prize in Physics
- John Hall (STS 1952), 2005 prize in Physics
- Susan Solomon (ISEF 1972), 2007 in Peace
- Roger Tsien (STS 1968), 2008 prize in Chemistry
- Alvin Roth (STS 1968), 2012 prize in Economics
- Martin Karplus (STS 1947), 2013 prize in Chemistry
- Paul Modrich (STS 1964; ISEF 1964), 2015 prize in Chemistry
- Kip Thorne (STS 1958), 2017 prize in Physics
- John Clauser (ISEF 1959-1960), 2022 prize in Physics
Fields Medal Recipients:
- Paul Cohen (STS 1950), 1966 award in Mathematics
- David Mumford (STS 1953), 1974 award in Mathematics
National Medal of Science Recipients:
- Paul Cohen (STS 1950), 1967 award in Mathematics and Computer Science
- Donald Knuth (STS 1956), 1979 award in Mathematics and Computer Science
- Roald Hoffmann (STS 1955), 1983 award in Chemistry
- Richard Zare (STS 1957, ISEF 1957), 1983 award in Chemistry
- Ronald Breslow (STS 1948), 1991 award in Chemistry
- Leo Kadanoff (STS 1953) ,1999 award in Physical Sciences
- Susan Solomon (ISEF 1972), 1999 award in Chemistry
- Daniel Kleppner (STS 1950), 2006 award in Physical Sciences
- Lubert Stryer (STS 1954), 2006 award in Biological Sciences
- James Gunn (ISEF 1957), 2008 award in Physical Sciences
- David Mumford (STS 1953), 2009 award in Mathematics and Computer Science
- Leroy Hood (STS 1956), 2011 award in Biological Sciences
- Robert Axelrod (STS 1961), 2012 award in Behavioral and Social Science
Enrico Fermi Award Winners:
- Seymour Sack (STS 1946), 2003
- Andrew Sessler (STS 1945), 2013
MacArthur Foundation Fellows:
- Frank Wilczek (STS 1967), 1982
- Michael Silverstein (STS 1962), 1982
- James Gunn (ISEF 1957), 1983
- Richard Stephen Berry (STS 1948), 1983
- Arthur Winfree (STS 1960), 1984
- Alar Toomre (STS 1953), 1984
- Jane Richardson (STS 1958), 1985
- John Schwarz (STS 1958), 1987
- Robert Coleman (STS 1972), 1987
- Robert Axelrod (STS 1961), 1987
- Eric Lander (STS 1974), 1987
- David Mumford (STS 1953), 1987
- Amory Lovins (STS 1964, ISEF 1963 & 1964), 1993
- Peter Miller (STS 1982), 1998
- Daniel Schrag (STS 1984), 2000
- David Spergel (STS 1978), 2001
- Vamsi Mootha (STS 1989, ISEF 1987-1989), 2004
- Jon Kleinberg (STS 1989), 2005
- Maneesh Agrawala (STS 1990), 2009
- Kelly Benoit-Bird (ISEF 1994), 2010
- Raj Chetty (STS 1997, ISEF 1997), 2012
- Jacob Lurie (STS 1996, ISEF 1994 & 1995), 2014
- Heidi Williams (ISEF 1999), 2015
- Dianne Newman (ISEF 1987 & 1988), 2016
- William Thies (STS 1997), 2016
- Monika Schleier-Smith (STS 2001), 2020
- Lester Mackey (STS 2003, ISEF 2003), 2023
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award Winners:
- Walter Gilbert (STS 1949), 1979
- Leroy Hood (STS 1956), 1987
- Ronald Vale (STS 1976), 2012
Breakthrough Prize:
- Eric S. Lander (STS 1974), 2013 in Life Sciences
- John H. Schwarz (STS 1958), 2014 in Physics
- Jacob Lurie (STS 1996, ISEF 1994, 1995) 2015 in Mathematics
- Kip Thorne (STS 1958) 2016 in Fundamental Physics
- David N. Spergel (STS 1978) 2018 in Fundamental Physics
- Eric Adelberger (STS 1956) 2020 in Fundamental Physics
- Katherine Bouman (ISEF 2005) 2020 in Fundamental Physics
- Charles Bennett (STS 1960), 2023 in Fundamental Physics
National Academy of Engineering Inductees*:
- Eberhardt Rechtin (STS 1943), 1968
- William Agnew (STS 1943), 1974
- Frederick Brooks (STS 1949), 1976
- Donald Knuth (STS 1956), 1981
- George Turin (STS 1947), 1985
- John Armstrong (STS 1952), 1987
- Alan Goldman (STS 1949), 1989
- Andrew Sessler (STS 1945), 1990
- Charles Thacker (STS 1960), 1994
- Robert Sproull (STS 1964), 1997
- Raymond Kurzweil (STS 1965), 2001
- F. Tom Leighton (STS 1974; 1972-1973 ISEF), 2004
- Ilan Kroo (STS 1974), 2005
- Michael Lesk (STS 1961), 2005
- Mark Barteau (ISEF 1993), 2006
- Edwin Chandross (STS 1951), 2007
- Leroy Hood (STS 1956), 2007
- Ann Lee (STS 1979), 2007
- Jon Kleinberg (STS 1989), 2008
- Anthony Kurtz (STS 1947), 2008
- Mark Drela (STS 1978), 2009
- Andrew Jackson (STS 1989), 2009
- Jennifer Elisseeff (ISEF 1989 & 1991), 2010
- Roderic Pettigrew (ISEF 1967), 2010
- James K. Baker (STS 1963; ISEF 1963), 2014
- Thomas Edgar (ISEF 1963), 2014
- Gregory Fenves (ISEF 1974), 2014
- Kristina Johnson (ISEF 1975), 2016
- Grant Stokes (STS 1977; ISEF 1976), 2016
- Whitfield Diffie (STS 1961), 2017
- Edward Frank (STS 1974), 2018
- John Langford (STS 1975, ISEF 1974), 2018
- Lisa Su (STS 1986), 2018
- James Bellingham (STS 1979), 2021
- Andres Garcia-Abarca (ISEF 1987), 2021
National Academy of Sciences Inductees*:
- Ronald Breslow (STS 1948), 1966
- Paul J. Cohen (STS 1950), 1967
- Kenneth Wiberg (STS 1945), 1967
- Martin Karplus (STS 1947), 1967
- Andrew Streitwieser (STS 1945), 1969
- Gerald Edelman (STS 1946), 1969
- Michael Tinkham (STS 1945), 1970
- Roald Hoffmann (STS 1944), 1972
- James Bjorken (STS 1952), 1973
- Ben Mottelson (STS 1944), 1973
- Kip Thorne (STS 1958), 1973
- Stephen L. Adler (STS 1957), 1975
- Leon N. Cooper (STS 1947), 1975
- Donald Knuth (STS 1956), 1975
- David Mumford (STS 1953), 1975
- Gary Felsenfeld (STS 1947), 1976
- Walter Gilbert (STS 1949), 1976
- Richard Zare (STS 1957, ISEF 1957), 1976
- Richard Lindzen (STS 1956), 1977
- James Gunn (ISEF 1957), 1977
- Sheldon Glashow (STS 1950), 1977
- Carl Wunsch (STS 1958), 1978
- Leo Kadanoff (STS 1953), 1978
- Paul Martin (STS 1948), 1979
- Stephen Berry (STS 1948), 1980
- George Clark (STS 1945), 1980
- James Serrin (STS 1944), 1980
- Gordon Baym (STS 1952), 1982
- Bertrand Halperin (STS 1958), 1982
- Leroy Hood (STS 1956), 1982
- Saul Sternberg (STS 1950), 1982
- Alar Toomre (STS 1953), 1983
- Murray Rosenblatt (STS 1943), 1984
- Howard Berg (STS 1952), 1984
- Lubert Stryer (STS 1954), 1984
- John Hall (STS 1952), 1984
- Paul Richards (STS 1952), 1985
- Mary-Dell Chilton (STS 1956), 1985
- Eric Davidson (STS 1954), 1985
- Richard Dickerson (STS 1949), 1985
- Robert Solovay (STS 1956), 1986
- Daniel Kleppner (STS 1950), 1986
- Shlomo Sternberg (STS 1951), 1986
- Robert Axelrod (STS 1961), 1986
- Donald Crothers (STS 1954), 1987
- Harvey Lodish (STS 1959), 1987
- John Mather (STS 1960), 1988
- Dana Scott (STS 1950), 1988
- Carver Mead (STS 1952), 1989
- Philip Hanawalt (STS 1949), 1989
- Andrew Sessler (STS 1945), 1990
- Walter Kamb (STS 1947), 1990
- Frank Wilczek (STS 1967), 1990
- Jane Richardson (STS 1958), 1991
- Susan Solomon (ISEF 1972), 1992
- Melvin Hochster (STS 1960), 1992
- Alexandra Navrotsky (STS 1960), 1993
- Paul Modrich (STS 1964), 1993
- Eric Adelberger (STS 1956), 1994
- Richard Stanley (ISEF 1962), 1995
- Corey Goodman (STS 1968), 1995
- William Happer (STS 1956), 1996
- Eric Lander (STS 1974), 1997
- John Schwarz (STS 1958), 1997
- Charles Bennett (STS 1960), 1997
- James Tumlinson (STS 1956), 1997
- Michael Gimbrone (STS 1961), 1997
- Paul Steinhardt (STS 1970), 1998
- Charles Gross (STS 1953), 1998
- Roger Tsien (STS 1968), 1998
- William Bardeen (STS 1958), 1999
- Douglas Lilly (STS 1946), 1999
- Douglas Rees (STS 1970), 2000
- Robert Kraichnan (STS 1944), 2000
- Kenneth Ribet (STS 1965), 2000
- Frederick Brooks (STS 1949), 2001
- Jeffrey Lagarias (STS 1967), 2001
- Robert Cava (STS 1969), 2001
- Ronald Vale (STS 1976), 2001
- Dennis Carson (STS 1962), 2003
- James Vaupel (STS 1963), 2004
- George Yancopoulos (STS 1976), 2004
- Paul Chaikin (STS 1962), 2004
- Wayne Hubbell (STS 1961), 2005
- Edward Solomon (STS 1964), 2005
- David Spergel (STS 1978), 2007
- Wayne Yokoyama (STS 1970), 2007
- Allen Goldman (STS 1954), 2007
- Lisa Randall (STS 1980), 2008
- Frank Leighton (STS 1974), 2008
- Michael Botchan (STS 1961), 2008
- Michael Greenberg (STS 1972), 2008
- Allan Gibbard (STS 1959), 2009
- Jon Kleinberg (STS 1989), 2011
- James McCammon (STS 1965), 2011
- Joseph Harris (STS 1968), 2011
- James Demmel (STS 1972), 2011
- Yuan Chang (ISEF 1977), 2012
- William Bialek (STS 1977), 2012
- James Bardeen (STS 1956), 2012
- Alvin Roth (STS 1968), 2013
- Mark Cane (STS 1961), 2013
- Vamsi Mootha (STS 1989), 2014
- John Preskill (STS 1971), 2014
- Eric D’Asaro (STS 1972), 2014
- Alfred Goldberg (STS 1959), 2015
- Nancy Andrews (STS 1976), 2015
- Noam Elkies (STS 1982), 2017
- Mary Hatten (STS 1967), 2017
- Nadarajan Chetty (STS 1997), 2018
- Sarah Roberts Elgin (STS 1963), 2018
- Jack Griffith (STS 1960), 2018
- Feng Zhang (STS 2000), 2018
- Arlene Sharpe (STS 1971), 2018
- Dalton Conley (STS 1986), 2018
- Dianne Newman (ISEF 1987, 1988), 2019
- Barry Simon (STS 1962), 2019
- Rosina Bierbaum (STS 1970), 2019
- Roger Falcone (STS 1970), 2019
- Jacob Lurie (STS 1996, ISEF 1994 & 1995), 2020
- Jeffrey Ullman (STS 1959), 2020
- David Knipe (STS 1968), 2021
- David Liu (STS 1990), 2021
- Elizabeth Buffalo (ISEF 1987), 2022
- Gordon Freeman (STS 1969), 2022
- Joel Moore (STS 1991), 2022
Sloan Research Fellows*:
- Fifty-six Society Alumni have been named Sloan Research Fellows
*Current listing predominantly includes finalist alumni of the Science Talent Search. A complete listing is ongoing.
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–Intel ISEF 1999 alumna Heidi Williams, now an economics professor at MIT, was named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. Photo by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation from Wikimedia Commons.