Society Alumni Honors

Intel ISEF 1999 alumna Heidi Williams, now an economics professor at MIT, was named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation/Wikimedia Commons.

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.