V
Vafa, Cumrun (1960-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vagelos, Pindaros Roy (1929-)
Election: 1972, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Company executive (pharmaceuticals)
Current affiliation: Far Hills, NJ
Vaida, Veronica (1950-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Colorado
Residence at election: Boulder, CO
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Climatologist
Current affiliation: Same
Valentin, Louis (1758-1829)
Election: 1794, FHM
Affiliation at election: Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
Residence at election: Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
Career description: Physician
Valentine, James William (1926-)
Election: 1984, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Santa Barbara
Residence at election: Santa Barbara, CA
Career description: Paleobiologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: University of
California, Berkeley
Valentine, Joan Selverstone (1945-)
Election: 2007, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Encino, CA
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vale, Ronald D. (1959-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Francisco
Residence at election: San Francisco, CA
Career description: Cellular biologist;
Biochemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Valentine, William Newton (1917-2014)
Election: 1986, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Physician; Educator
Vale, Wylie (1941-2012)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salk Institute for
Biological Studies
Residence at election: La Jolla, CA
Career description: Biochemist; Research
institution administrator; Educator
Valenzuela, Luisa (1938-)
Election: 2011, FHM
Affiliation at election: Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Residence at election: Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Career description: Writer (novelist, short
stories)
Current affiliation: Same
Valentin, Gabriel Gustav (1810-1883)
Election: 1859, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Bern
Residence at election: Bern, Switzerland
Career description: Physiologist; Educator
Vallarta, Manuel Sandoval (1899-1977)
Election: 1928, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Brookline, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Vallee, Bert Lester (1919-2010)
Election: 1963, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Medical
School
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Biochemist;
Biophysicist; Educator; Academic and
hospital research institution administrator
van Beneden, Pierre Joseph (1809-1894)
Election: 1886, FHM
Affiliation at election: Catholic University
of Louvain
Residence at election: Louvain, Belgium
Career description: Zoologist;
Parasitologist; Educator
Van Allen, James Alfred (1914-2006)
Election: 1964, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Iowa
Residence at election: Iowa City, IA
Career description: Physicist; Astronomer;
Educator
Van Alstyne, William W. (1934-)
Election: 1994, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Duke University
Residence at election: Durham, NC
Career description: Lawyer; Educator
Current affiliation: College of William &
Mary
van Benthem, Johan (1949-)
Election: 2015, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Amsterdam; Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Logician; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
van Buitenen, Johannes Adrian Bernard
(1928-1979)
Election: 1975, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Linguist; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
603
Vance, Cyrus Roberts (1917-2002)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Simpson, Thacher
and Bartlett
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Lawyer; Government
official; Diplomat
van Dam, Andries (1938-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Computer scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
van Deenen, Laurens L. M. (1928-1994)
Election: 1979, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Utrecht
Residence at election: Utrecht,
Netherlands
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
van der Donk, Wilfred A. (1966-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residence at election: Champaign, IL
Career description: Biochemist; Research
institution scientist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
van der Hilst, Robert Dirk (1960-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Seismologist;
Geophysicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Van der Kemp, Francis Adrian (17521829)
Election: 1807, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Olden Barneveld,
NY
Residence at election: Olden Barneveld,
NY
Career description: Clergy member;
Farmer
Van der Meer, Simon (1925-2011)
Election: 1984, FHM
Affiliation at election: European
Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN)
Residence at election: Geneva, Switzerland
Career description: Physicist; Research
institution staff member
Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (left), elected
1935, with Karl Taylor Compton, elected
1931. Image donated by Corbis-Bettmann
Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison (19011967)
Election: 1935, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Inventor;
Educator; Company executive
van de Hulst, Hendrik Christoffel (19182000)
Election: 1960, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Leiden
Residence at election: Leiden, Netherlands
Career description: Astronomer; Educator
Van Der Wee (Baron), Herman Frans
Anna (1928-)
Election: 1993, FHM
Affiliation at election: Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven
Residence at election: Leuven, Belgium
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vande Woude, George F. (1935-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Van Andel Research
Institute
Residence at election: Ada, MI
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Biochemist
Current affiliation: Same
van Dishoeck, Ewine Fleur (1955-)
Election: 2008, FHM
Affiliation at election: Leiden University;
Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische
Physik
Residence at election: Oegsteost,
Netherlands
Career description: Molecular
astrophysicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Van Duyne, Richard Palmer (1945-)
Election: 2004, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Northwestern
University
Residence at election: Evanston, IL
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Van Duyn Thurston, Mona Jane (19212004)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Writer (poet); Poet
laureate; Educator
Van Dyke, Milton Denman (1922-2010)
Election: 1975, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Aeronautical engineer;
Educator
Vane, John Robert (1927-2004)
Election: 1982, FHM
Affiliation at election: Wellcome
Foundation
Residence at election: Kent, England
Career description: Pharmacologist;
Research institution administrator
van Fraassen, Bas C. (1941-)
Election: 1997, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: San Francisco State
University
Van Harlingen, Dale J. (1950-)
Election: 1999, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residence at election: Urbana, IL
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
604
Van Hise, Charles Richard (1857-1918)
Election: 1911, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Wisconsin, Madison
Residence at election: Madison, WI
Career description: Geologist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Van Slyke, Donald Dexter (1883-1971)
Election: 1940, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rockefeller Institute
for Medical Research
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Biochemist; Research
institution administrator
van Holde, Kensal Edward (1928-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Oregon State
University
Residence at election: Corvallis, OR
Career description: Biochemist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
van’t Hoff, Jacobus Henricus (18521911)
Election: 1895, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Amsterdam
Residence at election: Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Van Hook, La Rue (1877-1953)
Election: 1944, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Classicist;
Archaeologist; Educator
Van Hove, Leon Charles Prudent (19241990)
Election: 1964, FHM
Affiliation at election: Conseil Europeen
pour la Recherche Nucleaire
Residence at election: Geneva, Switzerland
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
van Tamelen, Eugene Earl (1925-2009)
Election: 1972, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Chemist; Educator
Van Tyne, Claude Halstead (1869-1930)
Election: 1924, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Historian; Educator;
Academic administrator
van Inwagen, Peter (1942-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Notre
Dame
Residence at election: Notre Dame, IN
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Van Valkenburgh, Michael R. (1951-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Michael Van
Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape
Architects P.C.; Harvard School of Design
Residence at election: Brooklyn, NY
Career description: Landscape architect;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
van Niel, Cornelis Bernardus (18971985)
Election: 1950, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Microbiologist;
Biochemist; Educator
Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck (1899-1980)
Election: 1934, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Wisconsin, Madison
Residence at election: Madison, WI
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Vansina, Jan Maria-Jozef-Emiel (1929-)
Election: 1982, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Wisconsin, Madison
Residence at election: Madison, WI
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Van Zanten, David Theodore (1943-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Northwestern
University
Residence at election: Evanston, IL
Career description: Historian
(architecture); Writer (essayist); Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Varadhan, Srinivasa Rangaiyengar
(1940-)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences, New York
University
Varaiya, Pravin P. (1946-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Engineer; Computer
scientist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vardi, Moshe Y. (1954-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Rice University
Residence at election: Bellaire, TX
Career description: Computer scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vargas Llosa, J. Mario Pedro (1936-)
Election: 2011, FHM
Affiliation at election: Madrid, Spain
Residence at election: Madrid, Spain
Career description: Writer (novelist,
essayist); Journalist; Politician
Current affiliation: Same
Varian, Hal Ronald (1947-)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Economist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Current affiliation: University of
California, Berkeley; Google Inc.
Varki, Ajit P. (1952-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Diego
Residence at election: San Diego, CA
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Glycobiologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
605
Varmus, Harold Eliot (1939-)
Election: 1988, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California Medical School
Residence at election: San Francisco, CA
Career description: Molecular virologist;
Oncologist; Educator; Government and
nonprofit research agency administrator
Current affiliation: Weill Cornell Medical
College
Varnedoe, John Kirk Train (1946-2003)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Museum of Modern
Art, New York
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Historian (art);
Educator; Museum administrator
Varner, Joseph Elmer (1921-1995)
Election: 1986, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Washington
University
Residence at election: St. Louis, MO
Career description: Plant physiologist;
Educator; Company research scientist
Varshavsky, Alexander Jacob (1946-)
Election: 1987, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Molecular biologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: California Institute of
Technology
Vasella, Daniel (1953-)
Election: 2008, FHM
Affiliation at election: Novartis
International AG
Residence at election: Basel, Switzerland
Career description: Company executive
Current affiliation: Same
Vasey, George (1822-1893)
Election: 1892, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Department of
Agriculture
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Botanist; Government
agency scientist; Physician
Vaughan, Benjamin (1751-1835)
Election: 1805, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Hallowell, ME
Residence at election: Hallowell, ME
Career description: Businessperson;
Author
Vaughan, Charles (1759-1839)
Election: 1794, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston, MA
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Businessperson
Vaughan, Martha (1926-)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute
Residence at election: Bethesda, MD
Career description: Biochemist;
Government research institution staff
member and administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Vaughan, Sr., Samuel (1720-1802)
Election: 1786, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Philadelphia, PA
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Businessperson;
Merchant
Vaughan, Thomas Wayland (1870-1952)
Election: 1917, Fellow
Affiliation at election: U.S. Geological
Survey
Residence at election: Washington, DC
Career description: Geologist;
Paleontologist; Research institution and
government research agency
administrator
Vaughan, William (1752-1850)
Election: 1840, FHM
Affiliation at election: London, England
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Businessperson;
Author
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Election: 1957, FHM
Affiliation at election: London, England
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Musician (composer);
Educator
Vaupel, James W. (1945-)
Election: 2008, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Max-Planck-Institut
für demografische Forschung; Duke
University
Residence at election: Rostock, Germany
Career description: Demographer;
Academic research institution
administrator; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Veblen, Oswald (1880-1960)
Election: 1923, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Vehrencamp, Sandra L. (1948-)
Election: 2013, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Cornell University
Residence at election: Ithaca, NY
Career description: Behavioral ecologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Velleman, J. David (1952-)
Election: 2014, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vendler, Helen Hennessy (1933-)
Election: 1972, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Boston University
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator; Writer (critic)
Current affiliation: Harvard University
Vening Meinesz, Felix Andries (18871966)
Election: 1963, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Utrecht; Delft Technical University
Residence at election: Amersfoort,
Netherlands
Career description: Geodesist;
Geophysicist; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Venter, J. Craig (John Craig) (1946-)
Election: 2001, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Celera Genomics
Corporation
Residence at election: Rockville, MD
Career description: Biochemist; Molecular
biologist; Government, institution, and
company research administrator
Current affiliation: Human Longevity, Inc
Venturi, Franco (1914-1994)
Election: 1962, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Turin
Residence at election: Turin, Italy
Career description: Historian; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
606
Venturi, Robert (1925-)
Election: 1984, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Venturi, Rauch and
Scott Brown
Residence at election: Philadelphia, PA
Career description: Architect
Current affiliation: Venturi, Scott Brown
and Associates, Inc.
Verba, Sidney (1932-)
Election: 1968, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Political scientist;
Educator; Librarian
Current affiliation: Harvard University
Verdery, Katherine Maureen (1948-)
Election: 1995, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Anthropologist;
Educator
Current affiliation: City University of New
York
Verdoorn, Frans (1906-1984)
Election: 1953, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Chronica Botanica
Residence at election: Waltham, MA
Career description: Botanist; Historian
(science); Editor; Learned society
administrator
Vergne, Michele Francoise (1943-)
Election: 1998, FHM
Affiliation at election: Ecole Normale
Superieure; Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique
Vergnies, Francis (1747-1830)
Election: 1820, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Newburyport, MA
Residence at election: Newburyport, MA
Career description: Physician
Verhoeff, Frederick Herman (18741968)
Election: 1914, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts Eye
and Ear Infirmary; Harvard University
Medical School
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Physician; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Verhoogen, John (1912-1993)
Election: 1970, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Berkeley
Residence at election: Berkeley, CA
Career description: Geologist;
Geophysicist; Educator; Government and
company scientist and administrator
Verma, Inder M. (1947-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Salk Institute for
Biological Studies
Residence at election: La Jolla, CA
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Researcher
Current affiliation: Same
Vermeule, Adrian (1968-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Law School
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Legal scholar;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vermeule III, Cornelius Clarkson (19252008)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Historian (art);
Museum curator
Vermeule, Emily Dickinson Townsend
(1928-2001)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Classicist; Educator
Vernant, Jean-Pierre (1914-2007)
Election: 1991, FHM
Affiliation at election: Collège de France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Historian;
Philosopher; Educator
Vernon, Arthur Andrew (1902-1973)
Election: 1953, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Northeastern
University
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Chemist; Educator;
Academic administrator
Vernon, Raymond (1913-1999)
Election: 1964, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Graduate School of Business
Administration
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Economist; Educator;
Government official
Veronis, George (1926-)
Election: 1963, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Residence at election: Woods Hole, MA
Career description: Geophysicist; Research
institution staff member; Educator
Current affiliation: Yale University
Verrill, Addison Emery (1839-1926)
Election: 1887, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: Yale University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Zoologist; Educator;
Museum curator
Vest, Charles M. (1941-2013)
Election: 1991, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Academic
administrator; Mechanical engineer;
Educator
Vicat, Louis Joseph (1786-1861)
Election: 1855, FHM
Affiliation at election: Grenoble, France
Residence at election: Grenoble, France
Career description: Civil engineer
Vickers, Brian William (1937-)
Election: 2007, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
London
Residence at election: London, England
Career description: Literary scholar;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
607
Vickery, Hubert Bradford (1893-1978)
Election: 1948, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station; Yale
University
Residence at election: New Haven, CT
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Government research scientist and
administrator
Vickrey, William Spencer (1914-1996)
Election: 1974, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Columbia
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Economist; Educator
Vidler, Anthony (1941-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Architect; Historian
(art and architecture); Educator;
Academic administrator
Current affiliation: Cooper Union; Brown
University
Vietor, Karl (1892-1951)
Election: 1944, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Language and literary
scholar; Educator
Viets, Henry Rouse (1890-1969)
Election: 1939, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
General Hospital; Harvard University
Medical School
Residence at election: Dedham, MA
Career description: Neurologist; Historian
(medicine); Educator
Villard, Jr., Oswald Garrison (19162004)
Election: 1982, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Educator; Academic research institution
administrator
Villari, Pasquale (1827-1917)
Election: 1904, FHM
Affiliation at election: Dante Alighieri
Society; University of Florence
Residence at election: Florence, Italy
Career description: Historian; Educator;
Government official; Learned society
administrator
Villars, Felix Marc Hermann (19212002)
Election: 1959, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physicist; Educator
Villee, Jr., Claude Alvin (1917-2003)
Election: 1960, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Boston, MA
Career description: Biochemist; Educator
Villella, Edward (1936-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Miami City Ballet
Residence at election: Miami Beach, FL
Career description: Dancer; Artistic
director (ballet)
Current affiliation: Miami, FL
Villeneuve, Anne M. (1959-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Developmental
geneticist; Educator
Current affiliation: same
Vinberg, Ernest Borisovich (1937-)
Election: 2010, FHM
Affiliation at election: Moscow State
University
Residence at election: Moscow, Russia
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vincent, (Jean) Hyacinthe (1862-1950)
Election: 1936, FHM
Affiliation at election: Collège de France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Bacteriologist;
Epidemiologist; Educator; Research
institution administrator
Vincent, Jean-Didier (1935-)
Election: 1991, FHM
Affiliation at election: Universite de
Bordeaux
Residence at election: Bordeaux, France
Career description: Neurobiologist;
Endocrinologist; Educator; Research
agency administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Viner, Jacob (1892-1970)
Election: 1934, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Economist; Educator
Vineyard, George Hoagland (1920-1987)
Election: 1978, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brookhaven
National Laboratory
Residence at election: Upton, NY
Career description: Physicist; Government
research scientist and administrator
Vining, Joseph (George Joseph) (1938-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Michigan Law School
Residence at election: Ann Arbor, MI
Career description: Lawyer; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vinograd, Jerome Rubin (1913-1976)
Election: 1969, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Biochemist; Educator;
Company research scientist
Viola, Bill (1951-)
Election: 2000, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Los Angeles, CA
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Artist (video art);
Writer
Current affiliation: Bill Viola Studio
Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel
(1814-1879)
Election: 1876, FHM
Affiliation at election: Paris, France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Architect;
Restorationist; Author (architecture and
history)
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
608
Virasoro, Miguel Angel (1940-)
Election: 1998, FHM
Affiliation at election: Abdus Salam
International Center for Theoretical
Physics
Residence at election: Trieste, Italy
Career description: Physicist; Educator;
Research institution administrator
Current affiliation: Università degli Studi
di Roma "La Sapienza"
Virchow, Rudolph (1821-1902)
Election: 1874, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Berlin
Residence at election: Berlin, Germany
Career description: Pathologist; Educator;
Government official; Legislator
Vishik, Mark I. (1921-2012)
Election: 1990, FHM
Affiliation at election: Moscow State
University
Residence at election: Moscow, USSR
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator; Research institution staff
member
Vishny, Robert W. (1959-)
Election: 2002, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
Visscher, Maurice Bolks (1901-1983)
Election: 1964, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Minnesota
Residence at election: Minneapolis, MN
Career description: Physiologist; Educator
Viterbi, Andrew J. (1935-)
Election: 2001, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, San Diego
Residence at election: San Diego, CA
Career description: Computer scientist;
Electrical engineer; Educator; Company
founder and executive
Current affiliation: Viterbi Group, LLC
Vitetta, Ellen Shapiro (1944-)
Election: 2003, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Residence at election: Dallas, TX
Career description: Immunologist;
Educator; Academic research agency
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
Vitousek, Peter Morrison (1949-)
Election: 1993, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Stanford University
Residence at election: Stanford, CA
Career description: Ecologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vlastos, Gregory (1907-1991)
Election: 1967, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Voegelin, Charles Frederick (1906-1986)
Election: 1951, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Indiana University
Residence at election: Bloomington, IN
Career description: Linguist;
Anthropologist; Educator
Vogan, David Alexander (1954-)
Election: 1996, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Mathematician;
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vogel, Ezra Feivel (1930-)
Election: 1974, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Sociologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vogel, Hermann Carl (1841-1907)
Election: 1892, FHM
Affiliation at election: Astrophysical
Observatory, Potsdam
Residence at election: Potsdam, Germany
Career description: Astrophysicist;
Research institution administrator
Vogel, Paula A. (1951-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Brown University
Residence at election: Truro, MA
Career description: Writer (playwright);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vogelstein, Bert (1949-)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine
Residence at election: Baltimore, MD
Career description: Oncologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Vogt, Jr., Evon Zartman (1918-2004)
Election: 1960, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Anthropologist;
Educator
Vogt, Johan Hermann Lie (1858-1932)
Election: 1915, FHM
Affiliation at election: Technical
University of Norway
Residence at election: Trondheim, Norway
Career description: Geologist; Educator
Vogt, Marthe Louise (1903-2003)
Election: 1977, FHM
Affiliation at election: Agricultural
Research Council
Residence at election: Cambridge, England
Career description: Physiologist;
Pharmacologist; Research institution staff
member and administrator; Educator
Vogt, Peter K. (1932-)
Election: 2005, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Scripps Research
Institute
Residence at election: La Jolla, CA
Career description: Microbiologist;
Oncovirologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Voigt, Ellen Bryant (1943-)
Election: 2006, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Marshfield, VT
Residence at election: Cabot, VT
Career description: Writer (poet, essayist);
Educator
Current affiliation: Same
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
609
Volcker, Paul A. (1927-)
Election: 1992, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Princeton
University
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Economist; Private
and government banking and financial
administrator; Educator
Current affiliation: New York, NY
von Arx, William Stelling (1916-1999)
Election: 1962, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Residence at election: Woods Hole, MA
Career description: Oceanographer;
Research institution staff member;
Educator
von Bekesy, Georg (1899-1972)
Election: 1954, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Physiologist; Physicist;
Educator; Government research scientist
von Blanckenhagen, Peter Heinrich
(1909-1990)
Election: 1971, Fellow
Affiliation at election: New York
University
Residence at election: New York, NY
Career description: Historian (art);
Educator
von Campenhausen, Hans Erich
Freiherr (1903-1989)
Election: 1972, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Heidelberg
Residence at election: Heidelberg,
Germany
Career description: Theologian; Educator
von Euler, Ulf Svante (1905-1983)
Election: 1972, FHM
Affiliation at election: Karolinska
Institutet
Residence at election: Stockholm, Sweden
Career description: Physiologist; Educator;
Foundation executive
von Falkenhausen, Lothar (1959-)
Election: 2011, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Archaeologist; Art
historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
von Hippel, Peter Hans (1931-)
Election: 1979, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Oregon
Residence at election: Eugene, OR
Career description: Chemist; Molecular
biologist; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
von Grunebaum, Gustave Edmund
(1909-1972)
Election: 1963, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Historian; Language
scholar; Educator; Research institution
administrator
von Hofsten, Claes (1943-)
Election: 2009, FHM
Affiliation at election: Uppsala University
Residence at election: Uppsala, Sweden
Career description: Psychologist;
Educator; Academic research
administrator
Current affiliation: Same
von Hallberg, Robert (1946-)
Election: 2009, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Literary scholar;
Educator
Current affiliation: Claremont McKenna
College
von Hann, Julius Ferdinand (1839-1921)
Election: 1902, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Vienna
Residence at election: Vienna, Austria
Career description: Meteorologist;
Educator; Academic administrator
von Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig
Ferdinand (1821-1894)
Election: 1868, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Heidelberg
Residence at election: Heidelberg,
Germany
Career description: Physiologist; Physicist;
Educator
von Hippel, Arthur Robert (1898-2003)
Election: 1944, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Residence at election: Weston, MA
Career description: Electrical engineer;
Physicist; Educator
von Holst, Hermann Eduard (18411904)
Election: 1894, Associate Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
Chicago
Residence at election: Chicago, IL
Career description: Historian; Educator
von Jagemann, Hans Carl Gunther
(1859-1926)
Election: 1913, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Philologist; Educator
von Karman, Theodore (1881-1963)
Election: 1948, Fellow
Affiliation at election: California Institute
of Technology
Residence at election: Pasadena, CA
Career description: Aeronautical engineer;
Research institution administrator;
Company executive
von Mehren, Arthur Taylor (1922-2006)
Election: 1980, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Law School
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Educator
von Mises, Richard (1883-1953)
Election: 1944, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard University
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Applied
mathematician; Aerodynamicist;
Educator; Research institution
administrator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
610
von Müller, Friedrich (1858-1941)
Election: 1927, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Munich
Residence at election: Munich, Germany
Career description: Physician; Medical
scientist; Educator; Hospital
administrator
Vonnegut, Kurt (1922-2007)
Election: 1973, Fellow
Affiliation at election: West Barnstable,
MA
Residence at election: West Barnstable,
MA
Career description: Writer (fiction writer)
von Simson, Otto George (1912-1993)
Election: 1973, FHM
Affiliation at election: Free University of
Berlin
Residence at election: Providence, RI
Career description: Historian (art);
Educator; Diplomat
von Stade, Frederica (1945-)
Election: 2012, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Alameda, CA
Residence at election: Alameda, CA
Career description: Musician (opera
mezzo-soprano)
Current affiliation: Same
von Staden, Heinrich (1939-)
Election: 2010, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Institute for
Advanced Study
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Historian; Educator
Current affiliation: Same
von Wallenstein (Baron), Julius (17901843)
Election: 1828, FHM
Affiliation at election: Russia
Residence at election: Russia
Career description: Diplomat;
Meteorologist
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von Neumann, John (1903-1957)
Election: 1944, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Institute for
Advanced Study
Residence at election: Princeton, NJ
Career description: Mathematician;
Physicist; Educator
von Weizsacker (Freiherr), Carl
Christian (1938-)
Election: 1979, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Bonn
Residence at election: Bonn, Germany
Career description: Economist; Educator
Current affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut
für Sozialwissenschaften
von Paijkull (Paykull), Gustaf (17571826)
Election: 1804, FHM
Affiliation at election: Uppsala, Sweden
Residence at election: Uppsala , Sweden
Career description: Entomologist;
Government official
von Weizsacker (Freiherr), Carl
Friedrich (1912-2007)
Election: 1979, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of Bonn
Residence at election: Starnberg, Germany
Career description: Physicist; Philosopher;
Research institution administrator;
Educator
von Sachs, Julius (1832-1897)
Election: 1882, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Würzburg
Residence at election: Würzburg, Germany
Career description: Botanist; Plant
physiologist; Educator
Von Wright, Georg Henrik (1916-2003)
Election: 1970, FHM
Affiliation at election: Academy of Finland
Residence at election: Helsinki, Finland
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Voorhees, Peter W. (1955-)
Election: 2016, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Northwestern
University
Residence at election: Evanston, IL
Career description: Materials scientist;
Educator
Current affiliation: same
Vorenberg, James (1928-2000)
Election: 1965, Fellow
Affiliation at election: Harvard Law School
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Lawyer; Educator;
Academic administrator
Vorontsov, Nikolay Nikolayevich (19342000)
Election: 1994, FHM
Affiliation at election: Russian Academy of
Sciences
Residence at election: Moscow, Russia
Career description: Geneticist;
Environmentalist; Research institution
administrator; Government official
Voss, John (1917-2008)
Election: 1984, Fellow
Affiliation at election: American Academy
of Arts and Sciences
Residence at election: Cambridge, MA
Career description: Research organization
and learned society administrator
Vousden, Karen H. (1957-)
Election: 2016, FHM
Affiliation at election: Beatson Institute for
Cancer Research
Residence at election: Glasgow, Scotland
Career description: Geneticist; Cancer
researcher; Research institution
administrator
Current affiliation: same
Vries, Hugo de (1848-1935)
Election: 1921, FHM
Affiliation at election: University of
Amsterdam
Residence at election: Lunteren,
Netherlands
Career description: Plant physiologist;
Geneticist; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
611
Vryonis, Jr., Speros (1928-)
Election: 1976, Fellow
Affiliation at election: University of
California, Los Angeles
Residence at election: Los Angeles, CA
Career description: Historian; Educator;
Educational research agency
administrator
Current affiliation: S. B. Vryonis Center
for the Study of Hellenism
Vuillemin, Jules (1920-2001)
Election: 1987, FHM
Affiliation at election: Collège de France
Residence at election: Paris, France
Career description: Philosopher; Educator
Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1780-2016
612