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Three Columbia professors have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and eight to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Considered one of the highest honors available to an American scientist or engineer, the NAS chooses members in recognition of their achievements in original scientific research. This year, 60 new members were voted into the academy during its 137th annual meeting in Washington D.C., elevating the current membership to 1,843.
The AAAS honors the finest thinkers and leaders from the diverse fields of medicine, mathematics, business, government, public affairs, social sciences, physical and biological sciences, humanities and the arts. Among its 3,600 fellows, which have included Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, are 168 Nobel Prize laureates and 58 Pulitzer Prize winners.
The following are Columbia's inductees for 2000 into the National Academy of Sciences:
Kenneth B. Eisenthal, Thomas A. Edison Professor of Chemistry; Eisenthal has worked extensively on ultrafast spectroscopy and second harmonic generation spectroscopy; techniques he uses to study the physical chemistry of liquids and liquid interfaces. He is a recipient of the Crawford Award from the University of Minnesota and the Arthur W. Adamson Award in Surface Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.
Jacob Mincer, Buttenwieser Professor Emeritus of Human Relations; Mincer has focused his work on human capital in labor markets and on the causes and effects of the growth in the women's labor force. The recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Chicago, he was named a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education.
Walter C. Pitman III, special lecturer and special research scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Pitman's current research is in theoretical geomorphology and tectonics; causes, magnitudes and rates of sea level change; the effects of sea level change on sedimentary sequences, paleoclimate and Pleistocene climate change. He is a recipient of the Alexander Agassiz Medal from the National Academy of Sciences and the Francis P. Shepard Medal for Excellence in Marine Geology from SEPM.
The following are Columbia's inductees for 2000 into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences:
In Chemistry:
Ann E. McDermott, professor of chemistry, biological sciences and chemical engineering-applied chemistry; McDermott studies enzyme mechanisms using NMR. The experiments allow her to probe structural details, dynamics or chemical details such as pronation states. She is a recipient of the Alpha Chi Sigma Pure Chemistry Award, the Cottrell Scholar Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and was a DuPont Young Investigator. McDermott is a member of the Biophysical Society and the American Chemical Society.
In Cellular and Developmental Biology and Immunology:
Carol L. Prives, Da Costa Professor of Biology; Prives has made major contributions to understanding the molecular biology of cancer. She has researched extensively the process that results in disordered cell growth, which can be caused by chemical carcinogens, irradiation and viruses. Prives has been awarded a research professorship with the American Cancer Society and was chosen to chair the National Institute of Health's experimental virology study section for the Division of Research Grants.
In Social Relations:
Robert M. Krauss, professor of psychology; Krauss has spent decades studying methods of communication. His latest research is centered on looking at the ways hand gesturing affects speech production and a person's ability to access words in their mental lexicon. He is the recipient of the Socio-Psychological Essay Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science and a fellow of the American Psychological Association.
In Political Science:
Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science; Katznelson specializes in comparative politics and political theory as well as the political and social history of the U.S. His 1996 book, Liberalism's Crooked Circle: Letters to Adam Michnik, was awarded the Michael Harrington Book Award (from New Political Science, an organized section of the American Political Science Association) and the Lionel Trilling Book Award (for best book by a member of the Columbia faculty).
Helen Milner, professor of political science: Milner's research interests include international politics, international political economy and the politics of Western Europe. She has authored books on international trade and the economics of national security. Milner received the Sumner Prize from Harvard University for her thesis in international law and peace and was an advanced research fellow in foreign policy for the Social Science Research Council.
In Education and Scientific Administration:
Lance Malcolm Liebman, William S. Beinecke Professor of Law, Director, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Director Designate, American Law Institute; Liebman's research and teaching interests include employment law, telecommunications law, comparative US-Japanese social welfare law and property law. A former Columbia Law School dean, he has taught at Harvard, Tokyo University, Maharajah Sayajirao University in Baroda, India, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Liebman is the author of The Social Responsibilities of Lawyers, along with several other books.
In History and Archaeology:
Roger Shaler Bagnall, department chair and professor of classics, professor of history; Bagnall has authored books on the Hellenistic Period, the Roman Empire, Byzantine Egypt and many other classical subjects. He has served as president of the American Society of Papyrologists, secretary-treasurer of the American Philological Association, president of the Egyptological Seminar of New York and is treasurer of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute.
Philology and Criticism:
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, Avalon Foundation Professor Emeritus of Humanities; Heilbrun, who has been called Columbia's "most famous feminist," is a renowned literary scholar and has been a vocal conscience for gender issues. She is the author of the books Reinventing Womanhood, The Garnett Family and a number of mystery novels under the pseudonym Amanda Cross. Heilbrun is the former president of the Modern Language Association and is the founding president of the Virginia Wolff Society.
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