Election to the National Academies is one of the highest honors a U.S. scholar can attain. Rutgers faculty have a strong representation in each of the following organizations:

National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Institute of Medicine


National Academy of Sciences

Elihu Abrahams, Bernard Serin Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences; Director, Center for Materials Theory
Election Year: 1987

Joan W. Bennett, Associate Vice President for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics; Professor II, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Election Year: 2005

Felix Browder, University Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1973

Morrel Cohen, Distinguished Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1978

Allan Conney, Garbe Professor of Cancer and Leukemia Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Election Year: 1982

Hugo K. Dooner, Professor, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Election Year: 2007

Paul G. Falkowski, Board of Governors Professor of Geological and Marine Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Election Year: 2007

James Flanagan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 1983

Charles R. Gallistel, Professor II, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences; Codirector, Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
Election Year: 2002

Israel M. Gelfand, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1970

Rochel Gelman, Professor, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences; Codirector, Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
Election Year: 2006

Henryk Iwaniec, New Jersey Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2006

Dennis Kent, Board of Governors Professor of Geological Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2004

Joel Lebowitz, George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1980

David Mechanic, René Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences; Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Election Year: 1991

James C. Phillips, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1977

Lawrence R. Rabiner, Professor II, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Advanced Information Processing
Election Year: 1990

Lawrence Shepp, Board of Governors Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1989

Evelyn Witkin, Barbara McClintock Professor Emerita of Genetics, Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Election Year: 1977



National Academy of Engineering

James Flanagan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 1978

Richard H. Frenkiel, Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 1997

James D. Idol, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 1986

Bernard H. Kear, New Jersey Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering; Director, Center for Nanomaterials Research
Election Year: 1979

Michael Lesk, Professor and Chair, Department of Library and Information Science, School of Communication and Information
Election Year: 2005

Lawrence R. Rabiner, Professor II, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Advanced Information Processing
Election Year: 1983

Elias Snitzer, Professor Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 1979

John B. Wachtman Jr., Professor Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 1976



Institute of Medicine

Gerald N. Grob, Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences; Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Election Year: 1990

Casimir A. Kulikowski, Board of Governors Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1988

Howard Leventhal, Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1997

David Mechanic, René Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences; Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Election Year: 1971

Louise B. Russell, Professor, Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences; Research Professor of Health Economics, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Election Year: 1984

Lawrence Shepp, Board of Governors Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1992

Keith Wailoo, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of History, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences; Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research; Director, Center for Race and Ethnicity
Election Year: 2007