List of Sigma Xi members
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This is a list of notable members of the science and engineering honor society Sigma Xi.
Academia[edit]
- Blake R. Van Leer – United States Army officer and president of Georgia Institute of Technology[1]
- Eduardo Suger – Swiss-Guatemalan educator and founder of Galileo University[2]
- Jeremy Howick – Canadian-British interdisciplinary researcher and founding director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare.[3]
- Lois Lampe – American botanist and educator. Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University.[4]
- Henry P. Rusk, dean of the department of agriculture, University of Illinois
- Fatima Cody Stanford – obesity medicine physician-scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School[5]
Aerospace[edit]
- Ali Baghchehsara – Vice President of Solar Maximum Co. and coauthor of Electric Space: Space-Based Solar Power Technologies & Applications[6][7]
- Gene Cernan - American astronaut; commander of the Apollo 17 moon landing and the last man to walk on the moon.
- Irmgard Flügge-Lotz – developed the theory of discontinuous automatic control; first female engineering professor at Stanford University and first female engineer elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
- Jack Parsons - American rocket engineer, rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and a leading member of the OTO occult group.
Anthropology[edit]
- Eugenie Scott – leading critic of young earth creationism and intelligent design[8]
Biology[edit]
Botany[edit]
- Don G. Despain – flora of Yellowstone National Park specialist[9]
- Edwin Earle Honey (1891–1956) – American plant pathologist and mycologist[10]
- Barbara McClintock – cytogenetics specialist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner[11]
- Peter H. Raven – President Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden[12]
- Julia Warner Snow – American systematic phycologist and instructor.[13]
Entomology[edit]
- Anna Botsford Comstock – insect illustrator, leader in the nature study movement, and one of the first four female members of Sigma Xi
- Marion Durbin Ellis – ichthyologist and entomologist[14]
Molecular biology[edit]
- Francis Crick – co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner
- Jennifer Doudna - pioneer in CRISPR gene editing, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[15]
- James D. Watson – co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner
Zoology[edit]
- Roger Arliner Young – first African American woman to receive a PhD in zoology[16]
- William Rees Brebner Robertson - American zoologist and early cytogeneticist who discovered the chromosomal rearrangement named in his honour, Robertsonian translocation[17]
- Florence Wells Slater - American entomologist[18]
Chemistry[edit]
- Arthur W. Adamson – inorganic photochemistry pioneer[19]
- Arthur A. Noyes - Chemist and inventor[20]
- Bettye Washington Greene – Dow Chemical[21]
- Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane – Humboldt Prize winner[22]
- Ray R. Irani – current chairman and former chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum[23]
- Irving Langmuir – research helped develop the incandescent light bulb, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[24][25]
- Tobin J. Marks – National Medal of Science laureate[23]
- Donna Nelson – President of Oklahoma Sigma Xi Chapter, American Chemical Society (ACS) President (2016), Breaking Bad science advisor (2008-2013).
- Linus Pauling – Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[26]
- Harry Snyder – President of Minnesota Sigma Xi Chapter[27]
- Kelly O. Sullivan – Sigma Xi President, 2012-2013
- Theodor Svedberg – Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[24]
- Harold Urey – discovery of deuterium, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[28]
- Khairat Muhammad Ibne Rasa - Winner of the Potter Prize, Brown University 1959
Computer science[edit]
- Alan Sherman – Cryptologia editor
- Michael Waterman – computational biology specialist[23]
Engineering[edit]
Chemical engineering[edit]
- Frances Arnold - Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner for directed evolution
Electrical engineering[edit]
- Supriyo Datta – Director of NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing[23]
- Alan V. Oppenheim – Developed the field of digital signal processing and member of the National Academy of Engineering
Mechanical engineering[edit]
- Catherine Mohr – surgical roboticist and faculty of Stanford School of Medicine
Materials science[edit]
- Katherine T. Faber - world expert in ceramics and originator of the Faber-Evans model for crack deflection
- John B. Goodenough - developer of the lithium-ion battery and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Galen D. Stucky - expert in mesoporous materials
Mathematics[edit]
- Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid – probability and Markov chain theorist
- James McMahon – delegate to First Convention of Sigma Xi[29]
- John von Neumann – Enrico Fermi Award winner[11]
- Cornelia Strong – professor of mathematics and astronomy
Physics[edit]
- John C. Cook – played a crucial role in establishing the field of ground-penetrating radar[30]
- Richard J. Duffin – mathematical physicist noted for contributions to electrical transmission theory and geometric programming
- Albert Einstein – developed the general theory of relativity, Nobel Prize in Physics winner
- Richard Feynman – Nobel Prize in Physics winner[11]
- Enrico Fermi – Chicago Pile team member, Nobel Prize in Physics winner
- Andrea Ghez - astrophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physics winner[15]
- Mustapha Ishak Boushaki – gravitational lensing and universe expansion physicist, University of Texas at Dallas
- Ernest Merritt – Dean of the Graduate School, Cornell University
- Robert A. Millikan - Nobel Prize in Physics winner, president of Caltech[31]
- Rahul Pandit – condensed matter physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Andrea Prosperetti – multiphase flow researcher[23]
Psychology[edit]
- Marie Skodak Crissey – developmental psychologist, served as president of two divisions of the American Psychological Association
Honorary members[edit]
- Natalie Angier – journalist[32]
- Deborah Blum – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[32]
- Sherwood Boehlert – member of the United States House of Representatives[32]
- George Brown, Jr. – member of the United States House of Representatives[32]
- Malcolm Browne – photojournalist[32]
- Clinton Sumner Burns – civil engineer [33]
- William D. Carey – publisher of Science[32]
- Barbara Culliton – science journalist and editor
- Claudia Dreifus – journalist[32]
- Dennis Flanagan – founding editor of Scientific American[32]
- Ira Flatow – Science Friday host[32]
- Al Gore – Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner[32]
- Sidney Harris – cartoonist[32]
- Brian Hayes – science writer[32]
- Theodore Hesburgh – President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame[32]
- Jamie Hyneman – MythBusters co-host[32]
- Bill Kurtis – television journalist[32]
- Bob McDonald – journalist[32]
- Dennis Overbye – science writer[32]
- David Price – member of the United States House of Representatives[32]
- David Quammen – science writer[32]
- Paul Raeburn – science writer[32]
- Floyd M. Riddick – Parliamentarian of the United States Senate[32]
- Adam Savage – MythBusters co-host[32]
- David Sington – BBC journalist[32]
- Walter S. Sullivan – New York Times journalist[32]
- Robert Dillard Teer Jr. – Real Estate Developer and General Contractor[32]
- Stewart Udall – Secretary of the Interior during John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations[32]
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External links[edit]
- Sigma Xi's "Members in the News"