American Philosophical Society
Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, the American Philosophical Society is the oldest learned society in the United States. It promotes excellence and useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities, with more than 1,000 members drawing from the fields of mathematics; the biological, physical and social sciences; the humanities; the arts; and other learned professions. The following UChicago faculty members are members of the Society:
The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs
- Rosanna Warren, 2015
- Don Randel, 2002
- Hanna Holborn Gray, 1981
Biological Sciences
- Neil Shubin, 2017
- Robert Haselkorn, 2014
- Olufunmilayo Olopade, 2011
- Donald F. Steiner, 2004
- David M. Raup, 2002
Humanities
- Salikoko Mufwene, 2022
- David Tracy, 2020
- David Wellbery, 2020
- Lorraine Daston, 2017
- Glenn Most, 2015
- Anne W. Robertson, 2015
- W.J.T. Mitchell, 2014
- Wu Hung, 2012
- Robert B. Pippin, 2009
- Phillip Gossett, 2008
- Michael Silverstein, 2008
- Noel M. Swerdlow, 1988
- Wendy Doniger, 1996
- Martha Nussbaum, 1995
- Martin E. Marty, 1994
- Eric Hamp, 1980
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Sidney Nagel, 2020
- Michael Turner, 2017
- Paul Alivisatos, 2015
- R. Stephen Berry, 2011
- Wendy Freedman, 2007
- James W. Cronin, 1999
- Leo P. Kadanoff, 1997
- Stuart Rice, 1986
Social Sciences
- Geoffrey Stone, 2010
- James Heckman, 2008
- Stephen Stigler, 2006
- Hugo Sonnenschein, 2001
- Robert E. Lucas, 1997
- William McNeill, 1977