11 elected to American Academy
Some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Those elected from Harvard this year are: David Matthew Altshuler, professor of genetics and professor of medicine Xandra Owens Breakefield, professor of neurology Paul Arthur Buttenwieser, clinical instructor in psychiatry David Winslow Latham, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory astrophysicist and lecturer Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education Joseph Loscalzo, Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic and chair of the Department of Medicine John Francis Manning, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law Richard J. Murnane, Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society Charles Alexander Nelson III, professor of neurology, psychology, and pediatrics William James Poorvu, Class of 1961 Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship Emeritus Xiaowei Zhuang, professor of chemistry and chemical biology and professor of physics One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading...