At the 139th annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in April, 72 new members were elected, bringing the total number of active members to 1907. Also elected were 15 foreign associates from 12 countries; the election raised the number of foreign associates to 330. Among the newly elected members are
Boris L. Altshuler, professor of physics at Princeton University and physics research fellow at the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey
Barry C. Barish, Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics and director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) at Caltech
Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry at Caltech
Adriaan Bax, biophysical nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy section chief at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland
Carlos Bustamante, Howard Hughes Investigator, professor of molecular and cell biology, and professor of physics at the University...
