National Academy adds 15 members from Harvard and MIT

The National Academy of Sciences elected 72 new members today, honoring a total of 15 scientists and engineers from Harvard and MIT.

The private organization, established by Congress while Abraham Lincoln was president, advises the federal government on science and technology.

The scholars include:

Edward A. Boyle, ocean geochemistry, MIT
Stephen L. Buchwald, chemistry, MIT
Edward F. De Long, civil and environmental engineering, MIT
Michael E. Greenberg, neurology and neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, and neuroscience, Children's Hospital Boston
Lars E. Hernquist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Eric N. Jacobsen, chemistry, Harvard University
Marc A. Kastner, dean of science, MIT
Ronald C. Kessler, health care policy, Harvard Medical School
Frank T. Leighton, applied mathematics, MIT
Lisa J. Randall, theoretical physics, Harvard University
Anjana Rao, pathology, Harvard Medical School
Gary Ruvkun, genetics, Harvard Medical School, and molecular biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Theda Skocpol, government and sociology, Harvard University
Timothy M. Swager, chemistry, MIT
Jack L. Wisdom, planetary sciences, MIT