List of Sigma Xi members explained

This is a list of notable members of the science and engineering honor society Sigma Xi.

Academia

• Jeremy Howick Canadian-British interdisciplinary researcher and founding director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare.^[1]
• Lois Lampe American botanist and educator. Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University.^[2]
• 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^[3]
• Eduardo Suger Swiss-Guatemalan educator and founder of Galileo University^[4]
• Blake R. Van Leer United States Army officer and president of Georgia Institute of Technology^[5]
• Jeffrey Vitter Computer scientist and 17th chancellor of the University of Mississippi

Aerospace

• 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

• Eugenie Scott leading critic of young earth creationism and intelligent design^[8]

Biology

Botany

• Don G. Despain flora of Yellowstone National Park specialist^[9]
• Edwin Earle Honey (1891–1956) American plant pathologist and mycologist^[10]
• Hu Hsen-Hsu (1894–1968) Founder of plant taxonomy in China^[11]
• Barbara McClintock cytogenetics specialist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner^[12]
• Peter H. Raven President Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden^[13]
• Julia Warner Snow American systematic phycologist and instructor.^[14]

Entomology

• 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^[15]

Molecular biology

• 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^[16]
• James D. Watson co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner

Zoology

• Roger Arliner Young first African American woman to receive a PhD in zoology^[17]
• William Rees Brebner Robertson - American zoologist and early cytogeneticist who discovered the chromosomal rearrangement named in his honour, Robertsonian translocation^[18]
• Florence Wells Slater - American entomologist^[19]

Chemistry

• Arthur W. Adamson inorganic photochemistry pioneer^[20]
• Arthur A. Noyes - Chemist and inventor^[21]
• Bettye Washington Greene Dow Chemical^[22]
• Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane Humboldt Prize winner^[23]
• Ray R. Irani current chairman and former chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum
• Irving Langmuir research helped develop the incandescent light bulb, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner^[24]
• Tobin J. Marks National Medal of Science laureate
• 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^[25]
• Harry Snyder President of Minnesota Sigma Xi Chapter^[26]
• Kelly O. Sullivan Sigma Xi President, 2012-2013
• Theodor Svedberg Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner^[27]
• 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

• Alan Sherman Cryptologia editor
• Michael Waterman computational biology specialist

Economics

• Kenneth Arrow Nobel Prize in Economics winner^[29]
• Herbert A. Simon political scientist, Nobel Prize in Economics winner^[30]
• John Forbes Nash Jr. mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economics winner
• Robert C. Merton Nobel Prize in Economics winner^[31]
• Myron S. Scholes Nobel Prize in Economics winner
• Daniel Kahneman psychologist, Nobel Prize in Economics winner^[32]
• Lloyd S. Shapley mathematician Nobel Prize in Economics
• William D. Nordhaus Nobel Prize in Economics winner^[33]

Engineering

Chemical engineering

• Frances Arnold - Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner for directed evolution

Electrical engineering

• Supriyo Datta Director of NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing^[34]
• Alan V. Oppenheim Developed the field of digital signal processing and member of the National Academy of Engineering

Mechanical engineering

• Catherine Mohr surgical roboticist and faculty of Stanford School of Medicine

Materials science

• 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
• Sharat Kumar Roy - American Geologist of Indian origin and expert in fossils.

Mathematics

• Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid probability and Markov chain theorist
• James McMahon delegate to First Convention of Sigma Xi^[35]
• John von Neumann Enrico Fermi Award winner
• Cornelia Strong professor of mathematics and astronomy

Physics

• John C. Cook played a crucial role in establishing the field of ground-penetrating radar^[36]
• 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
• Enrico Fermi Chicago Pile team member, Nobel Prize in Physics winner
• Andrea Ghez - astrophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physics winner
• 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^[37]
• Rahul Pandit condensed matter physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Andrea Prosperetti multiphase flow researcher

Psychology

• Marie Skodak Crisseydevelopmental psychologist, served as president of two divisions of the American Psychological Association

Honorary members

• Natalie Angier journalist^[38]
• Deborah Blum Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Sherwood Boehlert member of the United States House of Representatives
• George Brown, Jr. member of the United States House of Representatives
• Malcolm Browne photojournalist
• Clinton Sumner Burns civil engineer^[39]
• William D. Carey publisher of Science
• Barbara Cullitonscience journalist and editor
• Claudia Dreifus journalist
• Dennis Flanagan founding editor of Scientific American
• Ira Flatow Science Friday host
• Al Gore Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Sidney Harris cartoonist
• Brian Hayes science writer
• Theodore Hesburgh President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame
• Jamie Hyneman MythBusters co-host
• Bill Kurtis television journalist
• Bob McDonald journalist
• Dennis Overbye science writer
• David Price member of the United States House of Representatives
• David Quammen science writer
• Paul Raeburn science writer
• Floyd M. Riddick Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
• Adam Savage MythBusters co-host
• David Sington BBC journalist
• Walter S. Sullivan New York Times journalist
• Robert Dillard Teer Jr. Real Estate Developer and General Contractor
• Stewart Udall Secretary of the Interior during John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations

External links

• Sigma Xi's "Members in the News"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare . en . 2022-11-22.
2. "Dr. Lois Lampe Quits as Secretary". Washington C.H. Record-Herald. May 28, 1952. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
3. https://www.askdrfatima.com/
4. 2013. Los 51 notables. 51 notable Guatemalans. es. El Periódico Guatemala. 82. 2021-08-23.
5. https://ocr.lib.ncsu.edu/ocr/ua/ua010_200-001-bx0001-011-004/ua010_200-001-bx0001-011-004.pdf Blake Van Leer Named Dean Of Engineering
6. Web site: Associate member Ali Baghchehsara (SX 2013) . Jan 2013. Sigma Xi Member in News. Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society . 2012-11-28.
7. Web site: About Solar Maximum Co. . Jul 2014. About Solar Maximum LLC. Solar Maximum LLC . 2014-02-28.
8. Web site: Eugenie Carol Scott . May 2009. Sigma Xi Emeritus Member Newsletter. Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society . 2012-11-28.
9. Web site: 2001 Assembly of Delegates: Nominees for Northwest Region Director. 2001. Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & International Research Conference. Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society . 2012-11-28.
10. American Scientist, Volumes 9-12 . Sigma Xi Quarterly . Society of the Sigma Xi . XII . 3 . September 1924 . 148 [44]. . March 18, 2013.
11. Book: 胡先骕全集 . March 2023 . Jiangxi People's Publishing House . 978-7-210-10955-6 . Hu . Xiaojiang . 1st . 19 . March 2023 . 48–53 . zh . H. H. Hu: complete works.
12. Stamps Honor Four Scientists. American Scientist. 93. 4. 384. Sigma Xi.
13. http://csis.msu.edu/service/rachel_carson_lectures/raven_2008 "2008 Rachel Carson Lecture by Peter Raven"
14. Web site: Fran . Becque . Julia Warner Snow, Kappa Alpha Theta . Fraternity History & More . 2019-07-05 . 2019-03-16 .
15. Book: Woman’s Who’s Who of America . The American Commonwealth Company . v. 1 . 1914 . July 27, 2023 . 274 & 275.
16. Web site: Nobel Laureates . 2022-11-09 . www.sigmaxi.org.
17. Book: Merry Maisel and Laura Smart. http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/young.html. Lifelong Struggle of a Zoologist. Women in Science: A selection of sixteen significant contributors. The San Diego Supercomputer Center. 1997.
18. Nabours. R. K.. William Rees Brebner Robertson 1881-1941. 1942-01-30. Science. en. 95. 2457. 113–114. 10.1126/science.95.2457.113. 17795644. 1942Sci....95..113N. 0036-8075.
19. Web site: St. Mary's School Bulletin .
20. January–February 2000. Adamson Receives Monie Ferst Award. Sigma Xi Today. The Scientific Research Society. 9. 1. 94. 2012-11-27.
21. Shedd . John C. . 1925 . Sigma Xi and the California Institute of Technology . Science . en . 61 . 1583 . 463–463 . 10.1126/science.61.1583.463.a . 0036-8075.
22. Book: Warren, Wini. Black women scientists in the United States. 1999. Indiana University Press. Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]. 0253336031. 109–110. registration.
23. Web site: Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane: The Life of the Cancer Warrior . Mudde . Raggi . November 15, 2011 . Karnataka . 2012-11-28.
24. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1932/langmuir-bio.html "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932: Irving Langmuir"
25. Goertzel, T.G., & Goertzel, B. (1995). Linus Pauling: a life in science and politics. New York: Basic Books. Pages 121-133.
26. Gopher Yearbook: Class of 1908 (1908). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota. Page 139.
27. http://www.sigmaxi.org/about/overview/nobel.shtml "Nobel Laureates"
28. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1937/3/31/urey-34-nobel-prize-winner-in/ "Urey, '34 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Speaks at Fogg"
29. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/atr/legacy/2006/03/03/2517.pdf
30. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/18501/chapter/4
31. https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6511&view=awards
32. https://www.sigmaxi.org/news/news-archive/2013/10/01/2013-presidential-medal-of-freedom-recipients
33. https://www.sigmaxi.org/news/news-archive/2018/10/08/sigma-xi-member-william-d.-nordhaus-wins-sveriges-riksbank-prize-in-economic-sciences
34. National Academy of Engineering Elects 34 Sigma Xi Members . American Scientist . 100 . 3 . May–June 2012 . 272.
35. Henry Baldwin Ward, Sigma Xi: Quarter Century History (1886–1911).
36. Web site: American Men and Women of Science . Gale Cengage Learning . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112230130/http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/BrowseSeriesServlet?region=9&imprint=000&cf=es&titleCode=AMWSE&edition= . 2012-01-12 .
37. Shedd . John C. . 1925 . Sigma Xi and the California Institute of Technology . Science . en . 61 . 1583 . 463–463 . 10.1126/science.61.1583.463.a . 0036-8075.
38. Web site: Honorary Membership . 2012 . Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society . 2012-11-28.
39. Anon., "Memoir of Clinton Sumner Burns." American Society of Civil Engineers.,(1924) Volume 50, page 931. Proceedings. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers.