X-Nico

unusual facts about National Academies



California Council on Science and Technology

As of July 2008, seventy-six members and fellows are also members of the National Academies, six are Nobel laureates, nine are National Medal of Science recipients and two are recipients of the National Medal of Technology.

Roger Wakimoto

From 2003-2006, he served on the National Academies Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC).


see also

Amy Harmon

In 2011, Harmon's "Target Cancer" series, about the human testing of a new kind of cancer drug, received the National Academies Communication Award, the journalism award given by the National Academies of Science.

Cato T. Laurencin

Dr. Laurencin is a member of both the Institutes of Medicine and the National Academies of Engineering (a distinction he shares with chemical engineers Kristi Anseth, Robert S. Langer, Nicholas Peppas, Frances Arnold, and Rakesh K. Jain).

George Bugliarello

He was a lifetime National Associate of The National Academies and served as chair of the National Academy of Engineering Council’s International Affairs Committee.