Donald A. Glaser professor of physics, developed in 1954 the world's first liquid bubble chamber to study high-energy subatomic particles and won the
Nobel Prize in physics for his invention in 1960
Lawrence R. Klein, '30 alumnus; a member of the economics department and the Institute for Social Research. Won the 1980 Nobel Prize in economics for his econometric models forecasting short-term economic trends and policies.
Carl Cohen, notable for using Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1996 to identify U-M's policy of racial categorization in admissions, leading to the Grutter and Gratz v. Bollinger lawsuits
Adrienne Koch, historian, specialist in American history of the 18th century
Yoram Koren – James J. Duderstadt University Professor of Manufacturing and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering
Trevor D. Wooley Department Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan.
Salem Prize, 1998. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1993–1995
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874.
Huda Akil, Gardner C. Quarton Professor of Neurosciences in psychiatry, professor of psychiatry and co-director and senior research scientist of the U-M Mental Health Research Institute
Sushil Atreya, Professor of atmospheric and space sciences
Brian Coppola, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry.
Jack E. Dixon, Minor J. Coon Professor of Biological Chemistry, chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry
Rodney Ewing, Donald R. Peacor Collegiate Professor of Geological Sciences, professor of materials science and engineering, and professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences
William R. Farrand, Professor of geological sciences and curator, Museum of Anthropology.
Daniel Fisher, Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, professor of geological sciences, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and curator of paleontology
Sharon Glotzer, chemical engineer and physicist and the Stuart W. Churchill Professor at the University of Michigan
James S. Jackson, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and director, Institute for Social Research
Arthur Lupia, Professor of political science, research professor at the Institute for Social Research, and principal investigator of the American
National Election Studies
Anne McNeil, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Sarah Thomason, William H. Gedney Professor of Linguistics
George Uhlenbeck, with fellow student
Samuel Goudsmit at Leiden, proposed the idea of electron spin in 1925, Professor: University of Michigan (1939–43). Max Planck Medal 1964 (with Samuel Goudsmit).
Milford Wolpoff, elected to the rank of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Business Week "Management Gurus"
Gary Hamel, MBA PhD Co-Author "The Core Competence of the Corporation"
Dave Ulrich, Human Resources – Michigan (Ranked #1)
C.K. Prahalad, C.K. Prahalad, Strategy, International Business – Michigan/ PRAJA, (Ranked #10)
Institute of Medicine
Huda Akil, Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences in Psychiatry, Medical School
Michael Boehnke, Richard G. Cornell Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics, department of biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Edward Bove, head, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Medical School
Noreen M Clark, dean, Marshall H. Becker Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health
Mary Sue Coleman, president, professor of biochemistry, Medical School, & chemistry, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
Francis S. Collins, professor of internal medicine; professor of human genetics, Medical School
Jerome Conn, Louis Harry Newburgh university Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Minor J. Coon, Victor C. Vaughn Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School
Jack Dixon, Minor J. Coon Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School
Avedis Donabedian, Sinai Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Health, School of Public Health
Sid Gilman, William J. Herdman Professor of Neurology, Medical School
James S. House, professor of sociology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
James Jackson, professor of psychology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
Robert L. Kahn, professor emeritus of psychology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
David E. Kuhl, professor of internal medicine; professor of radiology, Medical School
Martha L. Ludwig, research biophysicist and J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished Professor, department of biological chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Howard Markel, George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Center for the History of Medicine
Rowena Matthews, elected to The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
James V. Neel, Lee R. Dice distinguished university professor emeritus of Human genetics, Medical School
Gilbert S. Omenn, professor of internal medicine & Human genetics, Medical School, and of public health, School of Public Health
June Osborn, professor of epidemiology; professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, Medical School
Alan R. Saltiel, elected in 2005 to The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, John Jacob Abel Collegiate Professor in Life Sciences and Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology
Peter Ward, Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Pathology, Medical School
David R. Williams, Harold W. Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, and professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health
Steven Goodman, adjunct research investigator in the U-M Museum of Zoology's bird division, and a conservation biologist in the Department of Zoology at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History
Ann Ellis Hanson, visiting associate professor of Greek and Latin.
John Henry Holland, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering; professor of psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Vonnie C. McLoyd, professor of psychology and research scientist at the Center for Human Growth and Development
Michael Marletta, biochemist and John Gideon Searle Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy in the College of Pharmacy and professor of biological chemistry in the Medical School
Yukiko Yamashita, assistant professor of cell & developmental biology
United States National Academy of Engineering
Linda M. Abriola, professor of civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
Ellen Arruda, professor and chair of mechanical engineering, College of Engineering
Dennis Assanis, former Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, College of Engineering
Lynn Conway, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering
James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, College of Engineering
Elmer G. Gilbert, professor of aerospace engineering and of electrical engineering & computer science, College of Engineering
Donald Katz, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, college
Yoram Koren, James J. Duderstadt Distinguished University Professor and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Ronald G. Larson, George Granger Brown Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Emmett Leith, Schlumberger Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering
Gerard A. Mourou, A.D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering & and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Fawwaz Ulaby, R. Jamison and Betty Williams Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering
Galip Ulsoy, C.D. Mote Jr. Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering and William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing, College of Engineering
Chia-Shun Yih, Stephen P. Timoshenko Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Fluid Mechanics, College of Engineering
United States National Academy of Sciences
Mathew Alpern, professor emeritus of physiological optics, Medical School
Richard D. Alexander, Theodore H. Hubell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Robert Axelrod, Arthur W. Bromage Distinguished University Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Hyman Bass, professor of education, School of Education, & mathematics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Jerome Conn, Louis Harry Newburgh University Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Philip Converse, Robert Cooley Angell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Political Science, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Clyde Coombs, professor emeritus of psychology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
H. Richard Crane, George P. Williams Distinguished University, physicist
Thomas M. Donahue, Edward H. White II Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Planetary Science, College of Engineering
Kent V. Flannery, James B. Griffin Distinguished University Professor of Anthropological Archaeology, College of Literature Science & the Arts
Ronald Freedman, Roderick D. McKenzie Professor Emeritus of Sociology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts, professor emeritus of physics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
Katherine Freese, George E. Uhlenbeck Professor Emerita of Physics
William Fulton, M. S. Keeler Professor, mathematics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Stanley M. Garn, professor emeritus of nutrition, School of Public Health
Frederick Gehring, T.H. Hildebrandt Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics
Sharon Glotzer, Stuart W. Churchill Professor of Chemical Engineering. Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics and Macromolecular Science and Engineering.
Melvin Hochster, Raymond L. Wilder Professor of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Martha L. Ludwig, professor of biological chemistry, Medical School
Joyce Marcus, professor of anthropology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Vincent Massey, professor of biological chemistry, Medical School
Rowena G. Matthews, G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished University Professor, biological chemistry, Medical School
James N. Morgan, professor emeritus of economics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
James V. Neel, Lee R. Dice Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics, Medical School
Richard Nisbett, Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor, psychology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
Martinus Veltman, John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
Warren Wagner, Jr., professor emeritus of botany, School of Natural Resources & the Environment
Henry Wright, professor of anthropology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts; curator, Museum of Anthropology
National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement. Five other Michigan researchers won the award between 1974 and 1986. Congress established the award program in 1959. It honors individuals for pioneering scientific research.