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American Academy Inducts 2010 Class of New Members

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences inducted some of the world's most distinguished scholars, artists, and institutional leaders on Saturday, October 9. The induction ceremony was part of a three-day series of events welcoming the 230th class of new Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members into the Academy.

Complete List of New Members

Full List of Members


2010 Induction Slideshow

Video Highlights

Celebrating the Arts & the Humanities Friday, October 8
Welcome Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, President, American Academy Master of Ceremonies Gerald L. Early, Co-Chair of the Council, American Academy

(24 min.) John A. Lithgow, Actor, Author, and Recording Artist and Mary A. Yeager, University of California, Los Angeles, read Letters of John & Abigail Adams. Introduction by Gerald L. Early.

(10 min.) Denis Donoghue, Henry James Professor of English and American Letters, New York University, discusses Howard Nemerov's poem "The Blue Swallows." Introduction by Gerald L. Early

230th Induction Ceremony Saturday, October 9
Welcome Louis W. Cabot, Chair of the Board & Trust, American Academy Greetings Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, President, American Academy

(5 min.) Liev Schreiber, Actor, Director, and Screenwriter, reads Historical Letters. Introduction by Jerrold Meinwald, Secretary of the Academy

(7 min.) Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, on the Need for Improved Scientific Literacy. Introduction by Arthur Gelb

(8 min.) Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco, on Translating Scientific Breakthroughs for Clinical Gain. Introduction by Randy W. Schekman

(9 min.) Robert Gallucci, President, MacArthur Foundation, on Shared Intelligence. Introduction by Diane P. Wood

(9 min.) Jim Leach, Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities, on a Looming Crisis in the Humanities. Introduction by Gerald L. Early

(7 min.) Roger Ferguson, President & CEO, TIAA-CREF, on How Business Should Serve Society. Introduction by Gerald Rosenfeld

Technology and the Public Good Sunday, October 10
Call to Order Neal Lane, Co-Chair of the Council, American Academy

(18 min.) A Free Press for a Global Society Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University Introduction by Neal Lane

(10 min.) Technology and Culture Paul Sagan, Akamai Technologies Robert Darnton, Harvard University Library David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States Marjorie Scardino, Pearson PLC This panel discusses Technology and Culture. Introduction by Neal Lane

(28 min.) CyberSecurity and the Cloud Tom Leighton, MIT and Akamai Technologies Vinton Cerf, Google Inc. Richard Hale, U.S. Department of Defense Raymond Ozzie, Microsoft Corporation This panel discusses Individual Privacy and Security and Corporate and Governmental CyberSecurity. Introduction by Neal Lane

Briefing on Research Projects and Studies

Saturday, October 9

(19 min.) Science Policy Initiative for Science, Engineering, and Technology ARISE I & ARISE II The Alternative Energy Future

(15 min.) Humanities & Culture Initiative for Humanities & Culture Visiting Scholars Program

(37 min.) Global Security The Global Nuclear Future International Agreements to Limit Cyberattacks Protecting the Internet as a Public Commons