The Academy's highest honor is bestowed in recognition of lifetime achievement. Some of the most distinguished scientists in the world have received this award, including Nobel Prize winners such as Tsung-Dao Lee and Harold Varmus.
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Francis Crick, co-discover of structure of DNA, molecular biologist and neurobiologist. He was the J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Research, La Jolla, CA
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William T. Golden, leader, designer and friend of numerous scientific organizations, he is the Honorary Lifetime Governor of the New York Academy of Sciences and also Chairman Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Academy Fellows 2003/2004
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Elaine Fuchs, Professor and HHMI Investigator. The Rockefeller University, New York.
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William Haseltine, Molecular biologist and entrepreneur;
Chairman and CEO, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD.
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Mohammad Jamshidi,
Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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Steve Jonas,
Professor of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY.
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W. Ian Lipkin, Director, Center for Immunopathogenesis and Infectious Diseases, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.
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Richard Mayeux, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
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Gerald Sussman,
Matsushita Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
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