List of Sigma Xi members

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

Aerospace

• Ali Baghchehsara – Vice President of Solar Maximum Co. and coauthor of Electric Space: Space-Based Solar Power Technologies & Applications^{[1] [2]}

Anthropology

• Eugenie Scott – leading critic of young earth creationism and intelligent design^[3]

Botany

• Don G. Despain – flora of Yellowstone National Park specialist^[4]
• Edwin Earle Honey (1891–1956) – American plant pathologist and mycologist^[5]
• Barbara McClintock – cytogenetics specialist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner^[6]
• Peter H. Raven – President Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden^[7]

Chemistry

• Arthur W. Adamson – inorganic photochemistry pioneer^[8]
• Bettye Washington Greene  – Dow Chemical^[9]
• Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane – Humboldt Prize winner^[10]
• Ray R. Irani – current chairman and former chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum^[11]
• Irving Langmuir – research helped develop the incandescent light bulb, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner^[12][13]
• Tobin J. Marks – National Medal of Science laureate^[11]
• Donna Nelson – President of Oklahoma Sigma Xi Chapter
• Linus Pauling – Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner^[14]
• Harry Snyder – President of Minnesota Sigma Xi Chapter^[15]
• Kelly O. Sullivan – Sigma Xi President, 2012-2013
• Theodor Svedberg – Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner^[12]
• Harold Urey – discovery of deuterium, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner^[16]

Computer science

• Alan Sherman – Cryptologia editor
• Michael Waterman – computational biology specialist^[11]

Electrical engineering

• Supriyo Datta – Director of NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing^[11]

Entomology

• Anna Botsford Comstock – one of the first four female members of Sigma Xi

Mathematics

• Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid – probability and Markov chain theorist
• James McMahon – delegate to First Convention of Sigma Xi^[17]
• John von Neumann – Enrico Fermi Award winner^[6]

Molecular biology

• Francis Crick – co-discoverer of DNA molecule, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner
• James D. Watson – co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner

Physics

• John C. Cook – played a crucial role in establishing the field of ground-penetrating radar^[18]
• 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^[6]
• Enrico Fermi – Chicago Pile team member, Nobel Prize in Physics winner
• Ernest Merritt – Dean of the Graduate School, Cornell University
• Andrea Prosperetti – multiphase flow researcher^[11]

Zoology

• Roger Arliner Young – first African American woman to receive a PhD in zoology^[19]

Honorary members

• Natalie Angier – journalist^[20]
• Deborah Blum – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist^[20]
• Sherwood Boehlert – member of the United States House of Representatives^[20]
• George Brown, Jr. – member of the United States House of Representatives^[20]
• Malcolm Browne – photojournalist^[20]
• William D. Carey – publisher of Science^[20]
• Claudia Dreifus – journalist^[20]
• Dennis Flanagan – founding editor of Scientific American^[20]
• Ira Flatow – Science Friday host^[20]
• Al Gore – Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner^[20]
• Sidney Harris – cartoonist^[20]
• Brian Hayes – science writer^[20]
• Theodore Hesburgh – President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame^[20]
• Jamie Hyneman – MythBusters co-host^[20]
• Bill Kurtis – television journalist^[20]
• Bob McDonald – journalist^[20]
• Dennis Overbye – science writer^[20]
• David Price – member of the United States House of Representatives^[20]
• David Quammen – science writer^[20]
• Paul Raeburn – science writer^[20]
• Floyd M. Riddick – Parliamentarian of the United States Senate^[20]
• Adam Savage – MythBusters co-host^[20]
• David Sington – BBC journalist^[20]
• Walter S. Sullivan – New York Times journalist^[20]
• Stewart Udall – Secretary of the Interior during John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations^[20]

References

External links

• Sigma Xi's "Members in the News"