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]
• Irmgard Flügge-Lotz  – developed the theory of discontinuous automatic control; first female engineering professor at Stanford University and first female engineer elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• Jack Parsons - American rocket engineer, rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and a leading member of the OTO occult group.

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]
• Julia Warner Snow – American systematic phycologist and instructor.[8]

Chemistry

• Arthur W. Adamson – inorganic photochemistry pioneer[9]
• Bettye Washington Greene  – Dow Chemical[10]
• Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane – Humboldt Prize winner[11]
• Ray R. Irani – current chairman and former chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum[12]
• Irving Langmuir – research helped develop the incandescent light bulb, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[13][14]
• Tobin J. Marks – National Medal of Science laureate[12]
• Donna Nelson – President of Oklahoma Sigma Xi Chapter, American Chemical Society (ACS) President (2016), Breaking Bad science advisor (2008-2013).
• Linus Pauling – Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[15]
• Harry Snyder – President of Minnesota Sigma Xi Chapter[16]
• Kelly O. Sullivan – Sigma Xi President, 2012-2013
• Theodor Svedberg – Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[13]
• Harold Urey – discovery of deuterium, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner[17]
• Khairat Muhammad Ibne Rasa - Winner of the Potter Prize, Brown University 1959

Computer science

• Alan Sherman – Cryptologia editor
• Michael Waterman – computational biology specialist[12]

Electrical engineering

• Supriyo Datta – Director of NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing[12]
• Alan V. Oppenheim – Developed the field of digital signal processing and member of the National Academy of Engineering

Entomology

• Anna Botsford Comstock – insect illustrator, leader in the nature study movement, and 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[18]
• 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[19]
• 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
• Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki – astrophysicist noted for contributions to dark energy and gravitational lensing
• Ernest Merritt – Dean of the Graduate School, Cornell University
• Rahul Pandit – condensed matter physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Andrea Prosperetti – multiphase flow researcher[12]

Zoology

• Roger Arliner Young – first African American woman to receive a PhD in zoology[20]
• William Rees Brebner Robertson - American zoologist and early cytogeneticist who discovered the chromosomal rearrangement named in his honour, Robertsonian translocation [21]

Honorary members

• Natalie Angier – journalist[22]
• Deborah Blum – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[22]
• Sherwood Boehlert – member of the United States House of Representatives[22]
• George Brown, Jr. – member of the United States House of Representatives[22]
• Malcolm Browne – photojournalist[22]
• William D. Carey – publisher of Science[22]
• Claudia Dreifus – journalist[22]
• Dennis Flanagan – founding editor of Scientific American[22]
• Ira Flatow – Science Friday host[22]
• Al Gore – Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner[22]
• Sidney Harris – cartoonist[22]
• Brian Hayes – science writer[22]
• Theodore Hesburgh – President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame[22]
• Jamie Hyneman – MythBusters co-host[22]
• Bill Kurtis – television journalist[22]
• Bob McDonald – journalist[22]
• Dennis Overbye – science writer[22]
• David Price – member of the United States House of Representatives[22]
• David Quammen – science writer[22]
• Paul Raeburn – science writer[22]
• Floyd M. Riddick – Parliamentarian of the United States Senate[22]
• Adam Savage – MythBusters co-host[22]
• David Sington – BBC journalist[22]
• Walter S. Sullivan – New York Times journalist[22]
• Stewart Udall – Secretary of the Interior during John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations[22]

References

1. "Associate member Ali Baghchehsara (SX 2013)". Sigma Xi Member in News. Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society. Jan 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
2. "About Solar Maximum Co". About Solar Maximum LLC. Solar Maximum LLC. Jul 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
3. "Eugenie Carol Scott". Sigma Xi Emeritus Member Newsletter. Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society. May 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
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8. Becque, Fran (2019-03-16). "Julia Warner Snow, Kappa Alpha Theta". Fraternity History & More. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
9. "Adamson Receives Monie Ferst Award" (PDF). Sigma Xi Today. The Scientific Research Society. 9 (1): 94. January–February 2000. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
10. Warren, Wini (1999). Black women scientists in the United States. Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]: Indiana University Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN 0253336031.
11. Mudde, Raggi (November 15, 2011). "Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane: The Life of the Cancer Warrior". Karnataka. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
12. "National Academy of Engineering Elects 34 Sigma Xi Members". American Scientist. 100 (3): 272. May–June 2012.
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14. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932: Irving Langmuir". From Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1922-1941. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam, 1966. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
15. Goertzel, T.G., & Goertzel, B. (1995). Linus Pauling: a life in science and politics. New York: Basic Books. Pages 121-133.
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17. "Urey, '34 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Speaks at Fogg" (March 31, 1937). The Harvard Crimson online. Retrieved 2012-11-28
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19. "American Men and Women of Science". Gale Cengage Learning. Archived from the original on 2012-01-12.
20. Merry Maisel and Laura Smart (1997). "Lifelong Struggle of a Zoologist". Women in Science: A selection of sixteen significant contributors. The San Diego Supercomputer Center.
21. Nabours, R. K. (1942-01-30). "WILLIAM REES BREBNER ROBERTSON 1881-1941". Science. 95 (2457): 113–114. doi:10.1126/science.95.2457.113. ISSN 0036-8075.
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External links

• Sigma Xi's "Members in the News"