Lucas Jr., Robert E.
Robert E. Lucas, Jr. WF ’67, Recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics “for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations;” John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor of...
View ArticleMather, John C.
John C. Mather WF ’68, Co-recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics “for discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation;” Senior Project Scientist, NASA...
View ArticlePhillips, William D.
William D. Phillips WF ’70, Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics (with Steven Chu WF ’70) “for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light;” Fellow, National Institute of...
View ArticlePolitzer, H. David
H. David Politzer WF ’69, Co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction;” Professor of Physics, California Institute...
View ArticleSargent, Thomas J.
Thomas J. Sargent WF H ’64, Co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics “for empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy;” W.R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business, New...
View ArticleTaylor Jr., Joseph H.
Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. WF ’63, Co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the discovery of a new type of pulsar;” 1981 MacArthur Fellow; Dean of the Faculty/James S. McDonnell Distinguished...
View ArticleVarmus, Harold E.
Harold E. Varmus WF ’61, Co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes;” Director, National Institutes of Health; 14th...
View ArticleLepore, Jill
Jill Lepore CN ’93 is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. As a wide-ranging and prolific essayist, Lepore...
View ArticleMcPherson, James
James McPherson WF ‘58, the George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History Emeritus at Princeton University, has made it his mission to bridge the gap between the academic and general audience...
View ArticleDunbar, Erica Armstrong
Erica Armstrong Dunbar CEF ’03 is the Charles & Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University, specializing in the study of the lives of 18th- and 19th-century American women of African...
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