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May 2009: Siggia elected to National Academy of Sciences
John E. Hopcroft, the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science, and Eric Siggia, adjunct professor of physics, have been elected to the National Academcy of Sciences.
They are two of 72 new members who are being recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research; in all, there are 2,150 active members.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to furthering science and its use for the general welfare. Established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln, the academy is intended to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science and technology.
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