GSAS Centennial Medalists

2009

Svetlana Leontief Alpers, AB ’57, PhD ’65, fine arts
David Brion Davis, PhD ’56, history of American civilization
Thomas Crombie Schelling, PhD ’51, economics
Joseph Taylor, PhD ’68, astronomy

2008

Susan Lindquist, PhD ’77, cellular and developmental biology
Earl Powell III, PhD ’74, fine arts
Frank Shu, PhD ’68, astronomy
Ezra Vogel, PhD ’58, sociology

2007

Frederick P. Brooks Jr., PhD 56, Mathematics
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, AB 68, PhD 75, Anthropology
Neil L. Rudenstine, PhD 64, English and American Literature and Language
Jeffrey D. Sachs, AB 76, PhD 80, Economics

2006

Daniel Callahan, PhD ’65, Philosophy
Sandra Faber, PhD ’72, Astronomy
Robert Solow, PhD ’51, Economics
Kevin Starr, PhD ’69, English and American Literature and Language

2005

Michael Artin, PhD ’60, Mathematics
H. Robert Horvitz, PhD ’74, Molecular Biology
Elaine Pagels, PhD ’70, Study of Religion
Michael Spence, PhD ’72, Economics

2004

 John Coolidge Adams, AB '69, AM '72, Music
Susan Tufts Fiske, AB '73, PhD '78, Social Psychology
Richard M. Hunt, PhD '60, History
George Rupp, PhD '72, Study of Religion

2003

Agnes Gund, AM '80, Fine Arts
Amy Gutmann, AB '71, PhD '76, Government
Leon Richard Kass, PhD '67, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
William Schneider, PhD '72, Government

2002

Lewis Branscomb, PhD '50, Physics
Madhav Gadgil, PhD '69, Biology
Joanne Martin, PhD '77, Psychology and Social Relations
Allen Puckett, SB '39, SM '41, Applied Sciences

2001

Bernard Bailyn, PhD '53, History
Carolyn Walker Bynum, PhD '69, History
Elliott Carter, AB '30, AM '32, Music
Walter Kohn, AB '30, PhD '48, Physics 

2000

Harold Amos, PhD '52, Division of Medical Sciences
Stanley Cavell, PhD '61, Philosophy
Jill Ker Conway, PhD '69, History

1999

Frances Daly Fergusson, PhD '73, Fine Arts
Nguyen Xuan Oanh, PhD '54, Economics
Carl Emil Schorske, PhD '50, History
Edward Osborne Wilson, PhD '55, Biology

1998

Sissela Bok, PhD '70, Philosophy
I. Bernard Cohen, PhD '47, History of Science
Richard Zare, AB '61, PhD '64, Chemistry 

1997

Richard Karp, AB '55, PhD '59, Applied Mathematics
Stuart Rice, PhD '55, Chemistry
Henry Rosovsky, PhD '59, Economics
Ruth Simmons, PhD '73, Romance Languages and Literatures 

1996

Leon Botstein, PhD '85, History
Victor K. Fung, PhD '71, Applied Mathematics
Paul Guyer, AB '69, PhD '74, Philosophy
Maxine Kumin, AB '46, AM '48, Comparative Literature 

1995

Philip Anderson, PhD '49, Physics
Zbigniew Brzezinski, PhD '53, Government 

1994

Hanna H. Gray, PhD '57, History
Roald Hoffmann, PhD '62, Chemical Physics
Rosalind Krauss, PhD '69, Fine Arts 

1993

Renee C. Fox, PhD '54, Sociology
Marilyn French, PhD '72, English and American Literature and Language
Rolf Landauer, SB '47, PhD '50, Physics 

1992

Edward Bernstein, PhD '31, Economics
Saul Cohen, AB '37, PhD '40, Chemistry
Stanley Kunitz, AB '26, AM '27, English and American Literature and Language
Alice Rivlin, PhD '58, Economics

1991

 

Eleanor Lansing Dulles, PhD '26, Economics
Caryl P. Haskins, PhD '35, Biology
Wesley W. Posvar, PhD '64, Government
Susan Sontag, AM '57, Philosophy 

1990

Margaret Atwood, AM '62, English
Samuel H. Beer, PhD '43, Government
Leo P. Kadanoff, AB '57, PhD '60, Physics 

1989

Thomas Eisner, AB '51, PhD '56, Biology
Jesse Greenstein, AB '29, PhD '37, Astronomy
Robert Motherwell, GSA '38 Philosophy
David Woodley Packard, PhD '67, Classics
Reginald H. Phelps, AB '30, PhD '47, History
James Tobin, AB '39, PhD '47, Economics
Margaret D. Wilson, PhD '65, Philosophy 

 
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