AAS Members Urry, Heckman Elected to National Academy of Sciences

This announcement is adapted from a National Academy of Sciences press release.

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The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,291 and the total number of foreign associates to 465. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States.

Among the newly elected members are two AAS members:

• Timothy M. Heckman — A. Herman Pfund Professor of Astronomy and Director, Center for Astrophysical Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
• C. Megan Urry — Director, Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Chair, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Urry is also President of the American Astronomical Society.

Congratulations Tim and Meg!

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and — with the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council — provides science, technology, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.