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James Assay Institute of Shock Physics |
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Anjan Bose College of Engineering and Architecture |
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R. James Cook, Professor
Emeritus College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences |
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Rodney Croteau Institute of Biological Chemistry |
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Guy Palmer College of Veterinary Medicine |
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Clarence A. "Bud" Ryan
Jr. Institute of Biological Chemistry In Memoriam |
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vonWettstein College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences |
Membership in the National Academies is a highly prestigious honor.
The National Academy was created in 1863 by a congressional charter approved by President Lincoln to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. The National Academies consist of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Our nation’s leaders often turn to the National Academies for advice on scientific issues that relate to policy decisions.
Only the most distinguished experts in their fields are elected as members of the National Academies. Of the more than 1.2 million working scientists in the United States, only about 2,000 have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Similarly, of the roughly 2 million engineers in the country, only 2,000 are members of the National Academy of Engineers and of the more than 4 million health professionals and biomedical scientists, 1,700 have been elected to the Institute of Medicine.
Of Washington State University’s members, Clarence “Bud” Ryan was the first to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences. John Hirth is a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.