Recipients of Distinguished National Awards
Jan. 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998

Nobel Prize, Chemistry
Paul Boyer
, Chemistry and Biochemistry

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Arnold J. Berk
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Frank D'Accone, Musicology
Robert Israel, Theater
Edward L. Keenan, Linguistics
Margaret Kivelson, Earth and Space Sciences
James Lockhart, History
Gary Nash, History
Elinor C. Ochs, Applied Linguistics
Eric Sundquist, English
Pauline Yu, East Asian Languages and Cultures
John R. Zaller, Political Science
Stephen L. Zipursky, Biological Chemistry

Fulbright Scholarships
Henry H. Em
, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Claudio Pellegrini, Physics and Astronomy
Colin H. Quigley, World Arts and Cultures
Rachelle Zukerman, Social Welfare

Guggenheim Fellowships
Henning Andersen
, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Arthur P. Arnold, Physiological Science
Jesse L. Byock, Old Norse and Medieval Scandinavian Studies
Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Mathematics
Jared Diamond, Physiology
Gordon L. Fain, Physiological Science
William M. Gelbart, Chemistry and Biochemistry
George Gruner, Physics
Thomas M. Liggett, Mathematics
Charles R. Marshall, Paleobiology
Sabeeha Merchant, Biochemistry
Emanuel A. Schegloff, Sociology
Lai-Sang Young, Mathematics

National Academy of Sciences
J. William Schopf
, Paleobiology/Earth and Space Sciences
Owen Witte, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

National Academy of Engineering
Arthur Geoffrion
, Management
Chih-Ming Ho, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sloan Research Fellowships
Dean Buonomano
, Neuroscience
Susana Cohen-Cory, Neuroscience
Ming Gu, Mathematics
James R. Heath, Chemistry
Greg Hjorth, Mathematics
David C. Myles, Chemistry
Ricardo Perez-Marco, Mathematics
Yves Rubin, Chemistry

MacArthur Fellow
Elinor C. Ochs
, Applied Linguistics

Pulitzer Prize, Nonfiction
Jared Diamond
, Physiology

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