SettingsHarvard Centennial Medal recipients
Alice Rivlin
Alice Mitchell Rivlin (born March 4, 1931, in Philadelphia) is an economist, a former U.S. Cabinet official, and an expert on the budget.
Alice Mitchell Rivlin (born March 4, 1931, in Philadelphia) is an economist, a former U.S. Cabinet official, and an expert on the budget.
Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann is the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Communications, and Philosophy at the university.
Amy Gutmann is the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Communications, and Philosophy at the university.
Bernard Bailyn
Bernard Bailyn (born September 9, 1922) is an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History.
Bernard Bailyn (born September 9, 1922) is an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History.
Carl Emil Schorske
Carl Emil Schorske is an American cultural historian and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.
Carl Emil Schorske is an American cultural historian and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.
Caryl Parker Haskins
Caryl Parker Haskins (1908 - 2001) was a scientist, author, inventor, philanthropist, governmental adviser and pioneering entomologist in the study of ant biology .
Caryl Parker Haskins (1908 - 2001) was a scientist, author, inventor, philanthropist, governmental adviser and pioneering entomologist in the study of ant biology .
David Woodley Packard
David Woodley Packard, Ph.D. (born 1940) is a former professor and noted philanthropist; he is the son of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard.
David Woodley Packard, Ph.D. (born 1940) is a former professor and noted philanthropist; he is the son of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard.
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey, is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University.
Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey, is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University.
Eleanor Lansing Dulles
Eleanor Lansing Dulles (June 1, 1895 - October 30, 1996) was an author, teacher and United States Government employee.
Eleanor Lansing Dulles (June 1, 1895 - October 30, 1996) was an author, teacher and United States Government employee.
Elliott Carter
Elliott Cook Carter Jr. is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City.
Elliott Cook Carter Jr. is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City.
Frances D. Fergusson
Frances Daly Fergusson (born October 3, 1944, Boston) served as president of Vassar College from 1986 to 2006.
Frances Daly Fergusson (born October 3, 1944, Boston) served as president of Vassar College from 1986 to 2006.
George Erik Rupp
George Erik Rupp (born September 22, 1942) is an American educator and theologian, the former President of Rice University and later of Columbia University, and president of the International Re...
George Erik Rupp (born September 22, 1942) is an American educator and theologian, the former President of Rice University and later of Columbia University, and president of the International Re...
H. Robert Horvitz
Howard Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
Howard Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
Hanna Holborn Gray
Hanna Holborn Gray, is a historian of political thought in the area of the Renaissance and Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of the University of Chicago.
Hanna Holborn Gray, is a historian of political thought in the area of the Renaissance and Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of the University of Chicago.
I. Bernard Cohen
I. Bernard Cohen (1 March 1914 – 20 June 2003) was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in p...
I. Bernard Cohen (1 March 1914 – 20 June 2003) was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in p...
James Tobin
James Tobin was an American economist who, in his lifetime, served on the Council of Economic Advisors and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale U...
James Tobin was an American economist who, in his lifetime, served on the Council of Economic Advisors and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale U...
Jesse L. Greenstein
Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15, 1909 – October 21, 2002) was an American astronomer.
Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15, 1909 – October 21, 2002) was an American astronomer.
John Adams (composer)
John Coolidge Adams is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism.
John Coolidge Adams is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism.
Kevin Starr
Kevin Starr (born September 3, 1940) is an American historian, best-known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream.
Kevin Starr (born September 3, 1940) is an American historian, best-known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream.
Leo Kadanoff
Leo Kadanoff is a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a former President of the American Physical Society.
Leo Kadanoff is a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a former President of the American Physical Society.
Leon Botstein
Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946 in Switzerland) is an American conductor, scholar, and the President of Bard College.
Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946 in Switzerland) is an American conductor, scholar, and the President of Bard College.
Leon Kass
Leon Richard Kass (born February 12, 1939) is an American physician, scientist, educator, and public intellectual, best known as proponent of liberal education via the "Great Books," as an oppon...
Leon Richard Kass (born February 12, 1939) is an American physician, scientist, educator, and public intellectual, best known as proponent of liberal education via the "Great Books," as an oppon...
Lewis M. Branscomb
Lewis M. Branscomb (born August 17, 1926 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American physicist.
Lewis M. Branscomb (born August 17, 1926 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American physicist.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist.
Michael Artin
Michael Artin is an American mathematician and a professor emeritus in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematics department, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry.
Michael Artin is an American mathematician and a professor emeritus in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematics department, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry.
Michael Spence
Andrew Michael Spence (born November 7, 1943) is an American economist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, along with George A. Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz, f...
Andrew Michael Spence (born November 7, 1943) is an American economist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, along with George A. Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz, f...
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh was Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1964 and 1965.
Nguyễn Xuân Oánh was Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1964 and 1965.
Paul Guyer
Paul Guyer, a Professor of Philosophy and F.R.C. Murray Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of the world's foremost scholars of Kant.
Paul Guyer, a Professor of Philosophy and F.R.C. Murray Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of the world's foremost scholars of Kant.
Richard M. Karp
Richard Manning Karp (born January 3, 1935) is a computer scientist and computational theorist at the University of California, Berkeley, notable for research in the theory of algorithms, for wh...
Richard Manning Karp (born January 3, 1935) is a computer scientist and computational theorist at the University of California, Berkeley, notable for research in the theory of algorithms, for wh...
Richard Zare
Richard Neil Zare is an American physical chemist.
Richard Neil Zare is an American physical chemist.
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Roald Hoffmann is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Robert Solow
Robert Merton Solow is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him.
Robert Merton Solow is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him.
Rolf Landauer
Rolf William Landauer (February 4, 1927 – April 27, 1999) was an IBM physicist who in 1961 argued that when information is lost in an irreversible circuit, the information becomes entropy ...
Rolf William Landauer (February 4, 1927 – April 27, 1999) was an IBM physicist who in 1961 argued that when information is lost in an irreversible circuit, the information becomes entropy ...
Rosalind E. Krauss
Rosalind Epstein Krauss is an American art critic and theorist; she is a professor at Columbia University in New York City.
Rosalind Epstein Krauss is an American art critic and theorist; she is a professor at Columbia University in New York City.
Ruth Simmons
Ruth Simmons is the 18th and current president of Brown University, the first black president of an Ivy League institution.
Ruth Simmons is the 18th and current president of Brown University, the first black president of an Ivy League institution.
Sandra Faber
Sandra Moore Faber (born 1944) is a University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory.
Sandra Moore Faber (born 1944) is a University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory.
Sissela Bok
Sissela Bok, born 2 December 1934, is a Swedish-born philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, an...
Sissela Bok, born 2 December 1934, is a Swedish-born philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, an...
Stanley Cavell
Stanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher.
Stanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher.
Stuart A. Rice
Stuart Alan Rice is an American theoretical chemist and physical chemist.
Stuart Alan Rice is an American theoretical chemist and physical chemist.
Susan Fiske
Susan Tufts Fiske is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology at Princeton University's Department of Psychology.
Susan Tufts Fiske is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology at Princeton University's Department of Psychology.
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was an American essayist, literary icon, and political activist whose works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, The Way We Live Now, and Regarding the Pain...
Susan Sontag was an American essayist, literary icon, and political activist whose works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, The Way We Live Now, and Regarding the Pain...
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology.
Thomas Eisner was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology.
Victor Fung
Dr Victor Fung Kwok-king, GBS, is the Group Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies.
Dr Victor Fung Kwok-king, GBS, is the Group Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies.
Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn (born March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Walter Kohn (born March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
William Schneider, Jr.
William J. Schneider, Jr. is an American politician who has served in a number of prominent Federal Government positions.
William J. Schneider, Jr. is an American politician who has served in a number of prominent Federal Government positions.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski (Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński, ; born March 28, 1928) is a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National S...
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski (Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński, ; born March 28, 1928) is a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National S...