FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION:

Jim Keeley
(301) 215-8858
keeleyj@hhmi.org
Jennifer Michalowski
(301) 215-8576
michalow@hhmi.org
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute
4000 Jones Bridge Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789
(301) 215-8500

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected 175 new Fellows and 20 new Foreign Honorary Members. Five current Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, one trustee of the Institute, one member of the Institute's scientific review board, and one HHMI international research scholar were among those honored.

Members are selected through a highly competitive process that recognizes individuals who have made preeminent contributions to their disciplines and to society at large.

HHMI's newly elected AAAS fellows are:

• Michael R. Botchan, HHMI scientific review board


• Kevin P. Campbell, HHMI investigator


• Joachim Frank, HHMI investigator


• David Haussler, HHMI investigator


• Helen H. Hobbs, HHMI investigator


• J. Andrew McCammon, HHMI investigator


• Sir Paul Nurse, HHMI trustee


• Nahum Sonenberg, HHMI international research scholar

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