Hawkins, aeronautical engineer for Lockheed for over fifty years winner of the National Medal of Science George W. Housner, authority on earthquake engineering; National Medal of Science laureate Clarence L. Johnson, system engineer, aeronautical innovator winner of the National Medal of Science Isabella L. Karle, x-ray crystallographer winner of the National Medal of Science Dr. Donald L. Katz (Ph.D.), chemist, chemical engineer winner of the National Medal of Science Marshall Warren Nirenberg (Ph.D.), biochemist and geneticist winner of the National Medal of Science Michael Posner, psychologist winner of the National Medal of Science Claude E. Shannon, mathematician, electronic engineer, cryptographer; "the father of information theory" winner of the National Medal of Science Isadore Singer, Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at MIT winner of the National Medal of Science Stephen Smale, mathematician winner of the National Medal of Science Karen K. Uhlenbeck, professor of mathematics winner of the National Medal of Science Donald Dexter Van Slyke (Ph.D.), Dutch American biochemist winner of the National Medal of Science Charles M. Vest (Ph.D.) was an American educator and engineer. He served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from October 1990 until December 2004. Winner, in 2006, of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation Sloan Research Fellows James Andreoni (born 1959 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is a professor in the Economics Department of the University of California, San Diego, where he directs the EconLab. John Avise (born 1948) is an American evolutionary geneticist, conservationist, ecologist and natural historian. Robert Berner (November 25, 1935 – January 10, 2015) was an American scientist known for his contributions to the modeling of the carbon cycle. Allan M. Collins is an American cognitive scientist, Professor Emeritus of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy. Ralph Louis Cohen (born 1952) is an American mathematician, specializing in algebraic topology and differential topology. Michael D. Fried is an American mathematician working in the geometry and arithmetic of families of nonsingular projective curve covers. William L. Jungers (born November 17, 1948) is an American anthropologist, distinguished teaching professor and the chair of the Department of Anatomical Sciences at State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island, New York. Jeffrey MacKie-Mason is an American economist specializing in information, incentive-centered design and public policy. Gaven Martin FRSNZ FASL FAMS (born 8 October 1958)[1] is a New Zealand mathematician. George J. Minty Jr. (September