Manson Benedict Emeritus (elected 1956)
October 9, 1907 - September 18, 2006

Konrad E. Bloch Emeritus (elected 1956)
January 21, 1912 - October 15, 2000

Kenneth S. Cole Emeritus (elected 1956)
July 10, 1900 - April 18, 1984

Bryce Crawford, Jr. Emeritus (elected 1956)
November 27, 1914 - September 16, 2011

William A. Fowler Member (elected 1956)
August 9, 1911 - March 14, 1995

Maria Goeppert Mayer Member (elected 1956)
June 28, 1906 - February 20, 1972

Frederick G. Gregory International Member (elected 1956)
December 22, 1893 - November 27, 1961

Caryl P. Haskins Member (elected 1956)
August 12, 1908 - October 8, 2001

Emil W. Haury Member (elected 1956)
May 2, 1904 - December 5, 1992

Kariamanikkam Krishnan International Member (elected 1956)
December 4, 1898 - June 14, 1961

P. Kusch Emeritus (elected 1956)
January 26, 1911 - March 20, 1993

Albert L. Lehninger Member (elected 1956)
February 17, 1917 - March 4, 1986

Albert E. Michotte International Member (elected 1956)
October 13, 1881 - June 2, 1965

C. Phillip Miller Member (elected 1956)
August 29, 1894 - September 4, 1985

W. W. Morgan Member (elected 1956)
January 3, 1906 - June 21, 1994

Walter H. Munk Member (elected 1956)
October 19, 1917 - February 8, 2019

Melvin S. Newman Emeritus (elected 1956)
March 10, 1908 - May 30, 1993

Joseph Peres International Member (elected 1956)
October 31, 1890 - February 12, 1962

Robert Pitts Member (elected 1956)
October 24, 1908 - June 6, 1977

John D. Roberts Member (elected 1956)
June 8, 1918 - October 29, 2016

Karl Schmidt Member (elected 1956)
June 19, 1890 - September 26, 1957

Martin Schwarzschild Emeritus (elected 1956)
May 31, 1912 - April 10, 1997

Claude E. Shannon Emeritus (elected 1956)
April 30, 1916 - February 24, 2001

Folke Skoog Member (elected 1956)
July 15, 1908 - February 15, 2001

Norman Steenrod Member (elected 1956)
April 22, 1910 - October 14, 1971

W. H. Stockmayer Emeritus (elected 1956)
April 7, 1914 - May 9, 2004

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Member (elected 1956)
September 16, 1893 - October 22, 1986

Charles Hard Townes Member (elected 1956)
July 28, 1915 - January 27, 2015

Francis J. Turner Emeritus (elected 1956)
April 10, 1904 - December 21, 1985

John Verhoogen Emeritus (elected 1956)
February 1, 1912 - November 8, 1993

Maurice B. Visscher Member (elected 1956)
August 25, 1901 - May 1, 1983

Georg von Bekesy Member (elected 1956)
June 3, 1899 - June 13, 1972

John C. Warner Emeritus (elected 1956)
June 13, 1916 - October 19, 2010

Walter H. Zinn Emeritus (elected 1956)
December 10, 1906 - February 14, 2000