Philip H. Abelson Member/Public Welfare Medalist (elected 1959) /(awarded 1992)
April 27, 1913 - August 1, 2004

V. Ambartsumian International Member (elected 1959)
September 18, 1908 - August 12, 1996

Walker Bleakney Emeritus (elected 1959)
February 8, 1901 - January 15, 1992

Tom Bonner Member (elected 1959)
October 19, 1910 - December 6, 1961

David Bonner Member (elected 1959)
May 15, 1916 - May 2, 1964

Walter H. Brattain Member (elected 1959)
February 10, 1902 - October 13, 1987

Leo Brewer Member (elected 1959)
June 13, 1919 - February 22, 2005

Frank Brink, Jr. Emeritus (elected 1959)
November 4, 1910 - June 6, 2007

Edward Bullard International Member (elected 1959)
September 21, 1907 - April 3, 1980

Jens C. Clausen Member (elected 1959)
March 11, 1891 - November 22, 1969

Samuel Eilenberg Emeritus (elected 1959)
September 30, 1913 - January 30, 1998

John D. Ferry Emeritus (elected 1959)
May 4, 1912 - October 18, 2002

Kurt Otto Friedrichs Member (elected 1959)
September 28, 1901 - January 31, 1983

H. Bentley Glass Emeritus (elected 1959)
January 17, 1906 - January 16, 2005

Max Hartmann International Member (elected 1959)
July 7, 1876 - October 11, 1962

Melville Herskovits Member (elected 1959)
September 10, 1895 - February 25, 1963

William V. Hodge International Member (elected 1959)
June 17, 1903 - July 7, 1975

Herman M. Kalckar Emeritus (elected 1959)
March 26, 1908 - May 17, 1991

Konrad B. Krauskopf Member (elected 1959)
November 30, 1910 - May 4, 2003

I. Michael Lerner Member (elected 1959)
May 14, 1910 - June 12, 1977

Rudolph Minkowski Member (elected 1959)
May 28, 1895 - January 4, 1976

Harry Olson Member (elected 1959)
December 28, 1902 - April 1, 1982

Carl Pfaffmann Member (elected 1959)
May 27, 1913 - April 16, 1994

Richard Russell Member (elected 1959)
November 16, 1895 - September 17, 1971

John A. Simpson Member (elected 1959)
November 3, 1916 - August 31, 2000

D. Stanley Tarbell Emeritus (elected 1959)
October 19, 1913 - May 26, 1999

Henry Taube Member (elected 1959)
November 30, 1915 - November 16, 2005

James A. Van Allen Member (elected 1959)
September 7, 1914 - August 9, 2006

Cecil J. Watson Member (elected 1959)
May 31, 1901 - April 11, 1983

Gregor Wentzel Member (elected 1959)
February 17, 1898 - August 12, 1978

Fred L. Whipple Emeritus (elected 1959)
November 5, 1906 - August 30, 2004

William Wood Member (elected 1959)
May 4, 1910 - March 9, 1971

Clarence Zener Emeritus (elected 1959)
December 1, 1905 - July 2, 1993

Raymond E. Zirkle Member (elected 1959)
January 9, 1902 - March 4, 1988