Gordon H. Pettengill Member (elected 1979)
February 10, 1926 - May 8, 2021

Mark Ptashne Member (elected 1979)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Primary: 26, Genetics

Norman C. Rasmussen Member (elected 1979)
November 12, 1927 - July 18, 2003

David M. Raup Emeritus (elected 1979)
April 24, 1933 - July 9, 2015

Alfred G. Redfield Member (elected 1979)
March 11, 1929 - July 24, 2019

Alan Robertson International Member (elected 1979)
February 21, 1920 - April 25, 1989

Bernard Roizman Member (elected 1979)
The University of Chicago
Primary: 44, Microbial Biology

Irwin A. Rose Member (elected 1979)
July 16, 1926 - June 2, 2015

Mark R. Rosenzweig Member (elected 1979)
September 12, 1922 - July 20, 2009

Abdus Salam International Member (elected 1979)
January 29, 1926 - November 21, 1996

Jean-Pierre Serre International Member (elected 1979)
College de France
Primary: 11, Mathematics

Lloyd S. Shapley Member (elected 1979)
June 2, 1923 - March 12, 2016

Richard L. Sidman Member (elected 1979)
Harvard University
Primary: 24, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

John H. Sinfelt Member (elected 1979)
February 18, 1931 - May 28, 2011

Maxine F. Singer Emeritus/Public Welfare Medalist (elected 1979) /(awarded 2007)
Carnegie Institution for Science
Primary: 21, Biochemistry

Gabor A. Somorjai Member (elected 1979)
University of California, Berkeley
Primary: 14, Chemistry

Roger Y. Stanier International Member (elected 1979)
October 22, 1916 - January 29, 1982

Eli Sternberg Member (elected 1979)
November 13, 1917 - October 8, 1988

Evon Z. Vogt, Jr. Member (elected 1979)
August 20, 1918 - May 13, 2004

Salome G. Waelsch Emeritus (elected 1979)
October 6, 1907 - November 7, 2007

Sidney Weinhouse Member (elected 1979)
May 21, 1909 - February 9, 2001

C. A. G. Wiersma International Member (elected 1979)
October 10, 1905 - May 19, 1979

Robert W. Wilson Member (elected 1979)
Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian
Primary: 12, Astronomy
Secondary: 13, Physics

Yakov Zeldovich International Member (elected 1979)
March 8, 1914 - December 2, 1987

George A. Zentmyer Member (elected 1979)
August 9, 1913 - February 8, 2003