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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
An organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered in 1780 by leaders of the American Revolution with the goal to "cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honour, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people." The Academy now boasts some 4,000 members and several hundred honorary foreign members.

University of Minnesota faculty members in the Academy, with year of induction, are:

Walter Heller, Economics, 1964

Leonid Hurwicz, Economics, 1965

Vernon Ruttan, Economics, 1976

G. Edward Schuh, Applied Economics, 1977

John Chipman, Economics, 1979

James B. Serrin, Jr., Mathematics, 1984

Hans F. Weinberger, Mathematics, 1986

Avner Friedman, Mathematics, 1987

Norman Garmezy, Psychology, 1987

Rutherford Aris, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 1988

Chris Sims, Economics, 1988

Margaret B. Davis, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 1991

Edward Prescott, Economics, 1992

Daniel D. Joseph, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, 1993

Nicolai Vladimirovich Krylov, Mathematics, 1993

Frank Sorauf, Political Science, 1993

Eville Gorham, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 1994

G. David Tilman, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 1995

Martin Dworkin, Microbiology, 1997

Steven J. Rosenstone, Political Science, 1997

Ellen Berscheid, Psychology, 1998

Daniel Farber, Law, 1999

David L. Kohlstedt, Geology and Geophysics, 2000

Kathryn Sikkink, Political Science, 2001

Mark G. Yudof, 2001

Apostolos Georgopoulos, Neuroscience, 2002

Craig Packer, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 2003

R. Lawrence Edwards, Geology and Geophysics, 2004

Anne Pusey, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 2005

Kamil Ugurbil, Radiology, 2005

Subir K. Bannerjee, Geology and Geophysics, 2006

Patricia Hampl, English, 2007

Geoffrey Hellman, Philosophy, 2007

John Sullivan, Political Science, 2007