Faculty Honors 1996-1997
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Research Achievement Award in Medicinal and Natural Products
Chemistry
Ralph Hirschman, chemistry
American Chemical Society Creative Work Award in
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Amos B. Smith, chemistry
American Chemical Society Peter Debye Award in Physical
Chemistry
Robin M. Hochstrasser, chemistry
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies Research
Grant
David Ludden, history
American Institute of Pakistan Studies Grant
Michael W. Meister, history of art
American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award
Larry Gladney, physics and astronomy
American Political Science Association Congressional
Fellow
Marissa Martino Golden, political science
Australian Statistical Society Pitman Medal
Warren Ewens, biology
Burroughs Wellcome Fund 40th Anniversary Award for
the History of Medicine and Science
M. Susan Lindee, history and sociology of science
John Carter Brown Library Fellowship
Kathleen M. Brown, history
Center for Hellenistic Studies Fellowship
Ann Kuttner, history of art
Composer Camargo Foundation Fellowship
Jay Reise, music
Corpus Christi College of Cambridge, England, Visiting
Fellow
Donald Fitts, chemistry
Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology
Fellowship
Lisa Downing, philosophy
W.E.B. DuBois African Studies Prize
Thomas Callaghy, political science
European Peptide Society Josef Rudinger Award
Ralph Hirschman, chemistry
FICT Travel Grant
Philippe Met, romance languages
Lydie Moudileno, romance languages
J. Paul Getty Interpretive Research Award
Michael W. Meister, history of art
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial
Medal
Paul Guyer, philosophy
History of Science Society Watson Davis Prize for
Best Book on Science for a Popular Audience
Margaret Jacob, history and sociology of science
Immigration History Association Best Book Award
Ewa Morawska, sociology
International Symposium on Free Radicals Broida Prize
Marsha L. Lester, chemistry
Japan Foundation Research Grant
Linda Chance, Asian and Middle Eastern studies
Fred Dickinson, history
March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Award
Nancy Bonini, biology
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow
Michael Gamer, English
Mellon Fellowship to the American Antiquarian Society
Kathleen M. Brown, history
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
Nomination
Peter Conn, English
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Roger Allen, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Toni Bowers, English
Cristle Collins Judd, music
Victoria Kirkham, romance languages
National Humanities Center Fellowship
Houston Baker, English
Beshara Doumani, history
Notable Book of 1996
Drew Faust, history
Open Society Institute Fellowship
Michael B. Katz, history
Optical Society of America Lippincott Award on Vibrational
Spectroscopy
Robin M. Hochstrasser, chemistry
Organization of American Historian's Avery Craven
Prize for the Best Book in Civil War History
Drew Faust, history
Pennsylvania Historical Society Best Book Award
Ewa Morawska, sociology
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
James Primosch, music
Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club Award
Ralph Hirschman, chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences Center of Judaic Studies
Research Fellow
Barry L. Eichler, Asian and Middle Eastern studies
School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Fellowship
Rita Barnard, English
Jeffrey Fear, history
Phillip Nelson, physics and astronomy
Matthew Sommer, history
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Jordi Miralde-Escude, physics and astronomy
Steven Myers, physics and astronomy
Norbert Scherer, chemistry
Social Science History Association President's Book
Award
Thomas Sugrue, history
Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize
Drew Faust, history
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to the Smithsonian Institution
David Brownlee, history of art
Thomas Callaghy, political science
Beshara Doumani, history
Francine Frankel, political science
Michael B. Katz, history
University of Oregon Creativity Award
Amos B. Smith, chemistry
University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation Grant
Rita Barnard, English
Jose Antonio Cheibub, political science
Douglas Cowen, physics and astronomy
Mirjam Cvetic, physics and astronomy
Francis Diebold, economics
H. Terry Fortune, physics and astronomy
Gregory Guild, biology
Fredrik Hiebert, anthropology
David Ludden, history
S. Philip Morgan, sociology
Stanley Opella, chemistry
Hermann Pfefferkorn, geology
Edward Pugh, psychology
Philip Rea, biology
Rafael Rob, economics
Lawrence Rome, biology
Bruce Routledge, anthropology
Jacqui Sadashige, classical studies
Henry Teune, political science
Urban History Association Best Article Award
Thomas Sugrue, history
U.S. Professional Tennis Registry Plagenhoef Award
for Excellence in Sport Science
Howard Brody, physics and astronomy
USIA/NMERTP Senior Post-doctoral Research Fellowship:
The American Center of Oriental Research
Beshara Doumani, history
Zubin Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution
Society for Research in Psychopathology
Martin Seligman, psychology
Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching
Susan Sidlauskas, history of art
Peter Stallybrass, English
College Alumni Society Outstanding Teaching Award
David Brownlee, history of art
Department of Biology Award for Excellence in Teaching
Philip Rea, biology
Irving R. Kravis Prize for Distinguished Undergraduate
Teaching
Herbert Levine, economics
Undergraduate English Advisory Board Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching
Michael Gamer, English
University of Pennsylvania Greek System's Outstanding
Professor
Henry Teune, political science
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
Martin Seligman, psychology
Medical University of South Carolina
Ralph Hirschman, chemistry
Michigan State University
Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, physics and astronomy
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Charles Rosenberg, history and sociology of science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Lila Gleitman, psychology -- elected Chair of Section Z (linguistics)
Richard Schultz, biology
American Philosophical Society
Jeremy Sabloff, anthropology
American Psychological Society
Jonathan Baron, psychology
Martin Seligman, psychology -- elected president
Robert M. Seyfarth, psychology
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Margaret Jacob, history and sociology of science -- elected president
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Herbert Levine, economics -- elected president
Council of the American Sociological Association
Doug Massey, sociology
Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of
Sciences
Frank Furstenberg, sociology -- nominated president
National Academy of Sciences
Richard V. Kadison, mathematics
Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
Harvey J. Grill, psychology