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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Also Known As AAAS
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world's largest general scientific society, founded on 20 September 1848 in Philadelphia as a reorganization of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, with the meteorologist William Charles Redfield serving as its first president. It publishes the journal Science, one of the world's leading peer-reviewed scientific journals, and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Facts
Founded YearSourced to the subject's own account
1848 1
Founded DateSourced to the subject's own account
1848-09-20 1
Founder
No single founder; a reformation of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, with William Charles Redfield as first president 1
Sourced to the subject's own accountIt was a reformation of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists with the broadened mission to be the first permanent organization to promote science and engineering nationally.
SeatSourced to the subject's own account
Washington, D.C., United States 1
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Alfred G. Fischer, Scientists
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Ardem Patapoutian, Scientists
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Arthur Compton, Scientists
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Bonnie Bassler, Scientists
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Charles M. Rice, Scientists
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Chryssa Kouveliotou, Scientists
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Dan Slobin, Scientists
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David Baltimore, Scientists
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David C. Jewitt, Scientists
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David Lightfoot, Scientists
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Donald Eigler, Scientists
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Edward R. Weidlein, Scientists
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Edward Teller, Scientists
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Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Scientists
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Ellen F. Prince, Scientists
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Farrington Daniels, Scientists
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Frances Arnold, Scientists
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Frank Shu, Scientists
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George Frederick Kunz, Scientists
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Geraldine Richmond, Scientists
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Glenn T. Seaborg, Scientists
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James Bryant Conant, Scientists
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James P. Allison, Scientists
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Jeffrey I. Gordon, Scientists
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Keren Rice, Scientists
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Leo Kadanoff, Scientists
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Leslie Valiant, Scientists
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Lila Gleitman, Scientists
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Lise Menn, Scientists
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Magdalena Bezanilla, Scientists
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Margaret Burbidge, Scientists
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Maria Mitchell, Scientists
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Mark Aronoff, Scientists
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Marston T. Bogert, Scientists
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Mary L. Good, Scientists
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Matthew Meselson, Scientists
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Nikola Tesla, Scientists
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Robert D. Hatcher, Scientists
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Robert Kirshner, Scientists
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Russell A. Hulse, Scientists
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Sally McConnell-Ginet, Scientists
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Sandra Chung, Scientists
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Saul Perlmutter, Scientists
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Sheila Blumstein, Scientists
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1. American Association for the Advancement of Science (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States-based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity.
  • History section
    The American Association for the Advancement of Science was created on September 20, 1848, at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Infobox
    William T. Golden Center for Science and Engineering, Washington, D.C., U.S.
  • In Group: Disciplinary and Professional Societies, Lead
    is a United States-based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respon
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Ecological Society of America (Wikipedia)
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On December 28, 1915, in Columbus, Ohio, at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a group of about 50 people voted to form the Ecological Society of America.
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Matthew Meselson (Wikipedia)
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Ardem Patapoutian (Wikipedia)
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He has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2016, a member of the National Ac
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Charles M. Rice (Wikipedia)
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Rice is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, member of the National Academy of Scie
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Frances Arnold (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Frances Arnold, Article text
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Arnold is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Scien
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James P. Allison (Wikipedia)
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William E. Moerner (Wikipedia)
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Saul Perlmutter (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Saul Perlmutter, Article text
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He is a member of both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. He is a member of the Nationa
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Glenn T. Seaborg (Wikipedia)
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Edward Teller (Wikipedia)
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Nikola Tesla (Wikipedia)
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David Baltimore (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: David Baltimore, Categories
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Wikipedia: Margaret Burbidge
Has Member: Margaret Burbidge, Article text
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In 1981 she was elected President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), serving her one-year term from
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Leslie Valiant, Wikipedia
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Ray Jackendoff, Wikipedia
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Dan Slobin - Wikipedia
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Wikipedia: Stephen R. Anderson
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Anderson was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1993, the American Academy of Arts a
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Mark Aronoff - Wikipedia
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Wikipedia: Keren Rice
Has Member: Keren Rice, Article text
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* Rice was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2005. She was elected as a fellow of
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Wikipedia: Sandra Chung
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Chung was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012. A Festschrift in her honor, A
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Wikipedia: Sally McConnell-Ginet
Has Member: Sally McConnell-Ginet, Article text
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In 2008, she was elected a fellow of the LSA and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ==Personal life== McConnell-Ginet is
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Wikipedia: Lise Menn
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In 2014 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ==Personal life== Menn was married to
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Wikipedia: David Lightfoot (linguist)
Has Member: David Lightfoot, Article text
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Lightfoot is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Linguistic Society of Ameri
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Sheila E. Blumstein (Wikipedia)
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Lila R. Gleitman (Wikipedia)
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Elizabeth C. Traugott (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Article text
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She is currently an International Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2019 she was awarded the Joh
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Ellen Prince - Wikipedia
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She was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009, and a fellow of the Linguistic
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Wikipedia: Bonnie Bassler
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Wikipedia: Stuart Orkin
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Richard Alley, Wikipedia
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Wendell P. Woodring, Wikipedia
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Woodring was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1925. He was for the academic year 1
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Alfred G. Fischer - Wikipedia
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Robert D. Hatcher - Wikipedia
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In 1989 Hatcher was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also a Fellow of the Geological
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Raymond A. Price (Wikipedia)
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Thure E. Cerling (Wikipedia)
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Leo Kadanoff (Wikipedia)
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He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society as well as being a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During the last decade,
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Robert Kirshner - Wikipedia
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He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society; a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and an Inaugural Fellow of the America
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David C. Jewitt (Wikipedia)
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In 2005, he became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the American Academy of
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Frank Shu - Wikipedia
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Chryssa Kouveliotou - Wikipedia
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She has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1993, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012, as well as Legacy Fellow of th
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Don Eigler (Wikipedia)
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He was elected in 1995 a Fellow of the American Physical Society and in 1999 a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ==References==
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Mary L. Good (Wikipedia)
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Farrington Daniels (Wikipedia)
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He was elected in 1928 a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was elected to the United St
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Edward R. Weidlein (Wikipedia)
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James B. Conant (Wikipedia)
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Marston T. Bogert (Wikipedia)
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Geraldine L. Richmond (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Geraldine Richmond, Article text
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In 2014, Richmond was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for a term beginning in February 2015.
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Jeffrey I. Gordon (Wikipedia)
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George Frederick Kunz (Wikipedia)
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Susmita Bose (Wikipedia)
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* 2016, She was elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). * 2016, she received Internatio
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Magdalena Bezanilla (Wikipedia)
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In 2023, Bezanilla was named a fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and in 2026, she was named an Honorary Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Bezanilla was the first woman to win t
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Peter Agre (Wikipedia)
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In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and became active in science dip
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Arthur Compton (Wikipedia)
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Russell Alan Hulse (Wikipedia)
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Hulse was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003, and is cited in the American M
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Steven Chu (Wikipedia)
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Maria Mitchell (Wikipedia)
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She was also the first woman elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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