Faculty Distinctions

Nobel Prize and National Medals

Nobel Prize

• Murray Gell-Mann* Presidential Professor of Physics and Medicine
• Daniel McFadden* Presidential Professor of Policy, Planning and Development, and Economics
• George A. Olah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Engineering and Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Chair in Organic Chemistry

National Medal of Arts

• Morten Lauridsen Distinguished Professor of Composition

National Humanities Medal

• Kevin Starr University Professor and Professor of History and Policy, Planning, and Development

National Medal of Science

• Simon Ramo* Presidential Professor of Engineering
• Andrew Viterbi* Presidential Professor of Engineering

National Medal of Technology

• George Lucas* on behalf of Industrial Light and Magic Presidential Professor of Cinematic Arts
• Allen Puckett* Research Professor of Engineering

The National Academies

Institute of Medicine

• Alexander M. Capron University Professor, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, and Professor of Law and Medicine
• Antonio Damasio University Professor, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Neurology
• Clifton O. Dummett* Professor Emeritus of Dentistry
• Dana P. Goldman Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy and Professor of Policy, Planning and Development
• Zach W. Hall* Professor Emeritus of Cell and Neurobiology
• Brian E. Henderson Distinguished Professor of Preventive Medicine, and Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Chair in Cancer Prevention
• Mark S. Humayun Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences and Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering
• Barbara M. Korsch* Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita
• Malcolm C. Pike* Research Professor of Preventive Medicine
• Stephen J. Ryan Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Grace and Emery Beardsley Chair in Ophthalamology
• Jonathan Samet Professor of Preventive Medicine
• Leonard D. Schaeffer* Judge Widney Professor of Policy, Planning, and Development
• Harold C. Slavkin Professor of Dentistry
• Robert E. Tranquada* Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine
• William A. Vega Provost's Professor of Social Work and Medicine

National Academy of Engineering

• Leonard Adleman Henry Salvatori Distinguished Chair of Computer Science and Professor of Computer Science and Biological Sciences
• Mihran S. Agbabian* Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
• Wanda M. Austin* Research Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• George A. Bekey* University Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
• Barry W. Boehm TRW Professor in Software Engineering and Professor of Computer Science
• Danny Cohen* Research Professor of Computer Science
• Malcolm Currie* Research Professor of Engineering
• P. Daniel Dapkus Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Albert A. Dorman* Research Professor of Engineering
• Solomon W. Golomb University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
• Robert W. Hellwarth University Professor, George T. Pfleger Chair in Electrical Engineering, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
• W. Daniel Hillis* Judge Widney Professor of Engineering and Medicine
• Mark Humayun Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences and Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering
• Ralph L. Keeney* Professor of Information & Operations Management
• Paul J. Kern* Research Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• William C. Lindsey Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Alexis C. Livanos* Research Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Alfred Mann* Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Tony Maxworthy Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• Sanjit K. Mitra* Research Professor of Electrical Engineering-Systems
• E. Phillip Muntz Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• Gerald Nadler* Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• C. L. Max Nikias President, Robert C. Packard President's Chair and Malcolm R. Currie Chair in Technology and the Humanities
• George A. Olah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Engineering and Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Chair in Organic Chemistry
• Allen E. Puckett* Research Professor of Engineering
• Simon Ramo* Presidential Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Irving S. Reed* Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering-Systems
• Aristides Requicha Professor of Computer Science
• Steven B. Sample* University Professor, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and President Emeritus
• Robert A. Scholtz Professor of Electrical Engineering
• F. Stan Settles Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Leonard M. Silverman Professor of Electrical Engineering
• John B. Slaughter Professor of Education and Engineering
• Richard J. Stegemeier* Research Professor of Engineering
• Ronald D. Sugar* Judge Widney Professor of Management and Technology
• Andrew J. Viterbi* Presidential Professor of Engineering
• Lloyd R. Welch* Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering-Systems
• Yannis C. Yortsos Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Chemical Engineering

National Academy of Sciences

• Leonard Adleman Henry Salvatori Distinguished Chair of Computer Science and Professor of Computer Science and Biological Sciences
• Sidney W. Benson* Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
• Richard A. Easterlin University Professor and Professor of Economics
• Alfred G. Fischer* Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences
• Murray Gell-Mann* Presidential Professor of Physics and Medicine
• Solomon W. Golomb University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
• Robert W. Hellwarth University Professor, George T. Pfleger Chair in Electrical Engineering, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
• †Edward G. Jones* Judge Widney Professor of Cell and Neurobiology
• Thomas H. Jordan University Professor, W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics, and Professor of Earth Sciences
• George A. Olah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Engineering and Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Chair in Organic Chemistry
• Simon Ramo* Presidential Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Larry Swanson Milo Don and Lucille E. Appleman Endowed Professor of Biological Sciences
• Richard F. Thompson* University Professor Emeritus, and William M. Keck Chair Emeritus in Psychology and Biological Sciences
• Andrew J. Viterbi* Presidential Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Arieh Warshel Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Michael S. Waterman University Professor and USC Associates Professor of Biological Sciences and Mathematics

Other Awards and Medals

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar)

• †Elmer Bernstein* Lecturer, Music (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
• Wilbur Blume* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (The Face of Lincoln)
• †Harry Brown* Lecturer, Professional Writing (A Place in the Sun)
• †Frank Capra* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (It Happened One Night; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; You Can’t Take It With You; and Prelude to War)
• Paul Debevec Research Professor of Computer Science (Scientific and Engineering Award) (Light stage capture device)
• †Howard Estabrook* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Cimarron)
• Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Commemorative award)
• †Sheridan Gibney* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
• †Jerry Goldsmith* Lecturer, Music (The Omen)
• †D.W. Griffith* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Special award)
• Mark Jonathan Harris Distinguished Professor of Cinematic Arts (The Long Way Home; The Redwoods and Into the Arms of Strangers: Kindertransport)
• Tomlinson Holman Professor of Cinematic Arts (Technical Achievement Award for the THX sound system)
• Sol Lesser* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for Lifetime Achievement)
• †Ernst Lubitsch* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Honorary Award)
• William Cameron Menzies* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Tempest and The Dove and special award for the production design of Gone With the Wind)
• †Barbara Myerhoff Professor of Anthropology (Number Our Days was based on her book)
• Marc Norman* Lecturer, Professional Writing (Shakespeare in Love)
• †Edmund North* Lecturer, Professional Writing (Patton)
• †William Pereira* Lecturer, Architecture (Reap the Wild Wind )
• †Robert Pirosh* Lecturer, Professional Writing (Battleground)
• Ben Shedd* Research Associate Professor of Cinema-Television (The Flight of the Gossamer Condor)
• †Norman Taurog* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Skippy)
• Frank Tarloff* Lecturer, Professional Writing (Father Goose)
• †Irving Thalberg* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (award named in his honor)
• King Vidor* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• †Darryl Zanuck* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (three times winner of the Thalberg Award)
• Robert Zemeckis* Judge Widney Professor of Cinematic Arts (Forrest Gump)

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmy)

• Tom Abrams* Associate Professor of Cinematic Arts
• Geoffrey Cowan University Professor, Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, and Professor of Communication
• Julie Hébert* Lecturer, Professional Writing
• †Ross Hunter* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts
• Jeremy Kagan Professor of Cinematic Arts
• Jerry Lewis* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts
• Bill Melendez* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts
• Michael Price* Lecturer, Professional Writing
• †Leroy Sievers Professor of Communication

American Psychological Foundation

• Richard Thompson* (Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology) University Professor Emeritus, and William M. Keck Chair Emeritus in Psychology and Biological Sciences

California Poet Laureate

• Carol Muske-Dukes Professor of English

Dan David Prize

• W. Daniel Hillis Research Professor of Engineering

Ho-Am Prize in Medicine

• Jae Ung Jung Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Holberg International Memorial Prize

• Manuel Castells University Professor, Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society, and Professor of Communication, Sociology, Planning, and International Relations

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

• †Richard Bellman (Medal of Honor) Professor of Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, and Medicine
  • Barry W. Boehm (Simon Ramo Medal) Professor of Computer Science
  • Chrysostomos L. (Max) Nikias (Simon Ramo Medal) President, Robert C. Packard President's Chair, Malcolm R. Currie Chair in Technology and the Humanities
  • Steven B. Sample* (Founders Medal) University Professor, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and President Emeritus
  • Andrew J. Viterbi* (Medal of Honor) Presidential Professor of Electrical Engineering
  
  

  International Psychoanalytic Association

  • Antonio Damasio (Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award) University Professor, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Neurology

  

  Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

  • †Stephen Toulmin University Professor of International Relations

  

  MacArthur Fellows ("Genius Awards")

  • Luis Alfaro Assistant Professor of Theatre
  • Elyn Saks Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences

  

  Pritzker Architecture Prize

  • Frank Gehry* Judge Widney Professor of Architecture

  

  Pulitzer Prizes

  • †Roy Aarons* Lecturer, Journalism (Oakland Tribune won under his leadership)
  • Bob Baker* Lecturer, Journalism
  • A. Scott Berg* Lecturer, Professional Writing (Lindbergh)
  • Bill Boyarsky* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news, spot news)
  • Ed Boyer* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news, spot news)
  • Sara Catania* Lecturer, Journalism (spot news)
  • Gary Cohn* Lecturer, Journalism (Investigative reporting)
  • Les Dunseith* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking, spot)
  • Mei Fong* Lecturer, Journalism (international reporting)
  • Scott Glover* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news)
  • Anna Gorman* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news)
  • †Edwin Guthman* Senior Lecturer, Journalism (editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer)
  • †William Inge* Lecturer, Professional Writing (Picnic)
  • Matt Lait* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news)
  • Jack Leonard* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news)
  • Jill Leovy* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news)
  • Rick Meyer* Lecturer, Journalism (spot news)
  • Julio Moran* Lecturer, Journalism (spot news, public service)
  • Fred Muir* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking news, spot news)
  • Michelle Nicolosi* Lecturer, Journalism (investigative)
  • Geneva Overholser Professor of Journalism (under her leadership, the Des Moines Register was awarded the Gold Medal for Public Service)
  • Tim Page* Professor of Journalism (criticism)
  • Michael Parks Professor of Journalism (editor of the Los Angeles Times -- which earned four more Pulitzers under his leadership)
  • Michael Parrish* Lecturer, Journalism (spot news)
  • Larry Pryor* Associate Professor of Journalism (spot news)
  • Anne Reifenberg* Lecturer, Journalism (international)
  • Ted Rohrlich* Lecturer, Journalism (spot news)
  • Howard Rosenberg* Lecturer, Cinematic Arts (TV critic)
  • Frank Sotomayor* Lecturer, Journalism (breaking, spot, public service)
  • Annie Wells* Lecturer, Journalism (photography)
  • Paul Zindel* Lecturer, Professional Writing (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds)

  Sandoz Prize for Gerontological Research

  • James Birren* Dean Emeritus and Professor of Gerontology
  • Caleb Finch University Professor of Gerontology, ARCO/Kieschnick Chair in the Neurobiology of Aging, and Professor of Gerontology, Biological Sciences, Anthropology, and Psychology

  Claude E. Shannon Award (Information Theory)

  
  • Solomon W. Golomb University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
  • Irving S. Reed* Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering-Systems
  • Andrew J. Viterbi* Presidential Professor of Electrical Engineering
  • Lloyd R. Welch Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

  

  A.M. Turing Award (Computer Science)

  • Leonard Adleman Henry Salvatori Distinguished Chair of Computer Science and Professor of Computer Science and Biological Sciences

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