#  AAAS Professor Hammonds Elected to Academy of Arts & Sciences 

 





April 22, 2021

 

 

On **Thursday, April 22, 2021**, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announced in a press release its election of 252 new members, [nine](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/04/nine-from-harvard-community-join-american-academy-of-arts-sciences/) of whom are from the Harvard community, including our very own **[AAAS Professor Evelyn Hammonds](/people/evelynn-m-hammonds)**. Professor Hammonds joins a long list of artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders who've contributed to the common good since the Academy's inception in 1780 including: Benjamin Franklin (elected 1781), Albert Einstein (1924), Margaret Mead (1948), Martin Luther King, Jr. (1966), and Anna Deavere Smith (2019). The press release and a complete list of members can be found on the American Academy of Arts & Sciences' [website](https://www.amacad.org/news/2021-member-announcement).

 

 

 



 

 

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