The National Medal Of Science

The award was established in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences. Twenty-one Center Fellows have received this award.

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Kenneth Arrow, 2004 (Fellow in 1957)
William K. Estes, 1997 (Fellow in 1956)
Milton Friedman, 1988 (Fellow in 1958)
Eleanor J. Gibson, 1992 (Fellow in 1964)
Leonid Hurwicz, 1990 (Fellow in 1956)
R. Duncan Luce, 2003 (Fellow in 1955, 1967, & 1988)
Robert K. Merton, 1994 (Fellow in 1974)
George A. Miller, 1991 (Fellow in 1959)
Roger N. Shepard, 1995 (Fellow in 1972)
Robert Solow, 1999 (Fellow in 1958)
George J. Stigler, 1987 (Fellow in 1958)
Patrick Suppes, 1990 (Fellow in 1956)
William J. Wilson, 1998 (Fellow in 1982)

Mathematical and Computer Science

George B. Dantzig, 1979 (Fellow in 1979)
John McCarthy, 1990 (Fellow in 1980)
John Tukey, 1973 (Fellow in 1958)

Biological Sciences

Paul Berg, 1983 (Fellow in 1998)
Joshua Lederberg, 1989 (Fellow in 1974)
Salvador E. Luria, 1991 (Fellow in 1983)
G. Ledyard Stebbins, 1979 (Fellow in 1969)