List of members
at the time of the adoption of the
Global appeal from scientists to leadership (1997)
L. ALBOU, Secretary General of the W.I.S., Biology - France
H. ARAKI, Former President of Kyoto University, Mathematical Physics -
Japan
*W. ARBER, Former President of the I.C.S.U (International Conference of
Scientific Unions), Microbiology - Switzerland (Nobel laureate)
J. ARSAC, Computer Sciences - France
F. AYALA, Biological Sciences (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), U.C.I.,
Irvine - U.S.A.
* D. BALTIMORE, Former President of Rockefeller University, Molecular
Biology - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
A. BERGER, President of the International climate Commission,
Climatology - Belgium
G. BERNARDI, Molecular Genetics - Italy
B.R. BLOOM, Microbiology - Immunology - U.S.A.
H. BREZIS, Mathematics - France
R. CANAL, Geophysics - Spain
C. CHAGAS (1910-2000), Former President of the Pontifical Academy, Microbiology -
Brazil
J.P. CHANGEUX, President of the National Ethics committee, Neurobiology
- France
*S. COHEN, Molecular Genetics, Stanford - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
*P. CRUTZEN, Atmospheric chemistery, Max Planck Institute (Mainz) -
Germany (Nobel laureate)
H. CURIEN (1924-2005), Former Minister of Research of France, President of the
C.E.R.N., Geophysics - France
*J. DAUSSET (1916-2009), President of the " Universal Movement for Scientific
Responsability" (M.U.R.S.), Molecular Biology, Professor Emeritus at
Collège de France - France (Nobel laureate)
*CH. de DUVE, Molecular Biology - Belgium (Nobel laureate)
*G. DEBREU (1921-2004), Mathematical Economics - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
F. DI CASTRI, Former President of the W.I.S., Former Director for
Environment of U.N.E.S.C.O., Ecology - Italy
J. DORST (1924-2001), Zoology, Botany - France
*M. EIGEN, Molecular Biology - Germany (Nobel laureate)
*L. ESAKI, President of Tsukuba University, Physics - Japan (Nobel
laureate)
L. FADDEEV, Mathematical Physics - Russia
M. FLATO (1937-1998), Mathematical Physics - France
*J. FRIEDMAN, Theoretical Physics , M.I.T., Cambridge - U.S.A. (Nobel
laureate)
A. GARCIA BELLIDO, Molecular Biology - Spain
G. GEORGIEV, Molecular Genetics - Russia
P. GERMAIN, Physics - France
*D.A. GLASER, Physics, Neurobiology, University of Berkeley - U.S.A.
(Nobel laureate)
T. GOJOBORI, Molecular Genetics - Japan
F. GROS, Permanent Secretary of the Pontifical Academy of Science,
Molecular Biology, Former Director of the Pasteur Institute, Professor
Emeritus at Collège de France - France
*H. HAUPTMAN, President of the Medical Foundation of Buffalo, Molecular
Biology - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
B. HESS, Former President of the Max Planck Institute (Heidelberg),
Molecular Biology - Germany
MASAO ITO, Director of the Riken Brain Science Institute, Molecular
Biology - Japan
*F. JACOB, Molecular Biology, Professor Emeritus at Collège de France -
France (Nobel laureate)
M.S. KAPITZA, President of the Institute for Physics problems, Moscow -
Russia
M. KAPLAN (1915-2004), Former Secretary General of "Pugwash", Biology - U.S.A.
H. KAWANABE, Director General, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University,
Ecology - Japan
*H. KENDALL (1926-2004), President of the "Union of Concerned Scientists", Physics -
U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
*A. KORNBERG (1918-2007), Biochemistery, Stanford University Medical Center - U.S.A.
(Nobel laureate)
Y. LAPORTE, Former Administrator of Collège de France, neurobiology -
France
H. LEBRAS - Demography - President of the WIS - France
*J. LEDERBERG (1925-2008), Former President of the Rockefeller University, Molecular
Biology - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
*J.M. LEHN, Chemistery, Professor at Collège de France - France (Nobel
laureate)
P. LELONG, Former Scientific adviser to Charles de Gaulle, Mathematics -
France
*R. LEVI-MONTALCINI, Neurobiology - Italy (Nobel laureate)
A. LICHNEROWICZ (1915-1998), Former president of the W.I.S., Mathematical Physics,
Pontifical Academy - France
R. LINDZEN, Climatology, M.I.T., Cambridge - U.S.A.
R. LÜST, President of the Humboldt Foundation, Geophysics - Germany
F. MAYOR, Director General of UNESCO, Molecular Biology, Spain
*E. MAYR (1902-2000), compared Zoology, Harvard - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
M.G.K. MENON, Former President of the W.I.S., Former President of the
I.C.S.U. (International Conference of Scientific Unions), Former
Minister of Research of India, Electronical Sciences - India
TH. MONOD (1902-2000), Biology - France
*L. MONTAGNIER, Vice-President of the W.I.S., Viral Oncology - France
G.J.V. NOSSAL, Former Director of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Medical
Sciences, Victoria - Autralia
TH.R. ODHIAMBO (1931-2000), Vice-President of the Academy of the Third World
(Trieste), President of "Randforum", Pontifical Academy, Entomology,
Nairobi - Kenya
M. OKAMOTO, Director of the International Institute of Advanced Studies,
Former President of Kyoto University, Physics - Japan
Y. OSSIPIAN, Former President of the Academy of Science of the former
U.S.S.R., Physics - Russia
J.C. PECKER, Professor Emeritus at Collège de France, Astrophysics -
France
*M. PERUTZ (1914-2002), Molecular Biology, Cambridge - United Kingdom (Nobel
laureate)
R.V. PETROV, Vice-President of the Academy of Science of Russia,
Immunobiology - Russia
*J.C. POLANYI, Chemistery, Pontifical Academy - Canada (Nobel laureate)
F. PRESS, Former President of the Academy of Science of the United
States, Geophysics - U.S.A.
*I. PRIGOGINE (1917-2002), Chemistery, Physics - Belgium (Nobel laureate)
A. PROCHIANTZ, Neurobiology - France
A. RAÑADA, Theoretical Physics - Spain
M.J. REES, Astrophysics, Cambridge - United Kingdom
A. RICH, Molecular Biology, M.I.T. Cambridge - U.S.A.
*J. ROTBLAT (1908-2005), President of "Pugwash" (Movement of atomic physicists
against nuclear war, founded by A. EINSTEIN and B. RUSSEL in 1955),
Physics - United Kingdom (Nobel laureate)
*C. RUBBIA, Former Director General of the C.E.R.N. in Geneva,
Theoretical physics - Italy (Nobel laureate)
J. RUFFIE (1921-2004), Professor at Collège de France, Hematology - France
R. SAGDEEV, Former Director of the "Star War" Program (former U.S.S.R.),
Applied Mathematics - Russia
E. SCHATZMAN, Astrophysics - France
J. SCHELL (1935-2003), Director of the department of Genetic Principles of Plant
Breeding, Max Planck Institute (Cologne) - Germany
*G.T. SEABORG, Theoretical Physics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory -
U.S.A.
E. SEIBOLD, Geophysics - Germany
M. SELA, Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science - Israël
M. SINTZOFF, Vice-President of the W.I.S., Computer Sciences - Belgium
G.P. TALWAR, President of the National Institute of Immunology - India
C.C. TAN (1909-2008), Molecular Genetics, Shanghaï - China
I. TODOROV, Theoretical Physics, Sofia - Bulgaria
*CH.C. TOWNES, Theoretical Physics (LASER) - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
A. TRAUTMAN,Theoretical Physics, Warsaw - Poland
*J.D. WATSON, Molecular Biology, President of the Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
V. WEISSKOPF (1908-2002), Theoretical Physics, M.I.T., Cambridge - U.S.A.
L. WOLPERT, Biology - United Kingdom
*N. ZINDER, Molecular Biology - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
KUNIO YAGI (1919-1999), Director of the Institute of applied Biochemistery,
Molecular Biology - Japan
Honorary Member of the W.I.S :
*E. WIESEL - U.S.A. (Nobel laureate)
* Nobel laureate