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Anfinsen: Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry</li> <li>Dr. Baruch Blumberg: Nobel Prize winner in Medicine</li> <li>Dr. Raymond Davis, Jr.: Nobel Prize winner in Physics</li> <li>Dr. Gerald Edelman: Nobel Prize winner in Medicine</li> <li>Dr. Ragnar Granit: Nobel Prize winner in Medicine</li> <li>Dr. Haldan K. Hartline: Nobel Prize winner in Medicine</li> <li>Dr. Robert Hofstadter: Nobel Prize winner in Physics</li> <li>Dr. Lawrence Klein: Nobel Prize winner in Economics</li> <li>Dr. Simon Kuznets: Nobel Prize winner in Economics</li> <li>Dr. J. Robert Schrieffer: Nobel Prize winner in Physics</li> <li>William Labov - professor of linguistics</li> <li>John Bowker (adjunct professor)</li> <li>Jeremy McInerney (Associate Professor) - Classical Studies Department</li> <li>Mitch Marcus - RCA Professor of Artificial Intelligence - Computer Science Department</li> <li>Eugenio Calabi - Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics Emeritus - Mathematics Department</li> <li>Richard Kadison - Gustave C. Kuemmerle Professor of Mathematics - Mathematics Department</li> <li>David Harbater - E. Otis Kendall Professor of Mathematics - Mathematics Department</li> <li>Peter J. Freyd - Professor of Mathematics - Mathematics Department</li> <li>Matt Blaze - Associate Professor - Computer Science Department</li> <li>Fernando Pereira - Andrew and Debra Rachleff Professor of Computer Science - Computer Science Department</li> <li>Aravind K. Joshi - Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science - Computer Science Department</li> <li>Francis X. Diebold - W.P. Carey Term Professor in Economics - Economics Department</li> <li>Steven Hahn - Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History - History Department</li> <li>Peter Stallybrass - Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities - English Department</li> <li>Bruce Kuklick - Roy F. and Jeannette P. 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