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GeezerVison is showing facultylectures.berkeley.edu — History of the Martin Meyerson Berkeley Faculty Research Lectures | Faculty Research Lectures History of the Martin Meyerson Berkeley Faculty Research LecturesOn April 29, 1912, a special Academic Council committee reported favorably on a proposal by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler “to consider the feasibility of establishing at the University a series of lectures for the presentation of results of research at the University of California.” Since then, except during the war year of 1919, the Academic Senate has annually elected one or two faculty members who are distinguished for scholarly research to serve as a Faculty Research Lecturer. A historical list is presented below. 2025
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2019 Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy Jill Banfield, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 2018 William Dietrich, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science Victoria Kahn, Professor of Comparative Literature and Katharine Bixby Hotchkis Professor of English 2017 James Sethian, James H. Simons Chair in Mathematics Thomas W. Laqueur, Helen Fawcett Distinguished Professor of History 2016 Mark Griffith, Classics and Theater Pamela Samuelson, Law and Information 2015 Montgomery Slatkin, Integrative Biology Jennifer Doudna, Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 2014 Harvey Blanch, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Francine Masiello, Spanish and Comparative Literature 2013 Catherine Gallagher, English Barbara Romanowicz, Earth and Planetary Science 2012 Terry Speed, Statistics Jan de Vries, History and Economics 2011 Linda Williams, Film Studies and Rhetoric Saul Perlmutter, Physics 2010 Walter Alvarez, Earth and Planetary Science (watch lecture) Leslie Kurke, Classics and Comparative Literature 2009 Robert L. Hass, English Michael Levine, Genetics, Genomics, and Development 2008 Jean M.J. Fréchet, Chemistry Daniel Boyarin, Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric 2007 Martin Jay, History Vaughan F. R. Jones, Mathematics 2006 Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Molecular and Cell Biology Barry Stroud, Philosophy 2005 Judith Butler, Rhetoric, Comparative Literature, and Gender and Women’s Studies John Clarke, Physics and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2004 Erich S. Gruen, History & Classics David B. Wake, Integrative Biology 2003 Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Medical Anthropology Gabor A. Somorjai, Chemistry 2002 Robert Tjian, Molecular and Cell Biology Timothy J. Clark, History of Art 2001 Frank H. Shu, Astronomy Richard Taruskin, Music 2000 Anthony A. Long, Classics Alexandre Chorin, Mathematics 1999 Robert L. Middlekauff, American History Randy W. Schekman, Molecular and Cell Biology 1998 John E. Casida, Chemical and Molecular Entomology Robert B. Alter, Hebrew and Comparative Literature 1997 Ernst B. Haas, Government Marvin L. Cohen, Physics 1996 Alexander Pines, Chemistry Stephen Greenblatt, English 1995 Gene Brucker, History Manuel Blum, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1994 Howard K. Schachman, Molecular and Cell Biology Susan Ervin-Tripp, Psychology 1993 Yuan T. Lee, Chemistry Sanford H. Kadish, Law 1992 Frederick C. Crews, English Doris H. Calloway, Nutritional Sciences 1991 Paul L. Richards, Physics Andrew W. Imbrie, Music 1990 Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, Greek and Comparative Literature Allan C. Wilson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1989 Harold S. Johnston, Chemistry Yakov Malkiel, Linguistics 1988 Robert Brentano, History Howard A. Bern, Zoology 1987 John R. Searle, Philosophy H. Bolton Seed, Civil Engineering 1986 Charles H. Townes, Physics Jonas A. Barish, English 1985 Bruce N. Ames, Biochemistry Gerard Debreu, Economics and Mathematics 1984 Edward H. Schafer, Oriental Languages Stephen Smale, Mathematics and Economics 1983 Elizabeth F. Colson, Anthropology Russell L. DeValois, Psychology 1982 James Cahill, History of Art Richard M. Karp, Computer Science 1981 Henry F. May, History John M. Prausnitz, Chemical Engineering 1980 Czeslaw Milosz, Slavic Languages and Literature Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., Biochemistry 1979 Erwin L. Hahn, Physics J. Desmond Clark, Anthropology 1978 Joseph W. Kerman, Music Shiing-shen Chern, Mathematics 1977 Frank A. Beach, Psychology Ralph Emerson, Botany 1976 Josephine Miles, English John Verhoogen, Geology and Geophysics 1975 William J. Bouwsma, History George C. Pimentel, Chemistry 1974 Daniel Mazia, Zoology John H. Reynolds, Physics 1973 Walter W. Horn, History of Art Earl R. Parker, Materials Science and Engineering 1972 Horace A. Barker, Biochemistry Sherwood L. Washburn, Anthropology 1971 David Blackwell, Statistics 1970 Francis J. Turner, Geology 1969 Kingsley Davis, Sociology 1968 Heinz L. Fraenkel-Conrat, Molecular Biology 1967 Yuen Ren Chao, Oriental Languages and Literature 1966 Leo Brewer, Chemistry 1965 Mary R. Haas, Linguistics 1964 Curt Stern, Zoology 1963 Alfred Tarski, Mathematics 1962 Luis Walter Alvarez, Physics 1961 Bertrand H. Bronson, English 1960 Emilio Segré, Physics 1959 Glenn T. Seaborg, Chemistry 1958 Stephen C. Pepper, Philosophy 1957 Melvin Calvin, Chemistry 1956 Murray B. Emeneau, General Linguistics and Sanskrit 1955 Edwin M. McMillan, Physics 1954 Roy E. Clausen, Genetics 1953 Wendell M. Latimer, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 1952 Stuart Daggett, Transportation 1951 Agnes Fay Morgan, Nutrition 1950 Griffith C. Evans, Mathematics 1949 Robert H. Lowie, Anthropology 1948 William Francis Giauque, Chemistry 1947 Edward C. Tolman, Psychology 1946 Raymond T. Birge, Physics 1945 John S. P. Tatlock, English 1944 Ernest B. Babcock, Genetics 1943 Robert J. Kerner, European History 1942 Dennis R. Hoagland, Plant Nutrition 1941 Ivan M. Linforth, Greek 1940 George D. Louderback, Geology 1939 Henry Frederick Lutz, Egyptology and Assyriology 1938 Ernest O. Lawrence, Physics 1937 Karl F. Meyer, Bacteriology 1936 Joel H. Hildebrand, Chemistry 1935 Frederick J. Teggart, Social Institutions 1934 Willis Linn Jepson, Botany 1933 George P. Adams, Philosophy 1932 William Hammond Wright, Astronomy 1931 William A. Setchell, Botany 1930 William Popper, Semitic Languages 1929 Samuel J. Holmes, Zoology 1928 Alfred L. Kroeber, Anthropology 1927 Andrew C. Lawson, Geology 1926 Florian Cajori, Mathematics 1925 Herbert M. Evans, Anatomy 1924 Carl C. Plehn, Economics 1923 George R. Noyes, Slavic Languages 1922 Charles A. Kofoid, Zoology 1921 Charles Mills Gayley, English 1920 Gilbert N. Lewis, Chemistry 1918 Rudolph Schevill, Spanish Language and Literature 1917 Herbert E. Bolton, American History 1916 Frederick P. Gay, Pathology 1915 Armin O. Leuschner, Astronomy 1914 John C. Merriam, Paleontology 1913 William Wallace Campbell, Astronomy |
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