Four Harvard Professors Are Named To the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences announced yesterday that four Harvard professors are among the Academy's 95 newly elected members.

The four are Bernard Budiansky, McKay Professor of Structural Mechanics, Kurt J. Isselbacher, professor of Medicine, Seymour M. Lipset, professor of Government and Social Relations, and Alvin M. Pappenheimer '29, professor of Biology.

Election to the Academy is in recognition of achievements in original research.

Budiansky said yesterday that he was surprised and pleased by his election to the Academy. His election came in recognition of extensive research on the mechanics of solid bodies, a field Budiansky described as "a branch of classical physics with practical applications."

Isselbacher's research focuses on gastro-intestinal problems, while Pappenheimer is noted for his work in diphtheria toxin research.

"Diphtheria toxin is a bacterial protein which causes a multitude of nasty effects in man. Pappenheimer has headed a project which figured out how it does this," David M. Gill, assistant professor of Biology, said yesterday.

Lipset is a leading American sociologist, particularly in the fields of political sociology and political behavior research. He has won numerous awards for his books, notably for Political Man and The Politics of Unreason.

The Academy also awarded $2000 and a gold medal to Seymour S. Kety, professor of Psychiatry, for his research on the biochemical basis of schizophrenia.