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A Guide to the Stars
* Nobel Laureate
** world’s highest IQ
*** convicted felon
**** misspelled
***** sibling rivalry
****** six stars
******* Ig Nobel Winner

Anthropology
Jonathan Marks, U. North Carolina
Archaeology
Angela E. Close, U. Washington
Astrochemistry
Scott Sandford, NASA/Ames
Aeronautics
Paul McCready, AeroVironment
Astronomy
Robert Kirshner, Harvard U.
Jay M. Pasachoff, Williams Coll.
Eric Schulman, Alexandria, Virginia
David Slavsky. Loyola U., Chicago
Biochemistry
Edwin Krebs*, U. Washington
Biology
Dany Adams, Forsyth Center
Lawrence Dill*******, Simon Fraser U.
Biomaterials
Alan S. Litsky, Ohio State U.
Biophysics
Leonard X. Finegold, Drexel U.
Biotechnology
A. Stephen Dahms, Alfred E. Mann Foundation
Bureaucracy
Miriam Bloom, SciWrite, Jackson, MS
Cardiology
Thomas Michel*****, Harvard Med. School
Chemistry
Dudley Herschbach*, Harvard U.
William Lipscomb*, Harvard U.
Computer Science
Dennis Frailey, Texas Instruments, Plano, TX
Robert T. Morris***, MIT
Margo Seltzer, Harvard U.
Economics
Ernst W. Stromsdorfer, Washington St. U.
Engineering
Dean Kamen, DEKA Research
Food Research
Massimo Marcone, U. of Guelph
Forensic Biology & Criminalistics
Mark Benecke, Int’l Forensic Res., Köln
Functional Biology & Morphology
Frank Fish, West Chester U.
Rebecca German, Johns Hopkins U.
Richard Wassersug*******, Dalhousie U.
Genetics
Michael Hengartner, U. of Zürich
Geology
John C. Holden, Omak, WA
John Splettstoesser, Waconia, MN
History of Science & Medicine
Tim Healey, Barnsley,  England
Immunology
Falk Fish, Orgenics, Ltd., Yavne, Israel
Infectious Diseases
James Michel*****, Harvard U.
Intelligence
Marilyn Vos Savant**, New York, NY
Law
Ronald A. May, Little Rock, AR
Library & Info Sciences
Regina Reynolds, Library of Congress
George Valas, Budapest, Hungary
Norman D. Stevens, U. of Connecticut
Materials Science
Robert M. Rose, MIT
Mathematics
Lee Segel, Weizmann Inst.
Medical Ethics
Erwin J.O. Kompanje, Erasmus MC University, Rotterdam
Methodology
Rod Levine, National Insts of Health
Microbiology
Roland G. Vela, U. North Texas
Molecular Biology
Walter Gilbert*, Harvard U.
Richard Roberts*, New England Biolabs
Molecular Pharmacology
Lloyd Fricker, Einstein Coll. of Medicine
Neuroengineering
Jerome Lettvin, MIT
Neurology
Thomas D. Sabin, Tufts U.
Ornithology
Kees Moeliker*******, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pek van Andel*******, Medical Faculty Groningen, The Netherlands
Eberhard W. Lisse, Swakopmund State Hospital, Namibia
Orthopedic Surgery
Glenn R. Johnson, Bemidji, MN
Paleontology
Sally Shelton, Smithsonian Inst.
Earle Spamer, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Parasitology
Wendy Cooper, Australian Pest & Vet. Med. Auth.
Pediatrics
Ronald M. Mack, Bowman Gray School of Med.
Pharmacology
Stanton G. Kimmel, Normal, OK
Philosophy
George Englebretson, Bishop’s U., Quebec
Physics
Len Fisher*******, Bristol U., UK
Jerome Friedman*, MIT
Sheldon Glashow*, Boston U.
Karl Kruszelnicki*******, U. Sydney
Harry Lipkin, Weizmann Inst.
Douglas Osheroff*, Stanford U.
Frank Wilczek*, MIT
Political Science
Richard G. Neimi****, Rochester, NY
Psychiatry and Neurology
Robert Hoffman, Daly City, CA
Psychology
Louis G. Lippman, Western Wash. U.
G. Neil Martin, Middlesex U., UK
Chris McManus*******, University Coll. London
Neil J. Salkind, U. of Kansas
Pulmonary Medicine
Traian Mihaescu, Iasi, Romania
Radiology
David Rabin, Highland Park Hosp., IL
Science Policy
Al Teich, American Assn for the Advancement of Science
Stochastic Processes
(selected at random from amongst our subscribers) Egil Benito Nikula, Alicante, Spain
Women's Health
Andrea Dunaif, Northwestern U.
JoAnn Manson, Brigham & Women's Hosp.