School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Members Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

C. Brian Rose and Thomas Sugrue have been named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Rose is Professor of Classical Studies, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, and Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean section at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Sugrue is David Boies Professor of History and Sociology.

They are among 212 new Fellows and 16 Foreign Honorary Members recognized as some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts.

A full list of the new Academy members can be viewed at http://www.amacad.org/news/alphalist2011.pdf.

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