Humanist Laureates

The International Academy Of Humanism

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The International Academy of Humanism was established to recognize distinguished humanists and to disseminate humanistic ideals and beliefs. The members of the academy, listed below, (1) are devoted to free inquiry in all fields of human endeavor, (2) are committed to a scientific outlook and the use of the scientific method in acquiring knowledge, and (3) uphold humanist ethical values and principles.

The academy's goals include furthering respect for human rights, freedom, and the dignity of the individual; tolerance of various viewpoints and willingness to compromise; commitment to social justice; a universalistic perspective that transcends national, ethnic, religious, sexual, and racial barriers; and belief in a free and open pluralistic and democratic society.

Humanist Laureates

• Pieter Admiraal (medical doctor, The Netherlands)
• Ruben Ardila (professor of psychology, Universidad de Colombia)
• Kurt Baier (professor of philosophy, University of Pittsburgh)
• Yelena Bonner (human rights defender, Commonwealth of Independent States)
• Mario Bunge (professor of philosophy of science, McGill University)
• Jean-Pierre Changeux (College de France and Institut Pasteur)
• Patricia Smith Churchland (professor of philosophy, University of California, San Diego)
• Sir Arthur C. Clarke
• Bernard Crick (professor of politics, University of London)
• Richard Dawkins (New College Fellow, Oxford University)
• José Delgado (chairperson of the Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Madrid)
• Umberto Eco
• Luc Ferry (professor of philosophy, Sorbonne and University of Caen)
• Yves Galifret (professor of physiology at the Sorbonne and director of l'Union Rationaliste)
• Johan Galtung (professor of sociology, University of Oslo)
• Vitalii L. Ginzburg (Nobel laureate, Academy of Sciences, Russia)
• Adolf Grünbaum (Professor and Chair, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh)
• Murray Gell-Mann (Nobel Laureate in physics, California Institute of Technology)
• Herbert Hauptman (Nobel Laureate and professor of biophysical science, SUNY at Buffalo)
• Donald Johanson (Institute of Human Origins)
• Sergei Kapitza (physicist, Insitute of Physics and Technology)
• George Klein (cancer researcher, Sweden)
• György Konrád (novelist, Hungary)
• Thelma Lavine (Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Philosophy, George Mason University)
• José Leite Lopes (director, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas)
• Paul MacCready (Chairman, AeroVironment, Inc.)
• Adam Michnik (historian and writer, Poland)
• Conor Cruise O'Brien (author, Ireland)
• Wardell Baxter Pomeroy (psychotherapist and author)
• Marcel Roche (permanent delegate to UNESCO from Venezuela)
• Richard Rorty (professor of philosophy, University of Virginia)
• Salman Rushdie (author, United Kingdom)
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (former president, Senegal)
• Peter Singer (Princeton University, United States)
• Wole Soyinka (Nobel Laureate in Literature, Nigeria)
• Svetozar Stojanovic (professor of philosophy, University of Belgrade)
• Thomas Szasz (professor of psychiatry, SUNY Medical School)
• Rob Tielman (copresident, International Humanist and Ethical Union)
• Alberto Hidalgo Tuñón (president of the Sociedad Asturiana de Filosofia, Oviedo, Spain)
• Simone Veil (former president, European Parliament, France)
• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (novelist)
• Mourad Wahba (professor of education, University of Ain Shams, Cairo)
• James D. Watson (Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of DNA, United States)
• Harvey Weinstein (co-chairman, Miramax Films, United States)
• G. A. Wells (professor of German, University of London)
• Edward O. Wilson (professor of entomology, Harvard.)

Deceased

• George O. Abell
• Steve Allen
• Isaac Asimov
• Sir Alfred J. Ayer
• R. Nita Barrow
• Sir Isaiah Berlin
• Brand Blanshard
• Sir Hermann Bondi
• Bonnie Bullough
• Francis Crick
• Milovan Djilas
• Paul Edwards
• Sir Raymond Firth
• Joseph F. Fletcher III
• Betty Friedan
• Stephen Jay Gould
• Sidney Hook
• Lawrence Kohlberg
• Franco Lombardi
• Jolé Lombardi
• André Michael Lwoff
• Ernest Nagel
• George Olincy
• Indumati Parikh
• John Passmore
• Octavio Paz
• Chaim Perelman
• Sir Karl Popper
• W. V. Quine
• Max Rood
• Carl Sagan
• Andrei Sakharov
• V. M. Tarkunde
• Richard Taylor
• Sir Peter Ustinov
• Lady Barbara Wooton

Secretariat

• Paul Kurtz (professor emeritus of philosophy, SUNY at Buffalo, editor in chief of Free Inquiry) President
• David Koepsell, Executive Director
• Vern Bullough (professor of history, California State University, Northridge)
• Antony Flew (professor emeritus of philosophy, Reading University)
• Gerald Larue (professor emeritus of archaeology and biblical studies, University of Southern California)
• Jean-Claude Pecker (professor of astrophysics, College de France, Academie des Sciences)

reposted from: Council for Secular Humanism
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