Honors, Awards, and Memberships

William H. Press

Honors and Awards

• President, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012
• Caltech Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2008
• Member, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas, 2007
• Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2002
• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1994
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
• Most frequently cited U.S. Astronomer, 1990 (according to study in Quarterly Journal R.A.S.)
• Science Digest ``America's 100 Brightest Scientists Under 40", 1984
• Helen B. Warner Prize of the American Astronomical Society, 1981
• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, 1974--78

Other Memberships

• Genetics Society of America
• American Physical Society
• Association for Computing Machinery
• American Astronomical Society
• International Astronomical Union
• International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation
• Sigma Xi

Other

• Born May 23, 1948; grew up in Pasadena, CA; graduated Pasadena High School, 1965.
• Technician amateur radio license, K5KAA