FACULTY HONOR: Six Princeton professors inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Six Princeton University professors were among 164 influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors and institutional leaders inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Oct. 11. The inductees from Princeton are: Neta Bahcall, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy and professor of astrophysical sciences; Charles Cameron, professor of politics and public affairs; Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and chair of economics; David Gabai, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Mathematics and department chair; Susan Naquin, professor of history and East Asian studies, emeritus; and Robert Socolow, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, emeritus. Founded in 1780, the academy is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious learned societies.