Tuesday, May 4, 2004

Michael Graetz (Yale) has been named one of 178 new fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Here’s the opening paragraph of the announcement:

[The 178 new fellows] are world-renowned leaders in scholarship, business, the arts, and public affairs. “I am honored to welcome these outstanding and influential individuals to the nation’s oldest and most illustrious learned society,” said Academy President Patricia Meyer Spacks. “These new members have made extraordinary contributions to their fields and disciplines through their commitment to the advancement of scholarly and creative work in every field and profession.”

For a list of the other six law professors so honored this year, see here. For a complete list of the 178 new fellows, see here. Professor Graetz joins Boris Bittker (Yale) and Louis Kaplow (Harvard) as the only tax professors among the 124 law professor fellows.