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<p>The Philadelphia-based American Philosophical Society, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, is the country’s oldest learned society. The society engages leading scholars, scientists and professionals in opportunities for multidisciplinary, intellectual fellowship, and it supports research, discovery and education through grants, lectures, publications, prizes and exhibitions.</p>
<p>Early members included George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, James Madison, and John Marshall. </p>
<p>Today the Society has about 1,075 elected members. Since 1900, more than 260 members have received the Nobel Prize. </p>
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<p>This year, 35 new U.S. members were elected to the Society and Princeton led the nation with three, sharing that honor with Columbia and Harvard. This is the second year that Princeton has led the nation. UCLA had two. NYU, Penn, Rice, Rockefeller, Stanford, U. of Chicago, U. of Maryland, U. of Washington, UC Irvine and USC had one each.</p>
<p>Princeton was also represented by an alumnus, George Rupp, the former President of Columbia.</p>
<p>2012 Top University Affiliations of New Society Members
(U.S. only)</p>
<p>3—Princeton, Harvard, Columbia
2—UCLA
1—NYU, Penn, Rice, Rockefeller, Stanford, U. of Chicago, U. of Maryland, U. of Washington, UC Irvine, USC</p>
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<p>American Philosophical Society Members
(Leading National Institutions)</p>
<p>164—Harvard</p>
<p>94----Princeton</p>
<p>73----Stanford</p>
<p>64----Berkeley</p>
<p>56----Columbia
50----Penn
49----U. of Chicago
47----Yale</p>
<p>Princeton has a faculty that is less than half the size of Harvard’s or Stanford’s and about 2/3’s the size of Berkeley’s, making its numbers even more impressive (though of course Princeton and Harvard have been around a few more years than many of the other schools on the list).</p>