AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
－US Nobel Laureates for Hilary Clinton (General Letter)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2016 (modified with the addition of two more names October 21, 2016)
October 21, 2016
The coming Presidential election will have profound consequences for the future of our country and the world. To preserve our freedoms, protect our constitutional government, safeguard our national security, and ensure that all members of our nation will be able to work together for a better future, it is imperative that Hillary Clinton be elected as the next President of the United States. Some of the most pressing problems that the new President will face — the devastating effects of debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and cancer, the need for alternative sources of energy, and climate change and its consequences — require vigorous support for science and technology and the assurance that scientific knowledge will inform public policy. Such support is essential to this country’s economic future, its health, its security, and its prestige. Strong advocacy for science agencies, initiatives to promote innovation, and sensible immigration and education policies are crucial to the continued preeminence of the U.S. scientific work force. We need a President who will support and advance policies that will enable science and technology to flourish in our country and to provide the basis of important policy decisions. For these reasons and others, we, as U.S. Nobel Laureates concerned about the future of our nation, strongly and fully support Hillary Clinton to be the President of the United States.
Peter Agre, Chemistry 2003
Sidney Altman, Chemistry 1989
Philip W. Anderson, Physics 1977
Kenneth J. Arrow, Economics 1972
David Baltimore, Medicine 1975
Paul Berg, Chemistry 1980
Gunter Blobel, Medicine 1999
J. Michael Bishop, Medicine 1989
Michael S. Brown, Medicine 1985
Linda B. Buck, Medicine 2004
Mario R. Capecchi, Medicine 2007
Martin Chalfie, Chemistry 2008
Steven Chu, Physics 1997
Leon N. Cooper, Physics 1972
Angus S. Deaton, Economics 2015
Johann Deisenhofer, Chemistry 1988
Peter A. Diamond, Economics 2010
Peter C. Doherty, Medicine 1996
Edmond H. Fischer, Medicine 1992
Jerome I. Friedman, Physics 1990
Walter Gilbert, Chemistry 1980
Sheldon Glashow, Physics 1979
Joseph L. Goldstein, Medicine 1985
Paul Greengard, Medicine 2000
Carol W. Greider, Medicine 2009
David J. Gross, Physics 2004
Roger Guillemin, Medicine 1977
Oliver Hart, Economics 2016
Leland H. Hartwell, Medicine 2001
Dudley R. Herschbach, Chemistry 1986
Roald Hoffmann, Chemistry 1981
H. Robert Horvitz, Medicine 2002
Louis J. Ignarro, Medicine 1998
Daniel Kahneman, Economics 2002
Eric R. Kandel, Medicine 2000
Brian K. Kobilka, Chemistry 2012
Roger D. Kornberg, Chemistry 2006
Leon M. Lederman, Physics 1988
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Chemistry 2012
Anthony J. Leggett, Physics 2003
Michael Levitt, Chemistry 2013
Rudolph A. Marcus, Chemistry 1992
Eric S. Maskin, Economics 2007
John C. Mather, Physics 2006
Daniel L. McFadden, Economics 2000
Craig C. Mello, Medicine 2006
William E. Moerner, Chemistry 2014
Mario J. Molina, Chemistry 1995
Ferid Murad, Medicine 1998
Roger B. Myerson, Economics 2007
Arno Penzias, Physics 1978
Edmund S. Phelps, Economics 2006
Stanley B. Prusiner, Medicine 1997
Randy W. Schekman, Medicine 2013
Thomas C. Schelling, Economics 2005
Richard R. Schrock, Chemistry 2005
William F. Sharpe, Economics 1990
Robert J. Shiller, Economics 2013
Hamilton O. Smith, Medicine 1978
Thomas A. Steitz, Chemistry 2009
J. Fraser Stoddart, Chemistry 2016
Thomas C. Sudhof, Medicine 2013
Jack W. Szostak, Medicine 2009
Joseph H. Taylor Jr., Physics 1993
Daniel C. Tsui, Physics 1998
Harold E. Varmus, Medicine 1989
James Watson, Medicine 1962
Steven Weinberg, Physics 1979
Eric F. Wieschaus, Medicine 1995
Torsten N. Wiesel, Medicine 1981
Robert Woodrow Wilson, Physics 1978
David J. Wineland, Physics 2012
The views expressed in this letter represent those of the signers acting as individual citizens. They do not necessarily represent the views of the institutions with which they are affiliated. The Medicine award is for "Physiology or Medicine."
