61 Nobel Laureates Announce Their Endorsement of Barack Obama October 5, 2008 | posted by Nigerian Muse (Archives)

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An Open Letter to the American People

 

August 23, 2008

 

This year's presidential election is among the most significant in our nation's history. The country urgently

needs a visionary leader who can ensure the future of our traditional strengths in science and technology

and who can harness those strengths to address many of our greatest problems: energy, disease, climate

change, security, and economic competitiveness.

 

We are convinced that Senator Barack Obama is such a leader, and we urge you to join us in supporting

him. During the administration of George W. Bush, vital parts of our country's scientific enterprise have

been damaged by stagnant or declining federal support. The government's scientific advisory process has

been distorted by political considerations. As a result, our once dominant position in the scientific world

has been shaken and our prosperity has been placed at risk. We have lost time critical for the development

of new ways to provide energy, treat disease, reverse climate change, strengthen our security, and

improve our economy.

 

We have watched Senator Obama's approach to these issues with admiration. We especially applaud his

emphasis during the campaign on the power of science and technology to enhance our nation's

competitiveness. In particular, we support the measures he plans to take – through new initiatives in

education and training, expanded research funding, an unbiased process for obtaining scientific advice, and

an appropriate balance of basic and applied research – to meet the nation's and the world's most urgent

needs. Senator Obama understands that Presidential leadership and federal investments in science and

technology are crucial elements in successful governance of the world's leading country. We hope you will

join us as we work together to ensure his election in November.

 

Signed,

 

Alexei Abrikosov Physics 2003 ............Roger Guillemin Medicine 1977

Peter Agre Chemistry 2003 ............John L. Hall Physics 2005

Sidney Altman Chemistry 1989 ............Leland H. Hartwell Medicine 2001

Philip W. Anderson Physics 1977............ Dudley Herschbach Chemistry 1986

Richard Axel Medicine 2004 ............Roald Hoffmann Chemistry 1981

David Baltimore Medicine 1975 ............H. Robert Horvitz Medicine 2002

Baruj Benacerraf Medicine 1980 ............Louis Ignarro Medicine 1998

Paul Berg Chemistry 1980 ............Eric R. Kandel Medicine 2000

J. Michael Bishop Medicine 1989 ............Walter Kohn Chemistry 1998

N. Bloembergen Physics 1981 ............Roger Kornberg Chemistry 2006

Michael S. Brown Medicine 1985 ............Leon M. Lederman Physics 1988

Linda B. Buck Medicine 2004 ............Craig C. Mello Medicine 2006

Mario R. Capecchi Medicine 2007 ............Marshall Nirenberg Medicine 1968

Stanley Cohen Medicine 1986 ............Douglas D. Osheroff Physics 1996

Leon Cooper Physics 1972 ............Stanley B. Prusiner Medicine 1997

James W. Cronin Physics 1980 ............Norman F. Ramsey Physics 1989

Robert F. Curl Chemistry 1996 ............Robert Richardson Physics 1996

Johann Diesenhofer Chemistry 1988 ............Burton Richter Physics 1976

John B. Fenn Chemistry 2002 ............Sherwood Rowland Chemistry 1995

Edmond H. Fischer Medicine 1992 ............Oliver Smithies Medicine 2007

Val Fitch Physics 1980 ............Richard R Schrock Chemistry 2005

Jerome I. Friedman Physics 1990 Joseph H. Taylor Jr. Physics 1993

Riccardo Giacconi Physics 2002 ............E. Donnall Thomas Medicine 1990

Walter Gilbert Chemistry 1980 ............Charles H. Townes Physics 1964

Alfred G. Gilman Medicine 1994 ............Daniel C.Tsui Physics 1998

Donald A. Glaser Physics 1960 ............Harold Varmus Medicine 1989

Sheldon L. Glashow Physics 1979 ............James D. Watson Medicine 1962

Joseph Goldstein Medicine 1985 ............Eric Wieschaus Medicine 1995

Paul Greengard Medicine 2000 ............Frank Wilczek Physics 2004

David Gross Physics 2004 ............Robert W. Wilson Physics 1978

Robert H. Grubbs Chemistry 2005

 

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.”

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