Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist
Peter C. Agre, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
James P. Allison, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Stage and Screen Actress
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Rick Atkinson
Pulitzer Prize for History
Amy Coney Barrett
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
A. Scott Berg
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Joshua Bell
Violin Virtuoso
Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist
Pioneering Neurosurgeon
James W. Breyer
Investor and Philanthropist
Co-founder of Google Inc.
Founding CEO of Google Inc.
General Charles Q. Brown, USAF
Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
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Nobel Prize for Peace
Human Genome Research
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Undersea Explorer
iPod Mastermind and Founder of Nest
Immunology and Global Health
Gold Medal for Architecture
Singer, Songwriter and Humanitarian
Co-Founder, Microsoft Corporation
Nobel Prize for Peace
Gold Medal for Architecture
Andrea M. Ghez, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Primatologist and Anthropologist
Pulitzer Prize for History
Neil M. Gorsuch
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Sir Lucian Grainge
Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Group
Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence
Thomas Heatherwick
Designer of the Extraordinary
Susan Hockfield, Ph.D.
16th President of MIT
Stage and Screen Actor
Nobel Prize in Literature
Oscar for Best Director
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
President of Rwanda
Katalin Karikó, Ph.D.
Developer of mRNA vaccines
Retired Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
E. Stanley Kroenke
Entrepreneur and Sportsman
Biomedical Engineering
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musical Theatre Composer
Motion Picture Production
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Ian McEwan
Novelist and Screenwriter
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
Sir Trevor Nunn
Theatrical Director
Sir Paul Nurse
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Guitarist and Founder of Led Zeppelin
Armando Christian Pérez
Musician, Activist and Entrepreneur
Virtuoso of the Violin
Saul Perlmutter, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Soldier and Scholar
General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Astronomer Royal
Cal Ripken Jr.
Baseball Hall of Fame
Executive Director, ACLU
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
Founder, SiriusXM and United Therapeutics
Lord Jacob Rothschild
Financier and Philanthropist
Co-Founder, The Innocence Project
Bartlett Sher
Theatrical Director
Financier and Philanthropist
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Steven Spielberg
Film Director and Producer
Donna Strickland, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr.
Defense Attorney
Julie Taymor
Theater, Opera and Film Director
Marc Tessier-Levigne, Ph.D.
President, Stanford University
Discoverer of the DNA Molecule
Father of Integrative Medicine
Media Entrepreneur
Feng Zhang, Ph.D.
Co-Developer, CRISPR Gene Editing Technology
Maria T. Zuber, Sc.D.
Geophysics and Planetary Science
This is a partial list. Each member is a past recipient of the Golden Plate Award.