Blumenthal named a fellow of national academy

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Molecular biologist Tom Blumenthal has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Blumenthal, professor and chair of the CU-Boulder department of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, is among 229 leaders in the fields of sciences, social sciences, the humanities, the arts, business and public affairs named as fellows this year. He joins a group of 2010 luminaries that includes astrophysicist Geoffrey Marcy, geneticist Timothy Ley, Pulitzer-winning historian Daniel Howe and Oscar-winning film director Francis Ford Coppola.

The 230-year-old academy is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.