PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1863 a the California Academy of Natural Sciences.

Official Website:
http://www.calacademy.org/

Location:
San Francisco, CA

Founding Date:
1853

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Armacost	Business	Mar-1939		Chairman of SRI International
Robert A. Corrigan	Educator	21-Apr-1935		President, San Francisco State University
Susan Desmond-Hellmann	Doctor	1958		Chancellor of UCSF
Paul R. Ehrlich	Scientist	29-May-1932		The Population Bomb
Andrew Smith Hallidie	Inventor	16-Mar-1836	24-Apr-1900	Designed the first cable car system
James Lick	Business	25-Aug-1796	1-Oct-1876	Lick Observatory
William J. Patterson	Business	27-Jan-1962	24-Sep-2010	SPO Partners & Co.
Glenn Seaborg	Physicist	19-Apr-1912	25-Feb-1999	Co-Discoverer of Plutonium
Nettie Stevens	Biologist	7-Jul-1861	4-May-1912	X and Y chromosomes
James N. Sullivan	Business	1937		Vice Chairman of Chevron, 1989-2000

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