Signatories
We who sign Humanism and Its Aspirations declare ourselves in general
agreement with its substance and, while not necessarily endorsing all
of its specifics, unreservedly offer it to a candid public.
Philip W. Anderson
Nobel laureate in physics, 1977
Philip Appleman
Poet and distinguished professor emeritus of
English, Indiana University
Khoren Arisian
Senior Leader, NY Society for Ethical Culture
Janet Jeppson Asimov
Psychiatrist and science writer
Bill Baird
Reproductive rights pioneer
Frank Berger
Pharmacologist, developer of anti-anxiety drugs
Paul D. Boyer
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 3997
Lester R. Brown
Founder and president, Earth Policy Institute
August Brunsman
Executive director, Secular Student Alliance
Owen Chamberlain
Nobel laureate in physics, 1959
Matt Cherry
Executive director,
Institute for Humanist Studies
Carlton Coon
Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal
Paul J. Crutzen
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1995
Richard Dawkins
Charles Simonyi professor, University of Oxford
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Nobel laureate in physics, 1991
Johann Deisenhofer
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1988
Riane Eisler
President, Center for Partnership Studies
Edward Ericson
Leader emeritus, Ethical Culture
Roy P. Fairfield
Cofounder, Union Graduate School
Antony Flew
Philosopher
Levi Fragell
President,
International Humanist and Ethical Union
Kendyl Gibbons
President,
Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association
Sheldon Glashow
Nobel laureate in physics, 1979
Babu R. R. Gogineni
Executive director,
International Humanist and Ethical Union
Sol Gordon
Sexologist
Herbert A. Hauptman
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1985
Jim Herrick
Editor, the New Humanist
Dudley Herschbach
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1986
Fran Hosken
Editor, Women’s International Network News
Stefan Jonasson
Immediate past president, HUUmanists
Larry Jones
President, Institute for Humanist Studies
Jone Johnson-Lewis
President, National Leaders Council of the
American Ethical Union
Gerald A. Larue
Professor emeritus of biblical history and
archaeology, University of Southern California
Yuan T. Lee
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1986
Joseph Levee
Board member,
Council for Secular Humanism
Ellen McBride
Immediate past president,
American Ethical Union
Mario J. Molina
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1995
Lester Mondale
Retired Unitarian Universalist minister and
signer of Humanist Manifestos I and II
Henry Morgentaler
Abortion rights pioneer
Stephen Mumford
President,
Center for Research on Population and Security
William Murry
President and dean,
Meadville-Lombard Theological School
Erwin Neher
Nobel laureate in medicine, 1991
Sara Oelberg
President, HUUmanists
Indumati Parikh
President,
Center for the Study of Social Change, India
Katha Pollitt
Columnist, the Nation
Ilya Prigogine
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1977
Howard Radest
Dean emeritus, the Humanist Institute
James Randi
Magician, founder of the James Randi
Educational Foundation
Larry Reyka
President, the Humanist Society
Richard J. Roberts
Nobel laureate in medicine, 1993
David Schafer
Retired research physiologist,
U.S. Veterans Administration
Eugenie Scott
Executive director,
National Center for Science Education
James R. Simpson
Professor of international agricultural
economics, Ryukoku University, Japan
Warren Allen Smith
Editor and author
Matthew les Spetter
Associate professor in social psychology at the
Peace Studies Institute of Manhattan College, NY
Oliver Stone
Academy award-winning filmmaker
John E. Sulston
Nobel laureate in medicine, 2002
John M. Swomley
Professor emeritus of social ethics,
St. Paul School of Theology
Robert Tapp
Dean, the Humanist Institute
Henry Taube
Nobel laureate in chemistry, 1983
E. Donnall Thomas
Nobel laureate in medicine, 1990
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist
Sherwin Wine
Founder and president,
Society for Humanistic Judaism
All Living Past Presidents of the
American Humanist Association
Edd Doerr, 1995-2002
Michael W. Werner, 1993-1994
Suzanne I. Paul, 1992
Lyle L. Simpson, 1981-1984
Bette Chambers, 1973-1979
Lloyd L. Morain, 1969-1972, 1951-1955
Robert W. McCoy, 1966-1968
Vashti McCollum, 1962-1965
The above is a partial list. Signers added after press time will appear
on the website of the American Humanist Association. Institutions are
listed for identification only
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