List of University of Michigan faculty and staff
The University of Michigan has 6,200 faculty members and roughly 38,000 employees which include National Academy members, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners. Several past presidents have gone on to become presidents of Ivy League universities. Notable faculty: past and present. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. MacArthur Foundation award winners. , 40 MacArthur winners — 16  of them university alumni — have served as Michigan faculty , 24 non-alumni MacArthur winners have served as Michigan faculty. National Medal of Science. The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement. Five other Michigan researchers won the award between 1974 and 1986. Congress established the award program in 1959. It honors individuals for pioneering scientific research.