Following is a list of all eleven married couples who are members of the National Academy of Sciences. It includes the year of their election to NAS as well as their discipline and affiliation:

Maurice Goldhaber (1958) and Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber (1972), Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Leo M. Hurvich (1975) and Dorothea Jameson (1975), Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

John W. Kappler (1989) and Philippa Marrack (1989), Microbiology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado

Jerome Karle (1976) and Isabella L. Karle (1978), Chemistry, Naval Research Laboratory

Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (1966), Biochemistry, and Marian Koshland (1981), Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Berkeley

George Palade (1961) and Marilyn Farquhar (1984), Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego

Arthur B. Pardee (1968), Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Ruth Sager (1977), Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

Pasko Rakic (1985) and Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1990), Neurobiology, Yale University

William L. Russell...

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