Notable Signers
Nobel Laureates
Past AHA Presidents
Drafting Committee
Notable Signers
| Philip Appleman Poet and distinguished professor emeritus of English, Indiana University |
Khoren Arisian Senior Leader, NY Society for Ethical Culture |
Bill Baird Reproductive rights pioneer |
| Frank Berger Pharmacologist, developer of anti-anxiety drugs |
Howard Box Minister emeritus, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, Tennessee |
Lester R. Brown Founder and president, Earth Policy Institute |
| August E. Brunsman IV Executive director, Secular Student Alliance |
Rob Buitenweg Vice president, International Humanist and Ethical Union |
Vern Bullough Sexologist and former copresident of the International Humanist and Ethical Union |
| David Bumbaugh Professor, Meadville Lombard Theological School |
Matt Cherry Executive director, Institute for Humanist Studies |
Joseph Chuman Visiting professor of religion, Columbia University, and leader, Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, New Jersey |
| Curt Collier leader, Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, New York |
Fred Cook Retired executive committee member, International Humanist and Ethical Union |
Carlton Coon Former US Ambassador to Nepal |
| Richard Dawkins Charles Simonyi professor, University of Oxford |
Charles Debrovner President, NACH/Humanist Institute |
Arthur Dobrin Professor of humanities, Hofstra University and leader emeritus Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, New York |
| Margaret Downey President, Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia |
Sonja Eggerickx Vice president, Unie Vrijzinnige, Belgium, and vice president International Humanist and Ethical Union |
Riane Eisler President, Center for Partnership Studies |
| Albert Ellis Creator of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and founder of the Alber Ellis Institute |
Edward L. Ericson Leader emeritus, Ethical Culture |
Roy P. Fairfield Cofounder, Union Graduate School |
| Antony Flew Philosopher |
Werner Fornos President, the Population Institute |
Levi Fragell President, International Humanist and Ethical Union |
| Arun Gandhi Cofounder, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence |
Kendyl Gibbons President, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association |
Babu R.R. Gogineni Executive director, International Humanist and Ethical Union |
| Sol Gordon Sexologist |
Ethelbert Haskins Retired treasurer of the Humanist Foundation |
Jim Herrick Editor, the New Humanist |
| Pervez Hoodbhoy Professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan |
Fran P. Hosken Editor, Women’s International Network News |
Jone Johnson Lewis President, National Leaders Council of the American Ethical Union |
| Stefan Jonasson Immediate past president, HUUmanists |
Larry Jones President, Institute for Humanist Studies |
Edwin Kagin Founder and director, Camp Quest |
| Beth Lamont AHA NGO representative to the United Nations |
Gerald A. Larue Professor emeritus of biblical history and archaeology, University of Southern California |
Joseph Levee Board member, Council for Secular Humanism |
| Ellen McBride Immediate past president, American Ethical Union |
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 |
Sarah Oelberg President, HUUmanists |
| Indumati Parikh President, Center for the Study of Social Change, India |
Philip Paulson Church-state activist |
Katha Pollitt Columnist, the Nation |
| Howard Radest Dean emeritus, the Humanist Institute |
James “Amazing” Randi Magician, founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation |
Larry Reyka President, the Humanist Society |
| David Schafer Retired research physiologist, U.S. Veterns Administration |
Eugenie Scott Executive director, National Center for Science Education |
Michael Shermer Editor of Skeptic magazine |
| James R. Simpson Professor of international agricultural economics, Ryukoku University, Japan |
Warren Allen Smith Editor and author |
Matthew Ies. Spetter Associate professor in social psychology at the Peace Studies Institute of Manhattan College, NY |
| Oliver Stone Academy award-winning filmmaker |
John Swomley Professor emeritus of social ethics, St. Paul School of Theology |
Robert Tapp Dean, the Humanist Institute |
| Carl Thitchener Co-minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst and of Canadaigua, New York |
Maureen Thitchener Co-minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst and of Canadaigua, New York |
Rodrigue Tremblay Emeritus professor of economics and of international finance, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Kurt Vonnegut Novelist |
John Weston Ministerial settlement director, Unitarian Universalist Association |
Edward O. Wilson Professor, Harvard University, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner |
| Sherwin Wine Founder and president, Society for Humanistic Judaism |
Dr. George B. Kauffman Professor of Chemistry, California State University at Fresno |
Nobel Laureates
| Philip W. Anderson Physics, 1977 |
Paul D. Boyer Chemistry, 1997 |
Owen Chamberlain Physics, 1959 |
| Francis Crick Medicine, 1962 |
Paul J. Crutzen Chemistry, 1995 |
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Physics, 1991 |
| Johann Deisenhofer Chemistry, 1988 |
Jerome I. Friedman Physics, 1990 |
Sheldon Glashow Physics, 1979 |
| David J. Gross Physics, 2004 |
Herbert A. Hauptman Chemistry, 1985 |
Dudley Herschbach Chemistry, 1986 |
| Harold W. Kroto Chemistry, 1996 |
Yuan T. Lee Chemistry, 1986 |
Mario J. Molina Chemistry, 1995 |
| Erwin Neher Medicine, 1991 |
Ilya Prigogine Chemistry, 1977 |
Richard J. Roberts Medicine, 1993 |
| John E. Sulston Medicine, 2002 |
Henry Taube Chemistry, 1983 |
E. Donnall Thomas Medicine, 1990 |
| James Dewey Watson Medicine, 1962 |
Past AHA Presidents
| 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 |
Drafting Committee
| Fred Edwords | Edd Doerr | Tony Hileman |
| Pat Duffy Hutcheon | Maddy Urken |