Wisconsin Academy names fellows

The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters has inducted five new Wisconsin Academy Fellows: conservationist Nina Leopold Bradley, artist Harvey Littleton, former Gov. Gaylord Nelson, African American literature professor Nellie McKay and oncologist Van Potter.

This honor, the academy’s highest level of recognition, is bestowed upon people from a wide range of disciplines whose work has contributed significantly to the intellectual and cultural life of our state, and whose careers have been marked by an unusually high order of discovery, productivity, creativity, or innovative thought.

Wisconsin Academy Fellows help shape Wisconsin Academy programs and projects and participate in the life of the academy.

The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is an independent, nonprofit membership organization founded in 1870 with the mission of gathering and sharing knowledge in the sciences and humanities for the benefit of the people of Wisconsin. It is funded by grants, private endowments and its members.