Joining the impressive company of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Paul McCartney and Melinda Gates, Steve Koblik, the president of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, was elected to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Tuesday.
The academy, as part of a tradition that extends more than 230 years, added more than 200 members, which included scientists, scholars, writers, artists and community leaders. It's not many organizations that can list members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside winners of the Fields Medal (a mathematics prize that should ring familiar to fans of the film "Good Will Hunting").
