Sidney Drell, a
member of the LLNL / LANS Board of Governors,
is the
recipient of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator's
Gold Medal of Excellence for Distinguished Service, the highest honorary award granted by the NNSA.
He
is a MacArthur Prize fellow; a
member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the
recipient of many awards, including the Academy's
Gold Medal for Criticism, and he holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Rome and Bologna.