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Irani Ph.D. &rsquo;57 and USC University Professor Michael  Waterman have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering  (NAE).<\/p>\n<p>An alumnus of USC Dornsife,  Irani is executive chairman of the Occidental Petroleum Corp. and  namesake of the university&rsquo;s Ray R. Irani Hall. Waterman, professor of  biological sciences and mathematics in USC Dornsife and professor of  computer science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, holds the USC  Associates Chair in Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions  accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made  outstanding contributions to &#8220;engineering research, practice or  education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to  the engineering literature&#8221; and to the &#8220;pioneering of new and developing  fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields  of engineering, or developing and implementing innovative approaches to  engineering education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>USC provost and senior vice president for academic affairs Elizabeth  Garrett said: &ldquo;Our university community is enriched, advanced and  inspired when the extraordinary achievements of our renowned faculty and  trustees are recognized by election into a most prestigious  professional academy such as the National Academy of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dr. Irani&rsquo;s leadership in the chemical and petroleum industries and  University Professor Waterman&rsquo;s prolific scientific research,  particularly his groundbreaking integration of computer and biological  sciences, have firmly established them as transformative figures in  their respective fields.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>USC Viterbi dean Yannis C. Yortsos added: &ldquo;Michael Waterman&rsquo;s  election into the National Academy of Engineering is a resounding  confirmation of his remarkable and pioneering work in computational  biology. We cannot be more pleased that the academy has bestowed this  highest honor upon him. Ray Irani too has had a transformational effect on the oil industry as CEO of Occidental and we are very pleased to see his contributions recognized at the National Academy level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>USC Dornsife dean Howard Gillman said: &ldquo;Mike Waterman is a true trailblazer whose groundbreaking research has enabled countless advances in the computational and life sciences. He has been central to building USC Dornsife&#8217;s world-renowned program in molecular and computational biology that is proudly housed in Ray R. Irani Hall &mdash; a fitting coincidence given our USC trustee and USC Dornsife alumnus Dr. Ray Irani also has been elected to the academy this year. We are so pleased that these remarkable members of our community have been nationally lauded for their incredible efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alongside 65 other new members and 10 foreign associates, the NAE  recognized Irani for his leadership in the petrochemical industry and  for processes for applications of particulate systems. Waterman was  recognized for the development of computational methods for DNA and  protein sequence analyses.<\/p>\n<p>Irani, who received his doctorate in chemistry from USC in 1957, was named executive chairman of Occidental Petroleum last May after serving as chairman and CEO from 1990 to 2011. He has published more than 50 technical papers and holds more than 150 U.S. and foreign patents. He is the author of the book Particle Size and serves on the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute, Wynn Resorts and The TCW Group Inc.<\/p>\n<p>He is chairman of the USC Board Personnel Committee. He also is  co-chairman of the board of the American University of Beirut and a  member of the board of governors of the Los Angeles World Affairs  Council.<\/p>\n<p>In 1994, Irani was appointed by former President Clinton to the  President&rsquo;s Export Council, the premier national advisory committee on  international trade, where he served as chairman of the subcommittee on  Europe, Japan and newly independent states until 2001. From 2002 to  2006, he served on the Secretary of Energy&rsquo;s advisory board. In  September 2006, he was asked by former President George W. Bush to join a  White House-sponsored Task Force for Humanitarian Relief in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Irani received the USC Alumni Association&rsquo;s highest honor, the Asa V.  Call Achievement Award, in 1997 and the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award  from the Department of Chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>Widely regarded as the founding father of computational biology,  Waterman&rsquo;s research concentrates on the creation and application of  mathematics, statistics and computer science to molecular biology,  particularly to DNA, RNA and protein sequence data. He is co-developer  of the Smith-Waterman algorithm for sequence comparison and of the  Lander-Waterman formula for physical mapping.<\/p>\n<p>Waterman came to USC in 1982. Named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1995, he  was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that same year  and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2001. He also is a fellow of  the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute  of Mathematical Statistics, the Society of Industrial and Applied  Mathematics, the International Society of Computational Biology and the  French Acad&eacute;mie of Sciences. In 2000, he became the first fellow of  Celera Genomics and received the Gairdner Foundation International Award  in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Waterman received the Presidential Medallion, USC&rsquo;s top honor, in  2008, USC Dornsife&rsquo;s Award for Excellence in 2004 and the Albert S.  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