Short answers, pulled from the story.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act of Incorporation on the 3rd of March 1863. This document created the National Academy of Sciences as an independent institution with fifty charter members.
Marcia K. McNutt became the current president in 2016 and is the first woman to hold this position. Her term expires on the 30th of June 2026.
Current membership numbers reached 6,892 by late 2024. Of these, 3,218 are living members who participate in elections.
The National Academy Building stands at 2101 Constitution Avenue in northwest Washington D.C. Architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue designed this neoclassical structure which was dedicated in 1924.
Florence R. Sabin broke barriers when she became the first lifetime woman member elected in 1924. This milestone marked slow progress over more than a century of existence for women in the academy.