A long-time science fiction fan, Allen has already poured millions of dollars into space exploration, and is building a sci-fi museum in his hometown of Seattle.
A long-time science teacher, Williams was born with his passion for nature, Melnikoff said.
She was a long-time science and medical writer for The Boston Globe and a series she wrote for The Globe was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in the Public Service category.
"For a long time in science and art, we've mistrusted our senses," she added.
"For a long time in science people were interested in how language can stabilize meaning, but in the humanities people are also interested in how language destabilizes meaning," he points out.
It takes a long time for science trainees to work their way through the system and into permanent jobs, making short-term outcome measurements virtually meaningless.
But that was the 60s, and half a century is a long time in science.
Location models are studied for a long time in science and industry.
And a decade is a long time in political science.
