The Cosmos Club is a private social club in Washington, D.C., that was founded in 1878. Following is an incomplete list of its notable members. NameClass and rangeNotabilityReferenceCleveland Abbe1883–1884professor of meteorology with the U.S. Weather BureauCleveland Abbe Jr.1895–1899professor of geography and biology at Western Maryland CollegeTruman Abbe1903surgeonPhilip Abelson1953physicist. "Honors to Club Members" (PDF). (December 1973) Cosmos Club Bulletin. 26 (12): 5–6, – via Forest History.Henry Adams1878historian and Pulitzer Prize recipientThe Cosmos Club: A Self Guided Tour of the Mansion (PDF). Washington, D.C.: The Cosmos Club. Retrieved March 27, 2022.Henry Carter Adams1889professor of political economy at the University of MichiganJames Truslow Adamswriter, historian, and Pulitzer Prize winnerLeason Adamsgeophysicist and researcher at the Carnegie InstituteWho's who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926. – via Google Books.Alvey A. Adee1887–1889United States Secretary of StateJesse C. Adkinsjudge of the United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaCyrus Adler1890 Educator, librarianFred C. Ainsworth1887–1888U.S. Army surgeon and adjutant generalClyde Bruce AitchisonInterstate Commerce CommissionerCharles Henry Alden1893–1897first president of the Army Medical SchoolAsa O. Aldis1880–1884 Judge and diplomatJohn Merton Aldrichassociate curator of insects at the United States National MuseumDean C. Allardnaval historian, archivist, director of the United States Navy's Naval Historical CenterMarquis Who's WhoCharles Herbert Allen1888–1890Governor of Puerto Rico, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, member of CongressEugene Thomas Allenpioneer of geochemistry, worked at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie InstitutionHarvey J. Alter1970medical researcher, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineBenjamin Alvord 1878mathematician, soldier, U.S. Army paymasterHenry Elijah Alvord1895 Professor of agriculture, chief of the dairy division of the U.S. Department of AgricultureNicholas Longworth Anderson1886–1887U.S. Army brigadier general and major general of volunteersEliphalet F. Andrews1880–1896painter, director of the Corcoran School of ArtLincoln Clark AndrewsU.S. Army brigadier general, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Earl C. Arnoldattorney, academic, college administratorWilliam Harris Ashmead1892 Entomologist, assistant curator SmithsonianJohn Vincent Atanasoff1957computer pioneer, built the first digital computerWilbur Olin Atwater1899professor of chemistry, U.S. Department of Agriculture nutritionistAlbert William Atwood1928author, journalist, and writer for National Geographic and The Saturday Evening PostAtwood, Albert. (December 1973) "Grandson of Greatness" Cosmos Club Bulletin. 26 (12): 9, – via Forest HistoryJames Percy Ault Geodetic surveyor, geophysicist, geomagnetic researcherLouis Winslow Austin Physicist U.S. Bureau of StandardsMichael AuslinwriterCyrus Cates Babb1892civil engineer and hydrographer with U.S. Geological SurveyErnest Adna Back Entomologist, U.S. Department of AgricultureHenry Bacon1888architectBarbara A. Bailar1988mathematical statistician; executive director of the American Statistical AssociationFeinberg, Lawrence (1988-10-12). "18 Women End Cosmos Club's 110-Year Male Era". Washington Post. . Retrieved 2022-03-28.Jennings Baileyjudge of the United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaVernon Orlando Bailey Mammologist with the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of AgricultureH. Foster Baingeologist, director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines.George Washington Baird1895 Chief engineer and rear admiral in the U.S. NavySpencer Fullerton Baird1878ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, first curator and Secretary of the SmithsonianMarcellus Bailey1878–1885,