Including the non-governmental organisation of experts committed to expanding the frontiers of space, what were the other two societies Loeb was elected fellow of?
Avi Loeb Abraham (Avi) Loeb is an American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the "Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science" at Harvard University. He serves as Chair of the "Harvard Astronomy department", Chair of the Advisory Committee for the "Breakthrough Starshot" project - which aims to launch lightweight spacecraft towards the nearest stars using a powerful laser, founding director of Harvard's "Black Hole Initiative" - the first interdisciplinary center worldwide dedicated to the study of black holes and director of the "Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC)" within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Loeb is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics, as well as Vice Chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. Within Harvard, Loeb serves on the President's Task Force on Diversity and Belonging, the Provost's Allston Academic Planning Committee, and the FAS Dean's Faculty Resources Advisory Committee. In December 2012, "TIME" magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space. In 2015, Loeb was appointed as the Science Theory Director for the Breakthrough Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
Gerald Loeb Award The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of E.F. Hutton & Co. Loeb's intention in creating the award was to encourage reporters to inform and protect private investors as well as the general public in the areas of business, finance and the economy.