Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that Akamai President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Sagan has been elected as a new member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers. Drawn from the sciences, the arts and humanities, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences inducted 190 new Fellows and 22 Foreign Honorary Members at its 228th induction ceremony held Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the Academy’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 212 scholars, scientists, artists, civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders come from 20 states and 15 countries,...
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