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Born June 25, 1929
Education:
Elementary schools and high school in Spain, France, and Uruguay
Harvard University: BA (1951) PhD (1955)
Visiting Posts:
Smithsonian Tropical Res. Lab., Panama 1968
Max Planck Institut fur Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Germany, 1971
C.S.I.R.O., Canberra,Australia, 1972-73
Univ. Florida, Gainesville, 1977-78
Stanford Univ., Hopkins Marine Lab., 1979-80
Univ. Zurich, 1980-81
Research Interests:
Chemical Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, Conservation
Publications:
6 books, over 300 technical articles
Professional Activities:
Board of Directors, Zero Population Growth, 1969-70
National Scientific Advisory Council, Nature Conservancy, 1969-74
Board of Directors, National Audubon Society, 1970-75
Council, Federation of American Scientists, 1977-81
Chairman, Section of Biology, AAAS, 1980-81
Steering Committee, Center on the Consequences of Nuclear War, 1983-88
Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Rights, AAAS 1981-87
President, American Society of Naturalists, 1988-89
National Sponsor, Committee of Concerned Scientists, 1988-
Member, World Resources Institute Council, 1988-1995
Advisor, Committee for the National Institutes for the Environment, 1991-
President, Xerces Society, 1992-2006
Adv. Bd., Center for Plant Conservation, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1992-
Board of Directors, Union of Concerned Scientists, 1993-
Chairman, Endangered Species Coalition, 1994-96
Director, Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology, 1993-2006
Honors:
Guggenheim Fellow, 1964-65; 1972-73
Newcomb Cleveland Prize, AAAS, 1967
National Academy of Sciences, member, 1969
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow, 1969
Founder's Memorial Award, Entomological Society of America, 1969
American Association for the Advancement of Science, fellow, 1971
Professor of Merit Award, Cornell University, 1973
Honorary Ph.D. Univ. Wurzburg, Germany, 1982.
Honorary Ph.D. Univ. Zurich, Switzerland, 1983
Honorary Ph.D. Univ. Goteborg, Sweden, 1989
Honorary Ph.D. Drexel Univ., USA, 1992.
Archie F. Carr Medal, 1983
Grand Award, Science, NY Film Fest. SECRET WEAPONS (BBC 1984)
Best Science Film, British Assoc. for the Adv. of Sci. SECRET WEAPONS
Scientific Award, Wildscreen Festival, SECRET WEAPONS
Procter Prize, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1986
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, 1986
American Philosophical Society, 1986
Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal, Federal Republic of Germany, 1988
Centennial Medal, Harvard University, 1989
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1990
Gustavus J. Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest, 1991
Silver Medal of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Inc., 1991
National Medal of Science, 1994
Foreign Member, Academia Europaea, 1995
Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1996
Green Globe Award, Rainforest Alliance, 1997
Foreign Member, Royal Society of London, 1997.
Foreign Member, Royal Society of London, 1997
Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture, 2000
Winner, Best Science Book, 2004 Independent Publisher Book Award. For Love of Insects, (Harvard Univ.Press)
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, New York University School of the Humanities, April-May, 2004.
European Academy of Sciences, Member. 2004
Lewis Thomas Prize, Rockefeller University, 2005
Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, 2006
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