Ambassadors to Assist with World Ecology Award Presentation

by Jonathan Klunk

The Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri–St. Louis recognizes individuals who have contributed to the conservation of biodiversity within the environment with the World Ecology Award. This year on April 20th the Ambassadors will assist with the presentation of this honor to Dr. Edward O. Wilson at the St. Louis Zoo.

In 1955, E.O. Wilson received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and has since authored twenty–eight publications, established the disciplines of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology, and formulated the theory of island biogeography. He has served as a consultant for the American Museum of Natural History, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and the New York Botanical Garden. Additionally, he has been bestowed with two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Medal of Science, and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy. In 1995, he was selected as one of the twenty–five most influential Americans by Time Magazine. Today, E.O. Wilson is the Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard University, where he conducts research on the biogeography and systematics of ants.