The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Gene E. Likens
Title:
Director and President and G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
2001
Citation:
"For his discovery of acid rain in North America and his sustained leadership in developing the fields of ecology and ecosystem science."
Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on June 12, 2002.