Affiliation:

UCLA School of Medicine

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1999

Citation:

"For his exceptionally creative scholarship, including seminal research in physiology, ecology, conservation biology, and history; for his outstanding role in communicating science by explaining technical advances in widely understandable terms, and for his overwhelming dedication to science's role in building a better future."

Presented by President William Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, March 14, 2000.