The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Ernst Mayr
Title:
Director & Professor, Museum of Comparative Zoology
Affiliation:
Harvard University
Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2005
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1969
Citation:
"For notable contributions to systematics, biogeography, and the study of birds, and especially for great work on the evolution of animal populations."
Presented by President Nixon at a White House Ceremony on February 16, 1970.