Highest honor awarded by Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 11:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) today awarded the Centennial Medal to four outstanding alumni whose contributions to knowledge, to their disciplines, to their colleagues, and to society have made a fundamental and lasting impact. Considered GSAS’s highest honor, the Centennial Medal was first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the School’s founding. The alumni receive their medals at a luncheon held the day before Commencement. Russell Mittermeier Our planet is facing an overwhelming crisis of mass extinction. With so much at stake, and with so many different species and habitats in jeopardy, where do we even begin? Russell Mittermeier, Ph.D. ’77, has never been afraid to take up this challenge. His career has included leadership positions at the World Wildlife Fund, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Conservation International, where he was president from 1989 to 2014 and now serves as executive vice chair....

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