stephen jay gould

(september 10, 1941-may 20,2002)
EDUCATION AND TEACHING
  • 1996-2002

    Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology, New York
    University

  • 1982-2002

    Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard
    University

  • 1973-2002

    Professor of Geology, Harvard University and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

    Member of Committee of Professors, Dept. of Biology,

    Adjunct Member, Department of the History of Science

  • 971-1973

    Associate Professor of Geology and Associate Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology,
    Harvard University

  • 967-1971

    Assistant Professor of Geology and Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology,
    Harvard University

  • 1967

    Ph.D., Columbia University

  • 1966
    (Summer)

    Instructor in Geology, Antioch College

  • 1963

    B.A. in Geology, Antioch College

HONORARY DEGREES
  • 1999

    Doctor of Science, Iona University, Yonkers, NY

    Doctor of Science, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti

  • 1998

    Doctor of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  • 1997

    Doctor of Environmental Science, Unity College, Maine

  • 1995

    Doctor of Science, Middlebury College

    Doctor of Science, University of Leicester, England

  • 1994

    Doctor of Science, Berea College

    Doctor of Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland

  • 1993

    Doctor of Science, University of Maine

    Doctor of Science, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

  • 1992

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

    Doctor of Science, Wheaton College, Norton, MA

    Doctor of Science, Queens College, City University of New York, NY

    Doctor of Science, Leeds University, England

  • 1991

    Doctor of Science, American University

    Doctor of Science, Ripon College

    Doctor of Science, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1990

    Doctor of Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis

    Doctor of Science, Clark University

  • 1989

    Doctor of Science, Duke University

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Westfield State College

  • 1988

    Doctor of Science, Pomona College

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Bank Street College of Education

    Doctor of Humanities, Northeastern University

    Doctor of Science, Dickinson College

  • 1987

    Doctor of Science, Union College

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Hofstra University

    Doctor of Science, Rutgers University

    Doctor of Science, Bates College

  • 1986

    Doctor of Science, Bard College

    Doctor of Science, Kalamazoo College

    Doctor of Science, State University of New York

    Doctor of Science, Long Island University

  • 1985

    Doctor of Science, Williams College

  • 1984

    Doctor of Science, Denison University

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Colgate University

    Doctor of Science, University of Maryland

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Pace University

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Suffolk University

  • 1983

    Doctor of Science, MacAlester College

    Doctor of Laws, Antioch College

  • 1982

    Doctor of Humane Letters, Marlboro College

    Doctor of Science, Bucknell University

MEMBERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
  • 1990

    Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland

  • 1989

    Member, National Academy of Sciences

    Associate, Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

  • 1985

    Honorary Foreign Fellow, European Union of Geosciences

    Foreign Member, Linnaean Society of London

  • 1983

    Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • 1981-1986

    MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship (in first group of awardees)

  • 1975

    Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Memberships

  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences

  • American Society of Naturalists

  • History of Science Society

  • Linnean Society of London

  • Member of the Paleontological Society

  • National Academy of Sciences

  • Royal Society of Edinburgh

  • Sigma-Xi, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

  • Society for American Baseball Research

  • Society for the Study of Evolution

  • Society for the Study of Sports History

  • Society of Systematic Zoology

  • The Paleontological Association (UK)

OFFICES AND SERVICE
  • 1994

    Member, Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation

  • 1992-1994

    Member, Commission on the Future, Smithsonian Institution

  • 1992

    Member of Board, British Museum (Natural History) International Foundation

  • 1991-1993

    Member of Board, SIPI

  • 1990-1991

    President, Society for the Study of Evolution

  • 1989-1993

    International Board of Advisors, Galerie de L'Evolution Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

  • 1989-1991

    Member, Space Exploration Council, NASA

  • 1989

    Member of Council, National Portrait Gallery

  • 1988

    Life Trustee, Bermuda Biological Station

  • 1986-1991

    Board of Editors, Science Magazine

  • 1985-1986

    President, Paleontological Society

  • 1980-1992

    Advisory Board, NOVA

  • 1978-1981

    Advisory Board, Children's Television Workshop

  • 1979-1980

    Vice President, and Acting President, American Society of Naturalists

  • 1977-1980

    Editorial Board, American Naturalist

  • 1976-1979

    Member, Board of Directors, Biological
    Sciences Curriculum Study

  • 1976-1988

    Member, Smithsonian Council
    (General Visiting Committee of the U.S.N.M.)

  • 1976-1977

    Committee on Council Affairs, American
    Association for the Advancement of Science

  • 1975-1976

    Vice President, Society for the Study of
    Evolution

  • 1975-1977

    Member of the Board of Syndics, Harvard
    University Press

  • 1974-1976

    Editorial Board, Paleobiology

  • 1974-1976

    Member of Council, American Association for
    the Advancement of Science

  • 1973-1975

    Counselor, Paleontological Society

  • 1970-1972

    Editorial Board, Systematic Zoology

  • 1970-1972

    Associate Editor, Evolution

  • 1968-1970

    Secretary-Treasurer, Harvard-Radcliffe Chapter, Society of the Sigma-Xi

AWARDS
  • 1994

    St. Louis Libraries Literary Award,
    University of St.Louis.

  • 1992

    Golden Trilobite Award for excellence in
    paleontological writing, The Paleontological Society.

  • 1991

    Nominee and Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Wonderful Life

    Rhone-Poulenc Prize (Britain's leading award for science books) for Wonderful Life

    Iglesias Prize (Leading Italian book award) for translation of Mismeasure of Man

  • 1990

    Forkosch Award, by th Council on Democratic Humanism for best book on a

    humanistic subject, for Wonderful Life

    Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science for Wonderful Life

  • 1987

    American Academy and Institute of Arts and
    Letters, H.D.Vursell Award for "recent writing
    in book form that merits recognition for the quality of its prose style."

  • 1986-1991

    Creative Arts Award, Brandeis University,
    Citation in Non-Fiction

  • 1983

    Outstanding Book Award, American Educational Research Association for
    The Mismeasure of Man

    Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science for Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes

  • 1982

    National Book Critics Circle Award, General
    Non-Fiction, for The Mismeasure of Man

  • 1981

    National Book Award in Science for The Panda's Thumb

  • 1980

    National Magazine Award in Essays and
    Criticism for This View of Life

Academic Awards and Medals
  • 1997

    Distinguished Scientist Award, UCLA, CSEOL
    (Committee for the Study and Early Evolution of Life)

  • 1993

    State of Massachusetts, Commonwealth Award in Interpretive Science (first time given)

    Lilly Lecturer, Royal College of Physicians, London

    "Human Talk!" Lecturer, Muratec, Kyoto, Japan

    J. P. McGovern Award and Medal in Science, Cosmos Club, Washington, DC

  • 1992

    Homer Smith Medal, New York University School of Medicine

    Gold Medal for Service to Zoology, Linnaean Society of London

    Gold Medal for Service to Zoology, Linnaean Society of London

    UCLA Medal, University of California, Los Angeles

    James T. Shea Award for excellence in geological writing, National Association of
    Geology Teachers

  • 1991

    Inaugural Lecture for Isaiah Berlin Annual Lectureship, Wolfson College, Oxford University

    Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Biology Teachers

  • 1990

    Edinburgh Medal, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

    Britannica Award & Gold Medal for dissemination of public knowledge

  • 1989

    Tanner Lectures, Stanford University

    T.N. George Medal, University of Glasgow

    Mike Mansfield Lecture, Tokyo (Inaugural Presentation)

    Sue T. Friedman Medal (for History of Geology), Geological Society of London

    Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Professional Geologists

  • 1988

    History of Geology Award, Geological Society of America

  • 1987

    Anthropology in Media Award, American
    Anthropological Association

  • 1986

    Terry Lectures, Yale University

    Distinguished Service Award, American Geological Institute

    Glenn T. Seaborg Award for contribution to public interest in science, International

    Platform Association

    In Praise of Reason Award, CSICOP

  • 1985

    Westinghouse Science Film Award (to Producers L. Harrar and B. Costa) for NOVA
    profile: "Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life" Annual Meetings, American
    Association for the Advancement of Science

  • 1984

    Distinguished Service Award, American Humanists Association

    Tanner Lectures, Cambridge University

    Silver Medal, Zoological Society of London

    Meritorious Service Award, American Association of Systematics Collections

    Bradford Washburn Award and Gold Medal, Museum of Science, Boston

    Founders' Council Award of Merit, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

    John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science, Bard College

  • 1983

    J. Priestley Award and Medal, Dickinson College

    Neil Miner Award for excellence in teaching, National Association of Geology Teachers

    Humanist Laureate, Academy of Humanism

  • 1982

    Medal of Excellence, Columbia University

    F.V. Haydn Medal, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences

  • 1981

    Discover Magazine, Scientist of the Year

    F.V. Haydn Medal, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences

  • 1975

    Schuchert Award for excellence in paleontological research for a paleontologist
    under age 40.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
  • 1969-2002

    Principal Investigator, National Science
    Foundation grants

  • 1963-1967

    National Science Foundation Fellow

    Woodrow Wilson Fellow (Honorary)

    Columbia University Fellow (Honorary)