The Eminent Ecologist Award is prize awarded annually to a senior ecologist in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the science of

ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

. The prize is awarded by the

Ecological Society of America The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scientists. Based in the United States and founded in 1915, ESA publications include peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, fact sheets, and teaching resources. I ...

. According to the statutes, the recipient may be from any country in the world. However, in practice very few non-U.S. citizens have received the award. The awardee receives lifetime membership in the society.

Recipients

Source
ESA
* 2023

Gretchen Daily Gretchen C. Daily (born October 19, 1964) is an American environmental scientist and tropical ecologist. She has contributed to understanding humanity's dependence and impacts on nature, and to advancing a systematic approach for valuing nature i ...

* 2022

Jianguo Liu Jianguo Liu (; born 1963) is a Chinese American ecologist and sustainability scientist specializing in the human-environment and sustainability studies. He is University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Early life and educa ...

*2021 Steward T. A. Pickett, *2020 Monica G. Turner, *2019 Robert Holt, *2018

F. Stuart Chapin III F. Stuart Chapin III (or Terry Chapin) (born February 2, 1944) is a professor of Ecology at the Department of Biology and Wildlife of the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska. He was President of the Ecological Society of America (ES ...

, *2017 Diana Harrison Wall, *2016 Jerry F. Franklin, *2015 Eric R. Pianka, *2014

Jane Lubchenco Jane Lubchenco (born December 4, 1947) is an American environmental scientist and marine ecologist who teaches and conducts research at Oregon State University. Her research interests include interactions between the environment and human well- ...

, *2013 William A. Reiners, *2012 Robert J. Naiman, *2011

Thomas G. Whitham Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

, *2010

Simon A. Levin Simon Asher Levin (born April 22, 1941) is an American ecologist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the director of the Center for BioComplexity at Princeton University. He spec ...

, *2009 Stephen P. Hubbell, *2008

Michael Rosenzweig Michael L. Rosenzweig (born 1941) is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. He developed and popularized the concept of reconciliation ecology. He received his Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Pennsylv ...

, *2007

Otto Ludwig Lange Otto Ludwig Lange (21 August 1927 – 14 August 2017 in Würzburg) was a German botanist and lichenologist. The focus of his scientific work was on the ecophysiology of wild and cultivated plants as well as lichens. He investigated heat, frost ...

, *2006

Daniel Simberloff Daniel Simberloff is an American biologist and ecologist. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1969. He is currently Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Tennessee, editor-in-chief of the journal ''Bio ...

, *2005

Lawrence B. Slobodkin Lawrence Basil Slobodkin (June 22, 1928 – September 12, 2009) was an American ecologist and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He was one of the leading pioneers ...

, *2004 Samuel J. McNaughton, *2003 Richard B. Root, *2002 Charles J. Krebs, *2001

Paul R. Ehrlich Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932) is an American biologist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population ...

, *2000

Robert Treat Paine Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731May 11, 1814) was a lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence as a representative of the colonial era Province of Massachu ...

, *1999 Crawford S. Holling, *1998

Gordon Orians Gordon Howell Orians (born July 10, 1932) is an American ornithologist and ecologist. He was the 1999 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement i ...

, *1997 Frances C. James, *1996 Harold A. Mooney, *1995

Gene E. Likens Gene Elden Likens (born January 6, 1935) is an American limnologist and ecologist. He co-founded the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in 1963, and founded the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbroo ...

and

Frederick Herbert Bormann F. Herbert Bormann (March 24, 1922 – June 7, 2012) was an American plant ecologist whose 1971 research within the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire with fellow scientists was credited with the discovery of acid rain. His r ...

, *1994

Edward Osborne Wilson Edward Osborne Wilson (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and Entomology, entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology. Born in Alabama, Wilson found an early interest in natu ...

, *1993 Margaret Bryan Davis, *1992 Frank A. Pitelka, *1991 W. Dwight Billings and Nelson George Hairston, *1990 William Edwin Ricker, *1989 George C. Williams, *1988 Herbert Groves Andrewartha and Louis Charles Birch, *1987

Archie Carr Archibald Fairly Carr Jr. (June 16, 1909 – May 21, 1987) was an American herpetologist, ecologist, and conservationist. He was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida and a writer on science and nature. He brought attention to the ...

, *1986 Evelyn C. Pielou, *1985 Joseph H. Connell, *1984 John L. Harper, *1983 Walles Thomas Edmondson, *1982

Edward Smith Deevey, Jr. Edward Smith Deevey Jr. (3 December 1914 – 29 November 1988), born in Albany, New York, was a prominent American ecologist and paleolimnologist, and an early protégé of G. Evelyn Hutchinson at Yale University. He was a creative pioneer in seve ...

, *1981 Robert H. Whittaker, *1980

Donald W. Tinkle Donald Ward Tinkle (December 3, 1930 – February 21, 1980) was a prominent herpetologist, ecologist, and evolutionary biologist at the University of Michigan until his illness and death at age 49. He is best known for his intensive demographic stu ...

, *1979 Rexford F. Daubenmire, *1978 Samuel Charles Kendeigh, *1977 Walter Byron McDougall, *1976 Alton Anthony Lindsey, *1975

Cornelius Herman Muller Cornelius Herman ("Neil") Muller, born Müller, (July 22, 1909 – January 26, 1997) was an American botanist and ecologist who pioneered the study of allelopathy and oak classification. Personal life Müller was born in Collinsville, Illinois ...

, *1974

Eugene Odum Eugene Pleasants Odum (September 17, 1913 – August 10, 2002) was an American biologist at the University of Georgia known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology. He and his brother Howard T. Odum wrote the popular ecology textbook, ''Fun ...

, *1973

Robert MacArthur Robert Helmer MacArthur (April 7, 1930 – November 1, 1972) was a Canadian-born American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology. He is considered to be one of the founders of ecology. Early life ...

, *1972 Ruth M. Patrick, *1971

Thomas Park Thomas Park (1759–1834) was an English antiquary and bibliographer, also known as a literary editor. Life He was the son of parents who lived at East Acton, Middlesex. When ten years old he was sent to a grammar school at Heighington, County ...

, *1970

Murray Fife Buell Murray Fife Buell (October 5, 1905 – July 3, 1975) was an American ecologist and palynologist. Personal life Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Buell earned a B.S. at Cornell University in 1930. He then attended the University of Minnesota, where ...

, *1969

Stanley Adair Cain Stanley Adair Cain (19 June 1902, Deputy, Indiana – 1 April 1995, Santa Cruz, California) was a botanist and pioneer of plant ecology and environmental studies. Biography Cain graduated from Butler University with B.S. in 1924 and from the Univer ...

, *1968

Victor Ernest Shelford Victor Ernest Shelford (September 22, 1877 – December 27, 1968) was an American zoologist and animal ecologist who helped to establish ecology as a distinct field of study. He was the first president of the Ecological Society of America in ...

, *1967 Alfred Edwards Emerson, *1966 Alfred C. Redfield, *1965 Paul Bigelow Sears, *1964 Lee Raymond Dice, *1963

William Skinner Cooper William Skinner Cooper (25 August 1884 – 8 October 1978) was an American ecologist. Cooper received his B.S. in 1906 from Alma College in Michigan. In 1909, he entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he studied with Henry Cha ...

, *1962

G. Evelyn Hutchinson George Evelyn Hutchinson (January 30, 1903 – May 17, 1991) was a British ecologist sometimes described as the "father of modern ecology." He contributed for more than sixty years to the fields of limnology, systems ecology, radiation ecolog ...

, *1961

Charles S. Elton Charles Sutherland Elton (29 March 19001 May 1991) was an English zoologist and animal ecologist. He is associated with the development of population and community ecology, including studies of invasive organisms. Personal life Charles Suther ...

, *1960 Walter Pace Cottam, *1959 Henry Allen Gleason, *1958 Arthur William Sampson, *1957

Karl Patterson Schmidt Karl Patterson Schmidt (June 19, 1890 – September 26, 1957) was an American herpetologist. Family Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. George W. Schmidt was a German professor, who, at the time of Karl ...

, *1956

George Burton Rigg George Burton Rigg (February 9, 1872, Harrison County, Iowa – July 10, 1961) was an American botanist and ecologist, specializing in sphagnum bogs. In 1956 he received the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America. Education ...

, *1955

Albert Hazen Wright Albert Hazen Wright (August 15, 1879 – July 5, 1970) was an American herpetologist and professor at Cornell University. He was also an honorary member of the International Ornithological Congress. He did a great deal of study of the Okefenokee ...

, *1954

Henry Shoemaker Conard Henry Shoemaker Conard (1874 - 1971) was a leading authority on bryophytes and water lilies, as well as an early advocate of environmental preservation. From 1906 to 1955, Professor Conard worked at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.Welch and LeB ...

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