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The Academy is governed by a distinguished group of eminent scientists who have been appointed Fellows of the California Academy of Sciences in recognition of their notable contributions to one or more of the natural sciences. Nominated by their colleagues and appointed by the Board of Trustees, the Fellows remain members of the Fellowship for life. Warren O. Addicott, Invertebrate Zoology Frank Almeda, Botany Walter Alvarez, Geology Steven C. Anderson, Herpetology Christopher R. Andrews, Aquarium Management & Parasitology Fred Andrews, Entomology Paul H. Arnaud, Entomology Alissa J. Arp, Marine Biology Frank Asaro, Nuclear Chemistry Francisco J. Ayala, Genetics Bruce G. Baldwin, Botany George E. Ball, Entomology Richard T. Barber, Marine Biology Anthony D. Barnosky, Paleontology Reginald H. Barrett, Environmental Science John Barron, Micropaleontology Bruce Bartholomew, Botany William J. Bennetta, Science & Public Policy Brent Berlin, Anthropology Howard A. Bern, Zoology Giacomo Bernardi, Ichthyology William B. Berry, Paleontology James A. Blake, Invertebrate Zoology Barbara A. Block, Evolutionary, Cellular, and Molecular Physiology Carol L. Boggs, Evolutionary Ecology Stephen Bollens, Biological Oceanography Sarane T. Bowen, Genetics Dennis Breedlove, Botany Max C. Brewer, Research Specialist Winslow R. Briggs, Botany Robert D. Brown, Jr., Geology Thomas D. Bruns, Mycology Robert W. Buddemeier, Environmental Studies Margaret G. Burke, Behavioral Ecology & Education Gregor M. Cailliet, Ichthyology Roy L. Caldwell, Invertebrate Zoology Douglas G. Capone, Biological Oceanography, Marine Microbiology Sandra J. Carlson, Paleontology James T. Carlton, Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Edward J. Carpenter, Biological Oceanography and Marine Microbiology Mark H. Carr, Marine Ecology John Caskey, Geology, Neotectonics Robert L. Christiansen, Geology Christopher Chyba, Astrobiology David A. Clague, Volcanology William A. Clemens, Paleontology Lloyd S. Cluff, Geology Kenneth Coale, Oceanography Robert K. Colwell, Zoology Margaret W. Conkey, Anthropology Edward F. Connor, Ecology T. J. Conomos, Marine Geology Lawrence Cory, Zoology Daniel P. Costa, Vertebrate Ecology Dale P. Cruikshank, Planetary Astronomy Garniss H. Curtis, Geology Howell Daly, Entomology Thomas F. Daniel, Botany Donald J. De Paolo, Geoscience Dennis E. Desjardin, Mycology David DesMarais, Geology and Astrobiology Marian C. Diamond, Anatomy Rodolfo Dirzo, Evolutionary Ecology, Conservation Biology Daniel Doak, Evolutionary Ecology Robert V. Dowell, Entomology John T. Doyen, Entomology James A. Doyle, Botany Robert Drewes, Herpetology Richard Dugdale, Oceanography John P. Dumbacher, Ornithology Thomas O. Duncan, Botany Thomas Dunne, Geomorphology and Hydrology William Durham, Human Biology Sylvia A. Earle, Botany Paul R. Ehrlich, Conservation Biology Emil R. Eisenhardt, Conservation Paul Ekman, Comparative Psychology Peter M. Elias, Medicine Thomas S. Elias, Botany David Epel, Cell and Developmental Biology Don C. Erman, Fisheries Ecology Terry L. Erwin, Entomology William N. Eschmeyer, Ichthyology James A. Estes, Marine Ecology Sandra Faber, Astronomy Gregory C. Farrington, Chemistry Daphne G. Fautin, Invertebrate Zoology Lewis J. Feldman, Botany Marcus W. Feldman, Mathematical Biology Peggy L. Fiedler, Botany Francis P. Filice, Zoology Alexei Filippenko, Astronomy Brian Fisher, Entomology Michael S. Foster, Marine Biology Laurel R. Fox, Ecology Laurence G. Frank, Mammalogy Andrew Fraknoi, Astronomy Peter W. Fritsch, Botany Jon S. Galehouse, Geology Newell (Toby) Garfield, III, Physical oceanography Jacques A. Gauthier, Herpetology Wayne M. Getz, Entomology Michael T. Ghiselin, Invertebrate Zoology Rosemary Gillespie, Entomology Alexander N. Glazer, Molecular and Conservation Biology Stephen Glickman, Psychology Lynda J. Goff, Phycology Charles Goldman, Zoology Michael A. Goldman, Medical Genetics & Chromosomal Evolution Deborah M. Gordon, Ecology Terrence M. Gosliner, Malacology Michael H. Graham, Marine Ecology H. Gary Greene, Marine Geology David W. Greenfield, Community Ecology of Reef Fishes Charles E. Griswold, Entomology Richard Grosberg, Evolution and Invertebrate Biology Karen Grove, Geology John E. Hafernik, Entomology Christopher Harrold, Marine Biology, Conservation John Harte, Environmental Studies David Haussler, Computer Science Tyrone Hayes, Herpetology Michael S. Hedrick, Environmental physiology, Herpetology Carl E. Heiles, Astronomy Carole S. Hickman, Paleontology Stanley S. Hillman, Environmental physiology of amphibians, Herpetology Frederick G. Hochberg, Invertebrate Zoology Tori M. Hoehler, Astrobiology, Biogeochemistry John P. Holdren, Energy & Natural Resources Gustavo Hormiga, Entomology Sarah B. Hrdy, Anthropology James C. Ingle, Paleontology Lynn Ingram, Geology Tomio Iwamoto, Ichthyology Nina G. Jablonski, Anthropology Matthew J. James, Paleontology and History of Science David L. Jameson, Zoology William A. Jensen, Botany Donald C. Johanson, Anthropology David L. Jones, Geology Michael N. Josselyn, Ecology and Phycology David H. Kavanaugh, Entomology James C. Kelley, Oceanography Donald Kennedy, Biological Sciences William H. Kimbel, Anthropology Patrick V. Kirch, Anthropology David H. Kistner, Entomology Richard G. Klein, Paleoanthropology J. Patrick Kociolek, Diatom Studies Mimi A. Koehl, Invertebrate Zoology Walter D. Koenig, Avian Ecology Watson M. Laetsch, Botany Michael D. Lagios, Ichthyology Robert S. Lane, Entomology Lester H. Lange, Mathematics Jean H. Langenheim, Botany Leo F. Laporte, Geology Ralph J. Larson, Ichthyology John D. Lattin, Entomology James V. Lawry, Jr., Anatomy Robin Lawson, Molecular Systematics Burney J. Le Boeuf, Biology Welton Lee, Invertebrate Zoology William A. Lester, Jr., Physical Chemistry Alan E. Leviton, Herpetology Harlan Lewis, Botany Paul Licht, Zoology William Z. Lidicker, Jr., Mammalogy Kent G. Lightfoot, Archaeology & Anthropology David R. Lindberg, Malacology Jere H. Lipps, Paleontology Werner J. Loher, Entomology Jerold Lowenstein, Medicine James M. Lyons, Botany York T. Mandra, Paleontology Marc S. Mangel, Behavior and Ecology Geoffrey Marcy, Astrophysics Hal Markowitz, Behavior Biology Peter Marler, Ethology John E. McCosker, Aquatic Biology Alistair W. McCrone, Geology Henry M. McHenry, Biological Anthropology Monica Medina, Evolutionary Genomics & Systems Biology Gopinathan Menon, Biochemistry Fiorenza Micheli, Marine Ecology and Conservation Woodrow W. Middlekauff, Entomology Katharine Milton, Anthropology Brent D. Mishler, Botany Richard L. Moe, Phycology John P. Monteverdi, Meteorology Richard J. Mooi, Invertebrate Zoology Harold A. Mooney, Environmental Science Eldridge Moores, Geology Reid Moran, Botany Michael J. Moratto, Anthropology Craig Moritz, Evolutionary & Conservation Genetics David Morrison, Planetary Astronomy Peter B. Moyle, Ichthyology Richard Muller, Astrophysics Michael A. Murphy, Paleontology & Geology Donald Nevins, Botany Frederic H. Nichols, Invertebrate Zoology Thomas M. Niesen, Invertebrate Biology Daniel H. Norris, Botany Amos M. Nur, Geology James Nybakken, Invertebrate Zoology Kevin Padian, Paleontology Stephen R. Palumbi, Molecular Evolution & Conservation Biology Theodore Papenfuss, Herpetology Ingrid Parker, Ecology Sue Taylor Parker, Anthropology Thomas Parker, Botany Dennis R. Parnell, Botany Robert Patterson, Botany James Patton, Mammalogy Vicki Buchsbaum Pearse, Invertebrate Zoology Yvonne Pendleton, Astrophysics David Perlman, Journalism Raymond Pestrong, Geology Lewis Petrinovich, Ornithology Theodore W. Pietsch, Ichthyology Norman I. Platnick, Entomology George O. Poinar, Jr., Entomology Donald C. Potts, Invertebrate Zoology Jerry A. Powell, Entomology Mary E. Power, Ecology of Riverine Systems Wojciech J. Pulawski, Entomology Alexander H. Purcell, Entomology Peter R. Raimondi, Marine Ecology Katherine Ralls, Conservation Biology, Mammology Janet Randall, Mammalogy Peter H. Raven, Botany Marshall J. Reed, Geology Vincent H. Resh, Aquatic Biology Don R. Reynolds, Botany Peter J. Richerson, Cultural Evolution Rollin C. Richmond, Evolutionary Genetics John Rick, Archaeology & Paleoecology Bruce Robison, Deep-sea Biology Peter U. Rodda, Geology Barbara Rogoff, Developmental Psychology Peter Roopnarine, Intetebrate Paleontology Edward S. Ross, Entomology Barry Roth, Malacology & Paleontology Lynn J. Rothschild, Astrobiology & Evolutionary Protistology Joan E. Roughgarden, Herpetology Eric Routman, Herpetology Rodolfo Ruibal, Herpetology Bruce Runnegar, Geology & Paleontology Robert Sapolsky, Neuroendocrinology Vincent M. Sarich, Anthropology Russell L. Schweickart, Astrobiology Eugenie Scott, Anthropology Erwin Seibel, Oceanography H. Bradley Shaffer, Herpetology Arthur Shapiro, Zoology James R. Shevock, Botany Petra Sierwald, Entomology Mary Silver, Biological Oceanography Ellen L. Simms, Botany Barry R. Sinervo, Ecology Alan R. Smith, Botany Arthur Smith, Entomology Edmund Smith, Invertebrate Zoology Thomas B. Smith, Ecology George Somero, Evolutionary Biochemistry Wayne P. Sousa, Marine Ecology Howard Spero, Paleoceanography Gregory Spicer, Invertebrate Zoology Maureen L. Stanton, Population Biology Robert C. Stebbins, Herpetology Kim Steiner, Botany Hilgard O. Sternberg, Geography Calvin H. Stevens, Geology Scott W. Stine, Geography David Stoddart, Geography John L. Strother, Botany Raymond Sullivan, Geology James R. Sweeney, Botany Frank Talamantes, Endocrinology Frank H. Talbot, Ichthyology Carol Tang, Paleontology Jill Cornell Tarter, Astronomy John W. Taylor, Mycology Leighton Taylor, Ichthyology Richard R. Tenaza, Mammalogy John Thompson, Evolutionary Ecology Robert F. Thorne, Botany Robbin W. Thorp, Entomology Catherine A. Toft, Ecology Jack Tomlinson, Invertebrate Zoology O. Brian Toon, Atmospheric Science Charles H. Townes, Physics Jonathan Trent, Astrobiology, Marine Biology, and Microbiology Brian E. Tucker, Seismology, Seismic Safety, Geology James W. Valentine, Paleontology Geerat Vermeij, Evolutionary Biology Peter M. Vitousek, Ecology David B. Wake, Herpetology Marvalee H. Wake, Zoology Peter D. Ward, Geology Philip S. Ward, Ant Systematics Marius S. Wasbauer, Entomology Dorothy Washburn, Anthropology Kenneth E. Watt, Zoology Ward B. Watt, Evolutionary Biology J. Dan Webster, Zoology Christian M. Wemmer, Conservation Biology Lisa E. White, Geology & Paleontology Timothy D. White, Anthropology Kipling W. Will, Entomology Gary C. Williams, Invertebrate Zoology Stanley C. Williams, Entomology Susan L. Williams, Marine Ecology Terrie Williams, Comparative Physiology Frank G. Zalom, Entomology Adrienne L. Zihlman, Anthropology Irving Zucker, Biology Emile Zuckerkandl, Molecular Evolution FELLOWS MEDALISTS The Academy's highest honor is that of the Fellows Medal. It is given to especially prominent scientists who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to their specific field(s) of science. Since 1964 the following Fellows have been honored: 1964 Ira L. Wiggins 1965 Laurence M. Klauber 1966 Carl L. Hubbs 1967 G Dallas Hanna 1968 Tracy Storer 1969 Robert C. Miller 1970 A. Starker Leopold 1971 George S. Myers 1972 No medal was awarded 1973 E. Gorten Linsley and Robert T. Orr 1974 Howell Williams 1975 Frits Went 1976 Allan Cox 1977 Kenneth Norris 1978 George A. Bartholomew 1979 A. Myra Keen 1980 George E. Lindsay 1981 Daniel I. Axelrod 1982 G. Ledyard Stebbins 1983 William Hiesey and David D. Keck 1984 David Perlman 1985 Lincoln Constance 1986 John T. Howell 1987 J. Desmond Clark 1988 Peter H. Raven 1989 Bruce A. Bolt 1990 F. Clark Howell 1991 Robert C. Stebbins 1992 Joel W. Hedgpeth 1993 Jerold Lowenstein 1994 Edward Ross 1995 Garniss H. Curtis 1996 Sherwin Carlquist 1997 Frank Pitelka 1998 Harry Thiers 1999 Alan Leviton 2000 James Kelley and Jose Sarukhan 2001 Robert I. Bowman 2002 John E. McCosker 2003 Paul R. Ehrlich 2004 Evert I. Schlinger 2005 William N. Eschmeyer 2006 Jean H. Langenheim 2007 William A. Clemens 2008 Terrence M. Gosliner * * * * * CRITERIA FOR ACADEMY FELLOWS: CURRENT AND PROPOSED Prospective candidates for Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences have been proposed to the Science Council by individual members of the Council for many years. Each year of recent years, a sub-committee has carefully assessed each candidate for Fellowship and has made recommendations to the Council which has voted individually on the candidates - thus producing a slate of nominees for consideration by the Board of Trustees. Criteria for consideration of candidates for nomination to Fellow have become firmly established during recent years as follows: Criteria for Academy Fellows Modified February 1983 Academy Fellows will normally be: 1. Distinguished scientists in one of the fields of Natural History, or a related field, primarily those resident in northern and central California. If they are selected elsewhere from the West Coast, on the national or international scene, either the degree of distinction or the involvement with Academy affairs or both should be expected to rise proportionately. and/or 2. Established scientists who are scientifically or otherwise actively involved in the Academy's affairs or programs, or for whom there is a strong probability of active involvement. The nominator should take the responsibility for bringing his nominee into contact with the Academy, and be able to supply the Science Council with written evidence of the nominee's interest in the Academy prior to election. 3. Distinguished individuals who have been active and effective in the advancement of science and/or the Academy. Fellow's selection, Fellow's representation and Fellow's activities have been the subject of many discussions over several years in the meetings of the Science Council. Under the leadership of former President Bruce Bolt, the Council formally extended the privilege of proposing prospective candidates for Fellowship to all Fellows.Out of similar lengthy and repeated discussions on the subject of expanding the constitutional limit on the number of Fellows (300), the new category of Honorary Fellow was established by a constitutional amendment by the Board of Trustees in 1985: Honorary Fellow: Suggested Statement Approved by the Science Council 18 November 1984 The designation "Honorary Fellow" shall be used to recognize 1) persons who need not be scientists but have either rendered distinguished service to the Academy, or whom the Academy wishes for other reasons to honor or 2) persons of recognized attainment in their field of science and who may be geographically remote; or, 3) statutory Fellows of the Academy whose employment has taken them beyond possibility of regular participation in Academy affairs or 4) statutory Fellows whose age or health preclude further participation. Statutory Fellows fitting categories 3) or 4) may opt to become Honorary Fellows. Honorary Fellows will be elected in the same manner as statutory Fellows: proposed by any two Fellows; nominated by the Science Council; and elected by the Board of Trustees. There shall be no limit to their numbers, and they shall be welcome at regular Academy or Fellows' events. They shall not have voting privileges and shall be exempt from payment of dues. There are now 24 Honorary Fellows, five were in 1986, four in 1987 and fifteen Fellows have opted for Honorary Fellow status. This option remains permanently open, available for reasons of health, remoteness or whatever. Among the many Science Council discussions on Fellows, the discussion at the meeting of 15 October 1986 led to a referral to the Fellows' Steering Committee, some thought and discussion by them and a set of proposals to the Science Council. Excerpts from the minutes of the Science Council report the original discussion on the proposals. The statements as finally adopted for trial by the Science Council are self-explanatory. From the Science Council minutes of 15 October 1986 ---"Cox questioned the criteria for election of Fellows and held the view that as in the NAS, one's research ability as evidenced by the strength of one's publications, be the single criterion for selection. This engendered a spirited discussion by Talbot, McCosker, Kaplan and Hensill, with deft parries by Cox. Kelley asked the Fellows' Committee to consider the question of expansion and requested Cox to participate in those discussions."--- From the Science Council minutes of 21 January 1987 ---"Report of the Fellows' Steering
Committee. Williams reported upon the two meetings of the FSC, the aim
of which was to review the procedures and criteria for the selection of
Corporate Fellows, and distributed a "Proposal for Fellows' Selection
Criteria and Procedure". The FSC objectives for Fellowship (see
below) were discussed, and it was concluded that 1) Fellows must be of
the highest quality and 2) a balance in expertise and institutional representation
should be sought. Criteria (see below) were discussed, with the overriding
requirement that the nominee should have demonstrated an active commitment
and willingness to contribute and participate if elected. The balance
and distribution of Fellows was tabulated and evidenced the lack of government
participants. It was agreed that active recruitment from the disciplines
of planetary sciences, as well as Federal and State government scientific
agencies was desirable. Rodda questioned William's database and addition,
viz. that the sample size of 337 (exclusive of Trustees) is actually 273,
with internal repetition caused by multidisciplinary and multiinstitutional
Fellows. The need for an "Affirmative Action" goal was discussed.
A modified Fellows' recruitment procedure (see below) was proposed, the
substantive difference of which would be to convene a special 5-member
committee (see below) each October, the purpose of which would be to actively
seek candidates, as well as the passive acceptance of nominations of potential
Corporate Fellows. Talbot asked that the Academy President be added to
the Committee as an ex-officio member. Williams moved and Kaplan seconded
that the new procedure to adopted for a one-year trial. It was unanimously
approved. The Committee will be appointed by President Kelley."--- PLEASE NOTE: Nominations for Fellowship may be submitted at any time. Generally the call for nominations is made in early March with the end of April as a deadline. Please send nominations to the Fellows' Office of the Academy.
FELLOWS NOMINATION FORMThis form must be used for all nominations. DATE: NOMINATORS NAME: ADDRESS: NAME OF SECONDER: ADDRESS: NOMINEE: INSTITUTION: ADDRESS: PHONE/FAX NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESS: FIELD: INTEREST IN CAS: CATEGORY OF FELLOWSHIP: (check one category) ____________ REGULAR FELLOW, NOMINATING STATEMENT: Must be accompanied by: 1) CV, including bibliography; 2) Seconder's statement. 3/2000
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