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The '''American Society of Naturalists''' was founded in 1883 and is one of the oldest professional societies dedicated to the biological sciences in North America. The purpose of the Society is "to advance and diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences."
{{Short description|Professional society dedicated to the biological sciences}}
[[File:PSM V70 D190 Dinner of the american society of naturalists.jpg|thumb|Dinner of the American Society of Naturalists]]
The '''American Society of Naturalists''' was founded in 1883 and is one of the oldest professional societies dedicated to the biological sciences in North America. The purpose of the Society is "to advance and diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences."


Founded in Massachusetts with [[Alpheus Spring Packard Jr.]] as its first president, it was called the '''Society of Naturalists of the Eastern United States''' until 1886.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amnat.org/about/history/timeline.html|title=History of the ASN|author=American Society of Naturalists|date=2012|access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref>
The society publishes the scientific journal, ''[[American Naturalist]]'' and hold an annuals meeting with a scientific program of symposia and contributed papers and posters. Since 1993, it has awarded each year the [[Sewall Wright Award]] in honor of [[Sewall Wright]] to a biologist making fundamental contributions to the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.

== American Naturalist ==
[[File:The American naturalist. (IA mobot31753002156682).pdf|thumb|Old cover of the journal ''American Naturalist'']]
The scientific journal ''[[The American Naturalist]]'' is published on behalf of the society.

== Activities ==
The Society holds an annual meeting, commonly called 'Evolution', jointly with the [[Society for the Study of Evolution]] and [[Society of Systematic Biologists]], with a scientific program of symposia and contributed papers and posters. It also confers a number of awards for achievement in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, including the [[Sewall Wright Award|Conceptual Unification Award]] (originally named in honor of [[Sewall Wright]]) for senior researchers making "fundamental contributions ... to the conceptual unification of the biological sciences", the Distinguished Naturalist award for "significant contributions" from naturalists in mid-career (originally named for [[E. O. Wilson]]), the Early Career Investigators Award for promising scientists early in their careers (originally named for Jasper Loftus-Hills), among other awards.<ref>{{cite web |author=American Society of Naturalists |date=2012 |title=Awards |url=http://www.amnat.org/awards.html |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref>

== Organization and officers ==
The current president is Jeff Conner (2024). The president and vice-president elect for 2025 are Dan Bolnick and [[Amy Angert]], respectively. Notable past-presidents and vice-presidents include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Officers of the ASN |url=https://www.amnat.org/about/history/past-ec.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.amnat.org |language=en}}</ref>

'''Presidents'''
*[[Grove Karl Gilbert|Grove K. Gilbert]] (1885)
*[[Theodosius Dobzhansky|Theodosius. Dobzhansky]] (1950)
*[[Sewall Wright]] (1952; treasurer 1929; after whom the ASN Sewall Wright award is named)
*[[G. Evelyn Hutchinson|Evelyn Hutchinson]] (1958)
*[[Ernst Mayr]] (1962)
*[[Peter H. Raven]] (1983)
*[[Janis Antonovics]] (1986)
*[[Peter and Rosemary Grant|Peter Grant]] (1999)
*[[Daniel Simberloff|Dan Simberloff]] (2003)
*[[Jonathan Losos]] (2010)
*[[Robert Ricklefs]] (2011)
*[[Dolph Schluter]] (2013)
*[[Kathleen Donohue]] (2017)
*[[Sharon Y. Strauss|Sharon Strauss]] (2018)
*[[Judith Bronstein|Judie Bronstein]] (2022)

'''Vice-presidents'''
*[[Douglas Schemske]] (1999 and 2009)
*[[Susan Harrison (ecologist)|Susan Harrison]] (2006)
*[[Sarah Otto|Sarah P. (Sally) Otto]] (2008)
*[[Hopi Hoekstra]] (2012)
*[[Anurag Agrawal (ecologist)|Anurag Agrawal]] (2016)


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.amnat.org/ The American Society of Naturalists]
* [http://www.amnat.org/ The American Society of Naturalists]
* [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AN/home.html American Naturalist]
* [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AN/home.html American Naturalist]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/recordsofamerica01amer Archive Records of the American Society of Naturalists (1884)] links to other records of the society, and out of copyright issues of the [[American Naturalist]]
* [https://archive.org/details/recordsofamerica01amer Archive Records of the American Society of Naturalists (1884)] links to other records of the society, and out of copyright issues of the [[American Naturalist]]
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Latest revision as of 13:39, 13 July 2024

Dinner of the American Society of Naturalists

The American Society of Naturalists was founded in 1883 and is one of the oldest professional societies dedicated to the biological sciences in North America. The purpose of the Society is "to advance and diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences."

Founded in Massachusetts with Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. as its first president, it was called the Society of Naturalists of the Eastern United States until 1886.[1]

American Naturalist

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Old cover of the journal American Naturalist

The scientific journal The American Naturalist is published on behalf of the society.

Activities

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The Society holds an annual meeting, commonly called 'Evolution', jointly with the Society for the Study of Evolution and Society of Systematic Biologists, with a scientific program of symposia and contributed papers and posters. It also confers a number of awards for achievement in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, including the Conceptual Unification Award (originally named in honor of Sewall Wright) for senior researchers making "fundamental contributions ... to the conceptual unification of the biological sciences", the Distinguished Naturalist award for "significant contributions" from naturalists in mid-career (originally named for E. O. Wilson), the Early Career Investigators Award for promising scientists early in their careers (originally named for Jasper Loftus-Hills), among other awards.[2]

Organization and officers

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The current president is Jeff Conner (2024). The president and vice-president elect for 2025 are Dan Bolnick and Amy Angert, respectively. Notable past-presidents and vice-presidents include:[3]

Presidents

Vice-presidents

References

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  1. ^ American Society of Naturalists (2012). "History of the ASN". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  2. ^ American Society of Naturalists (2012). "Awards". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Past Officers of the ASN". www.amnat.org. Retrieved 2023-11-17.


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