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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." |
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." |
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== American Naturalist == |
== American Naturalist == |
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The scientific journal ''[[The American Naturalist]]'' is published on behalf of the society. |
The scientific journal ''[[The American Naturalist]]'' is published on behalf of the society. |
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Revision as of 21:43, 17 November 2023
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
The scientific journal The American Naturalist is published on behalf of the society.
Activities
The Society holds an annual meeting, commonly called 'Evolution', joint with the Society for the Study of Evolution, 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 (named in honor of Sewall Wright) for senior researchers making "fundamental contributions ... to the conceptual unification of the biological sciences", the E. O. Wilson award for "significant contributions" from naturalists in mid-career, the Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigators Award for promising scientists early in their careers, and also the Ruth Patrick Student Poster Award.[2]
Organization and Notable members
The American Society of Naturalists (ASN) has been led my many prominent ecologists and evolutionary biologists. These include[3]:
Dan Bolnick (president elect, 2024-2028)
Amy Angert (vice-president elect, 2024-2026)
Judith Bronstein (president 2022)
Dolph Schluter (president 2013)
Hopi Hoekstra (vice president 2021)
Robert Ricklefs (president 2011)
Jonathan Losos (president 2010)
Douglas Schemske (vice president 2009 & 1999)
Sarah P (Sally) Otto (vice president 2008)
Susan Harrison (vice president 2006)
Dan Simberloff (president 2003)
Peter Grant (president 1999)
Janis Antonovics (president 1986)
Peter H Raven (president 1983)
Ernst Mayr (president 1962)
Evelyn Hutchinson (president 1958)
Sewall Wright (president 1952; treasurer 1929; after whom the ASN Sewall Wright award is named)
Theodosius. Dobzhansky (president 1950)
Grove K. Gilbert (president 1885)
References
- ^ American Society of Naturalists (2012). "History of the ASN". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ American Society of Naturalists (2012). "Awards". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Past Officers of the ASN". www.amnat.org. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- The American Society of Naturalists
- American Naturalist
- 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
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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