Title: Paleontologist, Professor
Company: Florida State University, The Smithsonian Institution
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Geophysical Union (public affairs committee)
- American Geosciences Institute (executive committee, 1996-1999) (president, 2001-Present)
- American Journal of Science (editorial board member, 1975-Present)
- Evolutionary Theory (editorial board member, 1973-Present)
- Geological Society of America (councilor, 2002-2005) (Penrose committee chairman, 1978)
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers
- National Science Foundation (advisory committee, 1990-1993)
- Paleobiology (editorial board member, 1988-Present) (1975-1982)
- Paleontological Research Institution
- Society for Sedimentary Geology
- Society for the Study of Evolution (councilor, 1982-1984)
- The Paleontological Society (councilor, 1976-1977) (president, 1993-1994) (senior councilor, 1991-1993)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021, 2020, 2019)
- Featured Listee, Marquis Radio (2020)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2020, 2019)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2020, 2019, 2018)
- Inductee, Who’s Who in the World,” Marquis Who’s Who (2020)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” Marquis Who’s Who (1996-2017)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1987-2016)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the West,” Marquis Who’s Who (2010-2016)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the World,” Marquis Who’s Who (2015-2016)
- Recipient, Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America (2013)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the East,” Marquis Who’s Who (2002-2012)
- Recipient, Twenhofel Medal, Society for Sedimentary Geology (2008)
- Recipient, Paleontological Society Medal (2007)
- Recipient, Mary Clark Thompson Medal, National Academy of Sciences (2006)
- Recipient, James H. Shea Award, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (2004)
- Co-Author, “Earth System History” (1999)
- Recipient, Bownocker Medal, Ohio State University (1997)
- Co-Author, “Children of the Ice Age: How a Global Catastrophe Allowed Humans to Evolve” (1996)
- Co-Author, “Exploring Earth and Life Through Time” (1992)
- Co-Author, “Extinction” (1987)
- Co-Author, “Earth and Life Through Time” (1986)
- Recipient, Outstanding Technology Paper Award, Washington Geological Society (1986)
- Co-Author, “The New Evolutionary Timetable: Fossils, Genes, and the Origin of Species” (1981)
- Co-Author, “Macroevolution: Pattern and Process” (1979)
- Recipient, Charles Schuchert Award, Paleontological Society (1977)
- Recipient, Allan C. Davis Award, Maryland Academy of Sciences (1973)
- Co-Author, “Principles of Paleontology” (1971)
- Author, “Relation of Shell Form to Life Habits in the Bivalvia” (1970)
- Recipient, Outstanding Paper Award, Journal of Paleontology (1968)
