Dr. E. O. Wilson




10th Annual Wiese Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Dr. E.O. Wilson, University Research Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University. Topic: "The Future of Life." April 15, 2003
Media Contact: Lisa Young 251/861-7509 What: 10th Annual Wiese Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Dr. E.O. Wilson, University Research Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University. Topic: "The Future of Life." When: Friday, May 9, 2003, 7:00pm Where: Wright Auditorium, 1400 S. University Boulevard, Mobile, AL Admission: Admission by ticket only. Tickets are free, and can be picked up at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. For more information, call 460-7136. Dr. E.O. Wilson, currently the Pellegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He lived in Mobile from 1941-1943 and as a native Alabamian, received much of his education in Alabama. He attended Murphy High School and later received his B.S. and M.S. in biology from the University of Alabama. He earned his Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University. Dr. Wilson is the author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books and the recipient of numerous fellowships, honors, and awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the International Prize for Biology from Japan, the Gold Medal of the Worldwide Fund for Nature, and the Audubon Medal of the National Audubon Society. The Wiese Distinguished Lecture Series is endowed through the generosity of Fairhope, Alabama residents Pete and Marty Wiese, supporters of marine science education and research along the Gulf Coast. The mission of the Lecture Series is to bring in nationally- and internationally-renowned scientists to present a public lecture and to exchange ideas with the faculty and graduate students of the University of South Alabama and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Marine Sciences and the Department of English, University of South Alabama and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.