Scientist E.O. Wilson to Present UB's Harrington Lecture

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D., preeminent scientist, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and considered by many to be the father of the modern environmental movement, will present the University at Buffalo's D. W. Harrington Lecture at 10:30 a.m. May 6 in the Adam's Mark Hotel.

Wilson's lecture title will be "The Future of Life," also the title of his best-selling book, in which he makes a passionate plea for a new approach to the management and protection of our ecosystem.

The lecture, part of the UB Medical Alumni Association's Spring Clinical Day, is sponsored by the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the school's Office of Advancement and the Medical Alumni Association.

The lecture is open to the public at a cost of $40, which includes the post-lecture luncheon. Registration is required, and may be made by calling 829-2773, or go to http://www.ubconnect.org and activate the Spring Clinical Day link under "Events."

Pellegrino Research Professor Emeritus in Entomology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, Wilson, 72, is an entomologist, biologist and author known throughout the world for his work on ecology, evolution and sociobiology. He has received more than 75 awards in recognition of his contributions to science and humanity, including Pulitzer Prizes for general non-fiction for "On Human Nature" in 1979 and "The Ants," in 1991, his treatise on the insect species he studied and documented throughout his scientific career.

Among his many awards are the U.S. National Medal of Science, Japan's International Prize for Biology, the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the French Prix du Institut de la Vie, Germany's Terrestrial Ecology Prize, the Audubon Medal of the National Audubon Society and the Gold Medal of the World Wide Fund for Nature.