Jeremy Jackson Receives The Peterson Medal

By josh donlan on March 14, 2008.

Shifting Baselines' very own Jeremy Jackson was awarded the 11th Annual Roger Tory Peterson Medal presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History. The Harvard Museum initiated the award in 1997 to honor the pioneering naturalist and author of the classic Peterson Field Guide to Birds. Dr. Jackson joins an impressive list of past recipients that include E.O. Wilson, Jared Diamond, Bruce Babbitt, Peter Matthiessen, David Attenborough, and David Suzuki.

Dr. Jackson will deliver a lecture entitled Brave New Ocean on April 6th at 3pm at Harvard. For more information go to http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Congratulations Jeremy!

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