[SEMCO] Jeremy Jackson, Scripps, named 2008 Harvard Roger Tory Peterson Medalist & Speaker, April 6

[Sheri DeRosa]

Harvard Museum of Natural History announces Jeremy Jackson as the
2008 Roger Tory Peterson Medal Recipient and Guest Speaker on Sunday 
April 6th, at 3:00 pm


(Cambridge, MA) Jeremy Jackson, renowned marine ecologist of the Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography has been selected to receive the 11th annual 
Roger Tory Peterson Medal presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural 
History.  Dr. Jackson will deliver the Roger Tory Peterson Memorial 
Lecture on Sunday, April 6th, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in the Harvard 
University Science Center, One Oxford Street, Cambridge. 
 
In his lecture, entitled "Brave New Ocean", Jackson will discuss the 
future of the world's oceans.  Decades of over-fishing, habitat 
destruction and ocean warming have left our marine ecosystems and 
biodiversity in a state of crisis.  But with successful management and 
conservation strategies, Jackson sees hope for renewing the health and 
sustainability of our oceans.
 
The Harvard Museum of Natural History inaugurated the Roger Tory 
Peterson Memorial Lecture in 1997 to keep alive the memory of the 
pioneering naturalist and author of the legendary Peterson Field Guide 
to Birds.  This annual event celebrates and perpetuates Roger Tory 
Peterson's tireless efforts to conserve the planet's biological 
diversity.  Past recipients of the medal have included E.O. Wilson, 
Jared M. Diamond, Paul R. Ehrlich, Bruce Babbitt, Richard Leakey, Peter 
Matthiessen, David Attenborough, Roger Bateman, David Suzuki and Jane 
Goodall.  
 
Dr. Jeremy Jackson is currently the William E. and Mary B. Ritter 
Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and 
Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.  Jackson's 
current research includes the long-term ecological effects of 
overfishing on coastal ecosystems and the ecological and evolutionary 
consequences of the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, which divided 
the Pacific and Atlantic oceans about three million years ago.

Jackson is co-founder of the Shifting Baselines Media Campaign, a public 
educational program bringing together ocean conservation scientists and 
organizations with filmmakers and producers in Hollywood. The campaign 
has developed unconventional outreach materials, such as public service 
announcements with famous actors or comic settings.

Jackson is the author of more than 100 scientific publications and five 
books. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and 
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and received 
the Secretary's Gold Medal for Exceptional Service of the Smithsonian 
Institution in 1997.  He has served on committees of the National 
Research Council, the Advisory Board of the National Center for 
Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, and the Science Commission of the 
Smithsonian Institution.

Admission to the Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Lecture is $5 for the 
general public and free for museum members.  Advance tickets are 
required.  Tickets for the public will be available from the Harvard Box 
Office in Holyoke Center (617-496-2222) or by visiting  
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~tickets 
<http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Etickets> beginning on March 18, 2008. 
 Both the Harvard Science Center and the Harvard Museum of Natural 
History are wheelchair accessible.
 
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street in 
Cambridge, a short walk from the Harvard Square Red Line MBTA station.  
For general information please call 617 495 3045 or visit 
www.hmnh.harvard.edu <http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/>.  
___________________________________________________________________
Major support for the 2008 Roger Tory Peterson Medal and Lecture is 
provided by Houghton Mifflin. 

-- 
Mary Blue Magruder
Director of Communications & Marketing
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA  02138
617-496-0049
bmagruder at oeb.harvard.edu


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