Lynn Margulis - Professional Recognition

Professional Recognition

• Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983.
• Guest Hagey Lecturer, University of Waterloo, 1985
• Inducted into the World Academy of Art and Science, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Has her papers permanently archived in the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
• 1999 recipient of the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement.
• 1999 recipient of the National Medal of Science, awarded by President William J. Clinton.
• Profiled in Visionaries: The 20th Century's 100 Most Important Inspirational Leaders, published in 2007.
• Founded Sciencewriters Books in 2006 with her son Dorion.
• Was one of thirteen recipients in 2008 of the Darwin-Wallace Medal, heretofore bestowed every 50 years, by the Linnean Society of London.
• 2009 speaker at the Biological Evolution Facts and Theories Conference, held at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome aimed at promoting dialogue between evolutionary biology and Christianity.
• 2010 inductee into the Leonardo DaVinci Society of Thinking at the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona.
• 2012, Lynn Margulis Symposium: Celebrating a Life in Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 23-25, 2012