Awards and Honors
- Arthur Hoyt Scott Medal 2009, awarded by the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College
- U.S. National Medal of Science recipient, 2000
- Honorary Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- Catharine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 1985
- Member of President Bill Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
- Former Home Secretary of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- International Prize for Biology winner
- Former President of Sigma Xi
- Engler Medal winner
- Volvo Prize winner
- American Society of Plant Biologists Leadership in Science Public Service Award, 2012
- Induction into the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 1995
- Former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- International Cosmos Prize, 2003
- Named a Hero for the Planet by TIME magazine
- Member of National Geographic Society board of trustees
- The Delmer S. Fahrney Medal in 1989
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