Loye and Alden Miller Research Award
Encyclopedia
The Loye and Alden Miller Research Award was established in 1993 by the Cooper Ornithological Society
(COS) to recognize lifetime achievement in ornithological
research. Recipients of the award are:
Cooper Ornithological Society
The Cooper Ornithological Society , formerly the Cooper Ornithological Club, was founded in 1893 in California. Its name commemorates James Graham Cooper, an early California biologist. It publishes the ornithological journal The Condor and the monograph series Studies in Avian Biology...
(COS) to recognize lifetime achievement in ornithological
Ornithology
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
research. Recipients of the award are:
- 1993 – George BartholomewGeorge Bartholomew (biologist)George Adelbert "Bart" Bartholomew was an American biologist. He was born in Independence, Missouri and earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. During the Second World War he served as a physicist in the U.S. Naval Bureau of Ordnance...
- 1994 – Storrs Olson
- 1995 – Barbara De WolfeBarbara De WolfeBarbara Blanchard De Wolfe was an American ornithologist known for her pioneering studies of avian life history and physiology, and especially her work on the White-crowned Sparrow...
- 1996 – William DawsonWilliam Dawson (ornithologist)William Ryan Dawson is an American ornithologist known for his comparative studies on desert and closely related non-desert birds in the south-western United States, Mexico, and Australia. He was the 1996 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which...
- 1997 – Robert StorerRobert W. StorerDr Robert W. Storer was an American ornithologist known for his work on avian systematics and evolution, especially of grebes. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
- 1998 – Russell BaldaRussell BaldaDr Russell P. Balda is an American ornithologist notable for his studies of the behavioral ecology of the Pinyon Jay as well as for his work on spatial cognition in seed-caching birds...
- 1999 – Gordon OriansGordon OriansDr Gordon Howell Orians is an American ornithologist and ecologist. He was the 1999 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research.-References:...
- 2000 – Ernst Mayr
- 2001 – Frank PitelkaFrank PitelkaDr Frank Alois Pitelka was an American ornithologist. He was the 2001 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research.In 1992, Dr...
- 2002 – Richard HolmesRichard Holmes (ornithologist)Dr Richard T. Holmes is an American ornithologist. He was the 2002 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research.-References:...
- 2003 – Peter and Rosemary GrantPeter and Rosemary GrantPeter Raymond Grant and Barbara Rosemary Grant, a married couple, are both British evolutionary biologists at Princeton University; each holds the position of Emeritus Professor. They are noted for their work concerning Darwin's finches on the Galápagos Island named Daphne Major...
- 2004 – Alexander SkutchAlexander SkutchDoctor Alexander Frank Skutch was a naturalist and writer. He published numerous scientific papers and books about birds and several books on philosophy. He is best remembered ornithologically for his pioneering work on helpers at the nest.-Biography:Alexander Skutch was born in Baltimore, Maryland...
- 2005 – John WiensJohn WiensDr John A. Wiens is an American ornithologist and ecologist. He was the 2005 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research....
- 2006 – Robert RicklefsRobert RicklefsDr Robert E. Ricklefs is an American ornithologist and ecologist. He is the Curators' Professor of Biology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Born in 1943, he graduated with an AB from Stanford University in 1963 and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967...
- 2007 - Robert PayneRobert Payne (ornithologist)Robert Berkeley Payne is an ornithologist, professor and curator at the Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan.-Academic background:...
- 2008 - Peter Marler
- 2009 - Frances James
- 2010 - Keith A. Hobson