Ecological Eminence:The Ecological Society of America named biological sciences professor Paul R. Ehrlich its Eminent Ecologist of 2001. A faculty member since 1959 and board member of the Audubon Society, Ehrlich is best known for books like The Population Bomb and Extinction, which focused public attention on the environmental effects of overpopulation.
Three of a Kind: Stanford professors David M. Kennedy, James J. Sheehan and James G. March are among the 38 new members named to the American Philosophical Society. March holds emeritus professorships in a number of fields, including business, education and sociology; Kennedy, ’63, and Sheehan, ’58, are colleagues in the history department.
