Peter Hamilton Raven

Title:  President Emeritus, Consultant

Company:  Missouri Botanical Garden

Location:  St. Louis, MO United States 

Achievements:

  • Inductee, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement (2018)
  • Featured Listee, Who’s Who in 20th Century America, Marquis Who’s Who (2000)
  • Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who (1987-2002, 2005, 2008-2011, 2015-2016)
  • Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America: Student Version, Marquis Who’s Who (1989, 1992)
  • Featured Listee, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who’s Who (1992-1993, 1996-2001, 2008-2009, 2011-2012, 2016-2017)
  • Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the Midwest, Marquis Who’s Who (1986-1987, 1990-1991, 1994-1995, 2000-2016)
  • Recipient, A.P. DeCandolle Prize, Geneva, Switzerland (1970)
  • Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Japan American Society of Southern California (1977)
  • Recipient, Award of Merit, Botanical Society of America (1977)
  • Recipient, Achievement Medal, Garden Club of America (1978)
  • Recipient, Willdenow Medal, Berlin Botanical Garden (1979)
  • Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Biological Sciences (1981)
  • Recipient, Joseph Priestly Medal, Dickinson College (1982)
  • Recipient, Gold Seal Medal, National Council of State Garden Clubs (1982)
  • Recipient, International Environmental Leadership Medal, United Nations Environmental Program (1982)
  • Recipient, International Prize for Biology, Government of Japan (1986)
  • Recipient, Hutchinson Medal, Chicago Horticultural Society (1986)
  • Recipient, Archie F. Carr Medal (1987)
  • Inductee, Global 500 Honor Roll, United Nations Environmental Program (1987)
  • Recipient, Achievement Medal, American Fuchsia Society (1987)
  • Recipient, George Robert White Medal of Honor, Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1987)
  • Recipient, Robert Allerton Medal, National Tropical Botanical Garden (1988)
  • Recipient, St. Louis Award (1988)
  • Recipient, John D. Levy Human Relations Award, St. Louis Chapter, American Jewish Committee (1989)
  • Recipient, National Conservation Achievement Award, National Wildlife Federation (1989)
  • Recipient, Delmer S. Fahrney Medal, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA (1989)
  • Recipient, Silver Medal, Leiden University (1990)
  • Recipient, Ernest Calloway Award, Friends of the St. Louis Public Library (1990)
  • Recipient, Environmental Prize, Institut De La Vie, Paris, France (1990)
  • Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Biology Teachers (1990)
  • Recipient, Earth Stewardship Award, K.I.D.S. Global Forest Project, Berlin, Germany (1990)
  • Recipient, Award for Support of Science, Council of Science Society President (1990)
  • Recipient, Herbert E. Gregory Medal, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI (1991)
  • Recipient, Frances K. Hutchinson Medal, Garden Club of America (1991)
  • Recipient, Lamplighter Award, St. Louis Chapter, Public Relations Society of America (1991)
  • Recipient, Volvo Environmental Prize (1992)
  • Recipient, President’s Conservation Achievement Award (1993)
  • Recipient, Nature Conservancy Award, The Nature Conservancy (1993)
  • Recipient, International Award, International Institute of St. Louis (1994)
  • Recipient, Founder’s Council Centennial Merit Award, The Field Museum of Natural History (1994)
  • Recipient, Sword of St. Ignatius Loyola Award, St. Louis University (1994)
  • Recipient, Sasakawa Environment Prize (1995)
  • Recipient, Liberty Hyde Bailey Medal, American Horticultural Society (1996)
  • Recipient, Award of Merit, American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (1996)
  • Recipient, Henry Shaw Medal, Missouri Botanical Garden (1996)
  • Recipient, Tyler Environmental Achievement Prize (1994)
  • Recipient, United States Medal of Science (2000)
  • Recipient, Alumni Association Award in Professional Achievement, University of California, Los Angeles (2000)
  • Recipient, Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement (2000)
  • Recipient, Lady Liberty Award for Nature and the Environment, Goals for Americans Foundation (2000)
  • Recipient, Peter H. Raven Award for Scientific Outreach (2000)
  • Recipient, National Medal of Science (2000)
  • Recipient, Modern Patriot Award, St. Louis Chapter, Missouri Society of Sons of the Revolution 1776 (2001)
  • Recipient, Arthur Hoyt Scott Medal, International Cosmos Prize (2003)
  • Recipient, William L. Brown Award for Excellence in Genetic Resource Conservation (2010)
  • Recipient, Public Service Award, American Society of Plant Biologists Leadership in Science (2012)
  • Recipient, Engler Medal
  • Named, St. Louis Man of the Year (1989)
  • Inductee, St. Louis Walk of Fame (1995)
  • Named, Hero for the Planet, TIME Magazine
  • Recipient, National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, British Museum of London (1960-1961)
  • Recipient, John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1969-1970)
  • Recipient, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1985-1990)

Designations: 

  • AB, University of California, Berkeley
  • PhD in Plant Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Honorary DSc, Harvard University
  • Honorary DSc, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
  • Honorary DSc, Instituti Botanici Nomine V.L. Komarovii
  • Honorary DSc, University of Sheffield
  • Honorary DSc, University of Córdoba, Argentina
  • Honorary DSc, University of Connecticut
  • Honorary DSc, Washington University
  • Honorary DSc, University of Missouri
  • Honorary DSc, Westminster College
  • Honorary DSc, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  • Honorary DSc, Leiden University, Netherlands
  • Honorary DSc, University of Massachusetts
  • Honorary DSc, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Honorary DSc, University of Gothenburg
  • Honorary DSc, Miami University
  • Honorary DSc, Southern Illinois University
  • Honorary DSc, Knox College
  • Honorary DSc , St. Louis University
  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
  • AB, University California, Berkeley, with Highest Honors

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