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Peter Raven, Ph.D., has been the Director of the Missouri Botanical
Garden and a Professor of Botany at Washington University since 1971.
Prior to that he was a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences
at Stanford University. He was a member of Clinton's Committee of Advisors
on Science and Technology, and served as President of the XVI International
Botanical Congress in 1999, where he received the Engler medal for distinguished
lifetime service to plant taxonomy. He also served for 12 years as Home
Secretary of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Currently he is President
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Raven
is the recipient of numerous environmental prizes and awards. His publications,
both popular and scientific, include leading textbooks in botany and the
environment. Dr. Raven completed his undergraduate work at the University
of California at Berkeley in 1957 and received a Ph.D. from the University
of California, Los Angeles in 1960.
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