#  Ernst Mayr's Japan Prize  

 





September 26, 2016

 

 

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In August, the Library received as a gift from Ernst Mayr's daughters Susanne Harrison and Christa Menzel, the International Prize for Biology (the [Japan Prize](http://www.japanprize.jp/en/index.html)) awarded to Dr. Mayr in 1994 by the Emperor of Japan. It consists of the Japan Prize medal, made of copper, silver and gold, with patterns in inlaid gold; a silver urn with a gold chrysanthemum emblem in a custom-made wooden box; a navy blue cloth with white Japanese letters; a white satin chrysanthemum with one white and two red ribbons; two Japanese rice paper envelopes; two scrolls in Japanese; and a photo album picturing the 1994 presentation ceremony with the Emperor and others. Additionally, there is a booklet, *The Twenty Years of International Prize for Biology* (2004), in English and Japanese.

Other Harvard recipients of the Japan Prize include E.O. Wilson (1993) and Otto Solbrig (1998).

*-Robert Young*



 

 

 

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