Roy Chapman Andrews Society — 20th Century Explorer

Nathan Wolfe

by RCAS Admin

Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Explorer for 2012
By Kylee Reed

Nathan D. Wolfe is an up and coming young American microbiologist and field virologist who will receive the Distinguished Explorer Award of the Roy Chapman Andrews Society in Beloit, Wisconsin, on February 3, 2012.

Wolfe graduated from Stanford in 1993 and went on to earn a doctorate in Immunology & Infectious Diseases at Harvard in 1998. One year later the National Institutes of Health (NIH) honored him with an International Research Scientist Development Award and in 2005 he received the prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award.

Distinguished Explorer Award Presentation

Date: Friday Feb. 3rd, 2012

Time: 4:30 p.m.

Location: Eaton Chapel, Beloit College, Beloit WI 53511

More Info: info@roychapmanandrewssociety.org

Awards Dinner (Following Award Presentation – Reserved seating)

Location: Pearson Hall

Price: $50/person

Reservations: 608-514-1722

More Info: info@roychapmanandrewssociety.org

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‘Unseen world’ surrounds us

January 24, 2012

by MATT LIPAROTA MLIPAROTA@BELOITDAILYNEWS.COM • JAN. 23, 2012 Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:00 pm | Updated: 10:20 am, Mon Jan 23, 2012. The world’s foremost hunter of dangerous microbes is coming to Beloit next month. Nathan Wolfe, founder and CEO of Global Viral Forecasting based in San Francisco, will visit the Beloit College campus [...]

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Dr. Nathan Wolfe – Microbe Hunter
RCAS Distinguished Explorer Award 2012

December 17, 2011

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The world’s foremost hunter of dangerous microbes will visit Beloit early next year to receive the Roy Chapman Andrews Society’s Distinguished Explorer Award. Dr. Nathan Wolfe, founder and CEO of Global Viral Forecasting, will discuss his globetrotting research and discoveries during the award presentation on Friday, February 3, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. in Eaton Chapel [...]

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The Worlds Biggest Insect
Mark Moffett Discovery

November 17, 2011

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We see that 2008 Roy Chapman Andrews Distinguished Explorer Mark Moffett made the news again recently for quite an interesting new discovery, the worlds LARGEST insect! Adventurer Mark Moffett has found the world’s biggest insect – which is so huge it can eat carrots. The renowned entomologist discovered the giant weta [...]

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Steven Lekson receives RCAS Distinguished Explorer Award

March 5, 2011

GazetteExtra.com By GLEN LOYD Thursday, February 10, 2011 – 2:50 p.m. Steve Lekson, who studies ancient people of the desert Southwest, has received the 2011 distinguished explorer award from the Roy Chapman Andrews Society in Beloit. Lekson is curator of anthropology at the Colorado Museum of Natural History and is called “perhaps the best writer in [...]

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Beloit Daily News Article 2/5/2011

March 4, 2011

Archaeologist Steve Lekson said ancient people of
the Southwest migrated, fought and had political
systems similar to other parts of the historic
world, Lekson gave a lecture titled “The Rhythm
of Regional Interaction in the Ancient Southwest”
at Beloit College on Friday evening after accepting
the 2011 Roy Chapman Andrews Society
Distinguished Explorer Award………….

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Investors Daily Article on Roy Chapman Andrews March 2011

March 3, 2011

If Roy Chapman Andrews wasn’t actually Indiana Jones explorer hero of the George Lucas movies he was as close as one gets as a scientist.

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In the News:

Anthropologist receives Roy Chapman Andrews Award-2-10-2011-Steve Lekson-GazzetteXtra.com
Beloit Daily News Article 2-5-2011-Steve Lekson
Investors Daily Article 3-1-2011-Roy Chapman Andrews
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Roy Chapman Andrews
The Real Indiana Jones
Expanding Awareness…..

Expanding awareness worldwide about Beloit native Roy Chapman Andrews
The Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Explorer Award
Mission of the Roy Chapman Andrews Society

The Roy Chapman Andrews Society honors the legacy of Roy Chapman Andrews by: educating the public about Andrews’ life, work, and adventures; promoting the value of scientific exploration and discovery; emphasizing Andrews’ lifetime ties to Beloit, Wisconsin.
Roy Chapman Andrews Award Recipients
- Sylvia Earle (2010) has led more than 400 expeditions worldwide involving in excess of 7000 hours underwater in connection with her research.
- Paul Sereno (2009) has hunted fossils on five continents. He has discovered dinosaurs and super-crocodiles that ate dinosaurs.
- Mark Moffett (2008) Beloit native and ecologist, who combines science, exploration, and photography in a unique blend of discovery and story-telling.
- Lonnie and Ellen Mosley-Thompson (2007) scientific “ice hunters” who examine the climate and environmental history of the Earth through the analysis of glacial core samples.
- Steve Squyres (2006) principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover mission whose presentations included live, televised transmissions from Mars.
- Robert Ballard (2005) discoverer of the RMS Titanic and founder of the Jason Project, an educational tool enabling students to watch live transmissions from underwater robot explorers.
- Mark Plotkin (2004) ethnobotanist and bio-prospector for new medicines developed from the plants and practices of traditional healers of the Amazon jungle.
- Michael J. Novacek (2003) leader of the first Western expedition to the Gobi Desert since Andrews’ discovery of the first dinosaur egg fossil there in 1922.
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