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Orie Loucks

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Orie Loucks
Scientific career
FieldsEcology

Orie L. Loucks (October 2, 1931 – September 10, 2016) was a professor at Miami University Department of Zoology. He was a noted ecologist and environmentalist who worked to get DDT banned in Wisconsin in 1969.[1]

Honors

  • George Mercer Award from Ecological Society of America (1964)
  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1987)
  • Distinguished Service Award from American Institute of Biological Sciences (1994)
  • The Nature Conservancy Oak Leaf Award (1994)
  • Elected Fellow, Ohio Academy of Science (2000)
  • National Conservation Achievement Award in Science from National Wildlife Federation (2000)[2]

References

  1. ^ "In Memoriam Loucks, Orie L." Miami University. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ^ Wu, Jianguo (1 January 2017). "In Memoriam: Orie L. Loucks (1931–2016)". Landscape Ecology. 32 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1007/s10980-016-0478-3. ISSN 1572-9761.