People

Distinguished Faculty Award:
1976 Anton Lang
1988 Hans Kende
1992 Chris Somerville
1996 Jan Zeevaart
1998 Peter Wolk
2000 Lee McIntosh
2002 Michael Thomashow
2003 Jonathan Walton
2009 Sheng Yang He

University Distinguished Professorship
1990 Hans Kende
1992 Chris Somerville
1997 Natasha Raikhel
1998 Ken Keegstra
1998 Jan Zeevaart
2003 Michael Thomashow

American Society of Plant Physiologists/Biologists
President:
1969-70 Joe Varner
1970-71 Anton Lang
1985-86 Charles Arntzen
1997-98 Ken Keegstra
1999-00* Deborah Delmer
2005-06 Michael Thomashow

Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award:
1976 Anton Lang

Stephen Hales Prize:
1976 Anton Lang
1990* Joe Varner
1998 Hans Kende
2000 Jan Zeevaart
2004* Natasha Raikhel
2006 Ken Keegstra

Dennis Robert Hoagland Award:
1994* Charles Arntzen

Martin Gibbs Medal:
1993* Chris Somerville

Charles Albert Shull Award:
1979** Charles Arntzen
1987 Chris Somerville

Presidential Young Investigator Award:
1984 Chris Somerville

Fellow, American Society of Plant Biologists
2007 (first year of award):
*Charles Arntzen
*Maarten Chrispeels
*Deborah Delmer
Ken Keegstra
*Natasha Raikhel
*Chris Somerville
Jan Zeevaart

2009:
*Pam Green
Mike Thomashow

Election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
1967 Anton Lang
1983 Charles Arntzen
1992 Hans Kende
1996* Chris Somerville
1998 Jan Zeevaart
2003 Michael Thomashow
2004* Deborah Delmer

Election to Foreign Academies
1965 Anton Lang, German Academy of Natural Scientists,
Leopoldina
1974 Jan Zeevaart, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
1985 Hans Kende, German Academy of Natural Scientists, Leopoldina
1991 Chris Somerville, Royal Society, London
1996 Klaus Raschke, Academy of Sciences, Gottingen, Germany

Guggenheim Fellowships
1972 Hans Kende
1973 Jan Zeevaart
1974 Klaus Raschke
1976 Derek Lamport
1982 Andrew Hanson
1996 Natasha Raikhel

Other Awards
Alexander von Humboldt Award in Agriculture
2001 Michael Thomashow

Darbarker Prize of the Botanical Society of America
1980 Peter Wolk

Silver Medal for Distinguished Research of the International Plant Growth Substances Association:
1991 Jan Zeevaart
1995 Hans Kende

Women in Cell Biology Senior Career Recognition Award of the American Society for Cell Biology
2002* Natasha Raikhel

President, International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions:
2003-05 Jonathan Walton

International Balzan Foundation in Milan, Italy
2006* Chris Somerville

Fellow, American Phytopathological Society
2008 Jonathan Walton

Honorary Doctorates
1981 Anton Lang, Univ. of Glasgow, U.K., Honorary
Doctor of Law
1995 Hans Kende, Univ. of Fribourg, Switzerland,
Honorary Doctor of Science
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* After leaving the PRL
** Before joining the PRL