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...money is the least important part of the prize. The most important part for a scientist is recognition among one's peers," Ernst Mayr, Agassiz Professor of Zoology Emeritus, said yesterday...
...Mayr, one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century, was named Tuesday as one of this year's three Balzan Prize winners...
...mixed feeling of humility and exuberance," Mayr said about winning the award. "It's the biggest prize in the field of biology in the world, and to win it is a very humbling experience...
...Mayr was one of several scientists who in the 1930's developed the New Synthesis of evolutionary theory, under which modern genetics was incorporated into the classification of organisms...
Allison Keller was the leading Harvard runner, taking 18th place with a time of 18:46. Virginia Mayr came in 20th and Patricia deFries 22nd...