Stephen Jay Gould

• Evolutionist
• Proponent of theory of “punctuated equilibria” (formulated with his colleague Niles Eldredge)
• Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist
• Undergraduate degree in geology, Antioch College, 1963
• Ph.D. in paleontology, Columbia University, 1967
• Field studies on fossil mollusks and snails found in Bermuda
• Professor of Geology and Zoology at Harvard University
• Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University
• Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology in the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Adjunct member of the Department of the History of Science
• Has been Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University
• Author of various books, including: Ontogeny and Phylogeny (1977) on theory of recapitulation / The Mismeasure of Man (1981) (history of biological determination of intelligence) / Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History / Dinosaur in a Haystack / etc.
• Author of a series of titled “This View of Life” written for Natural History magazine, American Museum of Natural History
• Member of the advisory board of NOVA, a PBS science program, NOVA, since 1980
• Member of the advisory board of the Children's TV Workshop, 1978 to 1981
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Served as president of the American Society of Naturalists, the Paleontological Society, and the Society for the Study of Evolution
• President-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998)
• Deceased (May 20, 2002)
• Born 1941, New York City