| Stephen Jay Gould  Born: 10-Sep-1941
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 20-May-2002
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: Mesothelioma
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Biologist, Paleontologist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist Wife: Deborah Lee (div., two sons)
Wife: Rhonda Roland Shearer (sculptor, until his death)
Father: Leonard Gould (court stenographer)
Mother: Eleanor Gould (artist)
High School: Jamaica High School
University: BA Geology, Antioch College, Ohio (1963)
University: PhD Paleontology, Columbia University (1967)
Professor: Harvard University
Professor: New York University
Natural History Columnist 1974-
Science Board of Editors (1986-91)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1975
American Society of Naturalists
CSICOP
History of Science Society
International Academy of Humanism Laureate
Linnean Society of London
National Academy of Sciences
Paleontological Association (UK)
Paleontological Society
Rockefeller Foundation Trustee (1994)
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Science for the People
Smithsonian Institution Commission on the Future (1992-94)
Society for American Baseball Research
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society for the Study of Sports History
Society of Systematic Zoology
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
John P. McGovern Award 1993
MacArthur Fellowship
National Book Award
Linnean Medal 1992 (with R. E. Schultes)
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
Humanist of the Year 2001
The Third Culture
Asteroid Namesake 8373 Stephengould
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Baseball (18-Sep-1994) Himself
Author of books:
Ontogeny and Phylogeny (1977, nonfiction)
The Panda's Thumb (1980, essays)
The Mismeasure of Man (1981, nonfiction)
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes (1983, essays)
The Flamingo's Smile (1985, essays)
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle (1987, nonfiction)
Wonderful Life (1989, nonfiction)
Bully for Brontosaurus (1991, essays)
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (2002, nonfiction)
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