Awards from ASIH 
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Awards from the American Society of 
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 
2013 Awardees 
Joseph S. Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in Ichthyology 
Presented for an outstanding body of work in any area of ichthyology. 
Consideration is also given to educational and service impacts of the individual’s 
career. In August 2013 at the annual meeting of the ASIH in Alburquerque, New 
Mexico, the award was presented to Gerald R. Smith, Curator Emeritus of 
Fishes, Museum of Zoology; Curator Emeritus of Lower Vertebrates, Museum of 
Paleontology; Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and 
Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. 
His research involves the study of fossil fishes. 
Robert H. Gibbbs, Jr., Memorial Award 
Presented for excellence in systematic ichthyology. In August 2013 at the annual 
meeting of the ASIH in Alburquerque, New Mexico, the award was presented to 
Lynne R. Parenti, Curator, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Her 
research interests are the systematics, phylogeny, and biogeography of tropical 
freshwater and coastal marine fishes. 
Henry S. Fitch Award 
Presented for excellence in herpetology. In August 2013 at the annual meeting of 
the ASIH in Alburquerque, New Mexico, the award was presented to Roy W. 
McDiarmid, Research Zoologist and Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles, U.S. 
Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Biological Survey Unit, 
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. He has spent most of his 
research career working with the systematics, behavior, ecology, and 
biogeography of amphibians and reptiles in the neotropcis. 
Robert K. Johnson Award 
Presented for excellence in service. In August 2013 at the annual meeting of the 
ASIH in Alburquerque, New Mexico, the award was presented to Patrick T. 
Gregory, Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, 
Victoria, B.C., Canada. His research interests have two broad aims: (1) to 
describe the ecology of amphibians and reptiles especially snakes, and (2) to use 
these taxa to address issues in population dynamics and life history theory. 
