It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to protect and preserve our natural resources and environment for future generations.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.
Much like the conservationists who previously have received the Audubon Medal, including Stewart Udall, Rachel Carson and Ted Turner, I realize that this recognition cannot be a cause to rest, but a spur to continue our work.
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.
To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful.
My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won.
This medal goes to show that you don't always have to have the best facilities, the best organisation, the best of everything to achieve.
It is very difficult to find appropriate words to say 'thank you' for an honour like the Nobel Prize. It is the supreme honour that a scientist can receive. Some of the giants in physics and chemistry have received this prize.
It is a great honor to be awarded a Nobel Prize. This is a wonderful experience for my wife Betty and me. We received congratulations by email, phone and post, many from old friends we had not seen for some time.
This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional career.
It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.