Field Museum gives Parker/Gentry Award to missionary turned biologist, Jos 'Pepe' Alvarez
CHICAGO--Due to his vital work studying the birds of Peru and helping to conserve their habitat, Jos "Pepe" Alvarez has won The Field Museum's 11th annual Parker/Gentry Award. ... In 1983, Alvarez went to Peru at the age of 25, determined to devote his life to the work of the Catholic Church as a missionary in the Order of Saint Augustine. While spending a lot of time outdoors traveling through...Field Museum gives prestigious Parker/Gentry Award to eminent New World ornithologist
CHICAGO--The Field Museum will bestow its tenth annual Parker/Gentry Award on F. Gary Stiles, PhD, an extremely accomplished American ornithologist and expert on New World tropical birds. ... Since 1995, Dr. Stiles has lived in Columbia where he conducts research and teaches. He is dedicated to education and has taught in Latin America for almost thirty years. Currently, he is based at the Instit...