This interview with 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner Dr Rene DuBos (February 21, 1901 - February 21, 1982 NY Times obituary), despite being conducted in 1970 is still important today...It also gives credit to Herbert Johnson (who signed off on my Boy Scout Birdwatching Merit Badge back in the early 70's) - the former NYC Parks Dept employee who was instrumental in making the Jamaica Bay refuge the world class birding location it is today...
I feel it is relevant to the current situation to Save the Ridgewood Reservoir environmental diversity...
Dr. Rene Dubos, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, first gained international recognition over twenty years ago when he demonstrated the feasibility of obtaining germ-fighting drugs from microbes. A native of France, Dr. Dubos has lived in the United States since the age of 24 and is currently a dynamic leader in the fight to save the environment. Dr. Dubos is a professor at The Rockefeller University in New York City and this interview was conducted in his office there by Allen Richards.
I was asked to remove the text of the interview from the blog, therefore please click on the following link to read the entire original interview...
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