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I just returned from the big island (some nice real estate over there) and time to report: The prestigious Japan Prize for science has been given to a Stanford professor whose far-reaching research of Hawaiian ecosystems has resulted in breakthrough knowledge of the ways agriculture and other human actions affect the environment.
Writing for the online site for the Honolulu Advertiser, Michael Tsai posted his piece on February 6, 2010, under the headline, Hawaii-ecosystem researcher Peter Vitousek wins Japan Prize.
Tsai reports that in announcing the award — which is awarded along with a 50 million yen (about $550,000) cash prize — the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan honored former Honolulu resident and Hawaii native, Peter Vitousek’s.
The scientist, who is 61 years old, will take a trip to Japan in April to accept the award in the presence of Emperor Akihito. It was reported that Vitousek was surprised and honored by the award.
Vitousek was quoted as saying. As an aside if you are interested in big island real estate then I can suggest this site. They spealize almost entirely in high quality big island real estate. Tsai writes that Vitousek’s colleagues were not surprised. Stanford biology department chair Robert Simoni was quoted in a message issued by the university.
Vitousek comes from a distinguished family. Not only is he the son of retired Family Court Judge Betty Vitousek and attorney Roy Vitousek Jr., but he is the grandson of former speaker of the Territorial House Roy Vitousek. Although the celebrated scientist grew up in Honolulu, he spent part of each year with his family in his father’s native home of Kona on the big island of Hawaii. After attending Punahou for two year, he graduated from Big Island’s Hawai’i Preparatory Academy.