Gordon Howell Orians (born July 10, 1932) is an American ornithologist and

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. He was the 1999 recipient of the

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’s

Loye and Alden Miller Research Award The Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, now known as the AOS Miller Award, was established in 1993 by the Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) to recognize lifetime achievement in ornithological research. The namesakes were Loye H. Miller and his ...

, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research. He received the

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from the

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in 1998. He has been a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1983 and a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America since 2012.

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American ornithologists Living people 1932 births Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Ecological Society of America {{US-ornithologist-stub