teaching of intelligent design in public schools. Judge John Jones ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. Scott said that "we won decisively" and "in triplicate," and "we had the better case." About the merits of the case, she said, "Within evolutionary biology, we argue about the details... and the mechanisms," but "we don't argue about whether living things descended with modification from common ancestors, which is what biological evolution is all about.... The Dover School Board wanted students to doubt whether evolution had taken place." Awards 2009 The Stephen J Gould Prize awarded by the Society for the Study of Evolution "to recognize individuals whose sustained and exemplary efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science and its importance in biology, education, and everyday life in the spirit of Stephen Jay Gould." 2009 The Fellows Medal awarded by the California Academy of Sciences. The award is the Academy's highest honor, awarded in recognition of a recipient's notable contributions to one or more of the natural sciences. 2010 The Public Welfare Medal awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "in recognition of distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public welfare." It is the most prestigious honor conferred by the Academy. 2012 The Richard Dawkins Award presented by the Atheist Alliance of America "to individuals it judges to have raised the public consciousness of atheism" 2018 The Pojeta Award from the Paleontological Society. The award recognizes "exceptional professional or public service by individuals or groups in the field of paleontology above and beyond that of existing formal roles or responsibilities" 2019 Fellow for the German Skeptic group Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften GWUP Personal life Scott and her husband, lawyer Thomas C. Sager, have one daughter and reside in Berkeley, California. Scott is a backyard beekeeper with two beehives, and is interested in colony collapse disorder and an advocate of amateur beekeeping. Bibliography Also: Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. References External links Eugenie Scott from the National Center for Science Education Eugenie Scott on Teaching Evolution, Books and Ideas Eugenie Scott's Talk: "The Right to Teach Evolution" 1945 births 20th-century American scientists 20th-century American anthropologists 20th-century American women scientists 21st-century American scientists 21st-century American anthropologists 21st-century American women scientists American atheists American former Protestants American humanists American skeptics American women anthropologists California State University, East Bay faculty Critics of creationism Living people People from Berkeley, California Science activists