150-year flood, etc.), they failed, thus causing catastrophic loss in overdeveloped floodplains (White et al., 1958). White worked under President Johnson in committees that advised the establishment of the National Flood Insurance Program – although he was not happy when his cautions were ignored and the NFIP was rolled out too quickly. White also made major contributions to the human occupance of arid lands and the management problems of such settlements, campaigned on the dangers of nuclear weapons, and sat on many committees dealing with water management in developing countries. He oversaw informal brokering of water management conflicts in the Middle East. Gilbert F. White, along with his former students and colleagues including Robert Kates and Ian Burton, have become some of the most influential scholars of natural and technological hazards. Recognition White received numerous honours in his lifetime. Honorary Fellowship from the American Geographical Society in 1963, and its Daly Medal in 1971. In 2000 he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. White was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973, Fellow, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member of the American Philosophical Society (1993) Recipient of the United Nations Sasakawa International Environment Prize (1985) Laureat d'Honneur, International Geographical Union (1988) the Volvo Environment Prize (1995) the National Medal of Science from the NSF (2000). White received honorary doctorates from the University of Colorado, Earlham College, Hamilton College, Haverford College, Michigan State University, Swarthmore College, Augustana College and the University of Arizona. The Association of State Floodplain Managers makes several awards in his name. The Goddard-White Award honors the contributions made to floodplain management by Gilbert White and Jim Goddard (1906-1994) the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum and the ASFPM Flood Hazard Fellowship. Resources for the Future (RFF) runs the Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. There is a Gilbert White Award offered yearly by the Association of American Geographers Hazards Specialty Group. Gilbert F. White Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Geography, University of Colorado. In 2008, a Gilbert White Chair was inaugurated at Arizona State University, occupied by Billie Lee Turner II. In a move organized by John Thompson (Sussex Univ.) the Gilbert F. White Reference Room is archived at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Publications White has over 400 publications to his name. Books White, G.F. 1945. Human Adjustment