Editing James Watson (section)

==Awards and honors==<!--lists should be in chrono order, not the reverse-->
[[File:James Watson 2005 Othmer Gold Medal.TIF|thumb|upright|Watson with the Othmer Gold Medal, 2005]]
Watson has won numerous awards, including:

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*[[Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research]], 1960<ref name="Lasker Award">The Lasker Foundation.[http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/1960basic.htm 1960 Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721042414/http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/1960basic.htm |date=July 21, 2009}}. Retrieved on November 4, 2007.</ref>
*[[Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences]] (2001)<ref name="franklinscience_recipients">{{cite web|url=http://www.amphilsoc.org/prizes/franklinscience |title=Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences Recipients |publisher=[[American Philosophical Society]] |access-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Copley Medal]] of the [[Royal Society]], 1993<ref name=formemrs/>
*CSHL Double Helix Medal Honoree, 2008<ref>{{cite web | website=Double Helix Medals Dinner | title=Double Helix Medals Honorees | url=http://doublehelixmedals.cshl.edu/history_08.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401043532/http://doublehelixmedals.cshl.edu/history_08.html | archive-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry]], 1960
*[[EMBO Membership]] in 1985<ref name=membo>{{cite web|author=Anon|year=1985|url=http://people.embo.org/profile/james-d-watson|website=People.embo.org|publisher=[[European Molecular Biology Organization]]|location=Heidelberg|title=James Watson EMBO profile}}</ref>
*[[Gairdner Foundation International Award]], 2002
*Honorary Member of [[Royal Irish Academy]], 2005
*Honorary Fellow, the [[Hastings Center]], an independent bioethics research institution<ref>[http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Default.aspx?id=902 The Hastings Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509231907/http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Default.aspx?id=902 |date=May 9, 2016}} Hastings Center Fellows.
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*[[Order of the British Empire|Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (KBE), 2002<ref>[http://nobilitynews.blogspot.com/2007/03/knighthood-for-microsofts-gates.html Nobility News: Honorary Knights] 2007</ref>
*[[Irish America Hall of Fame]], inducted March 2011<ref name=WAT>O'Dowd, Niall. [http://www.irishcentral.com/IrishAmerica/Irish-America-Hall-of-Fame-Dr-James-Watson-117755213.html "He Helped Map the Structure of DNA. Up Next is a Cure For Cancer"], ''[[Irish America magazine]]'', March 10, 2011. Accessed March 22, 2011. "James Watson helped unravel the structure of DNA, a feat so stunning that it is considered the greatest scientific achievement of the 20th century. "</ref>
*[[John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science|John J. Carty Award]] in molecular biology from the National Academy of Sciences<ref name=Carty>{{cite web|title=John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_carty |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=February 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229180532/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_carty |archive-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Liberty Medal]], 2000<ref name="The Liberty Medal">National Constitution Center.[http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal/recipient_2000.html 2000 Liberty Medal Recipients]. Retrieved on November 4, 2007.</ref>
*[[Lomonosov Gold Medal]], 1994
*[[Lotos Club]] Medal of Merit, 2004
*[[National Medal of Science]], 1997<ref name="The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details">The National Science Foundation.[https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=377 The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details]. February 14, 2006. Retrieved on November 4, 2007.</ref>
*[[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], 1962<ref name="The Nobel Foundation" />
*[[Othmer Gold Medal]] (2005)<ref name="OthmerMedal">{{cite web|title=Othmer Gold Medal|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/othmer-gold-medal|access-date=March 22, 2018|website=Science History Institute|date=May 31, 2016}}</ref><ref name=2005PS>{{cite news|title=James D. Watson to receive 2005 Othmer Gold Medal |url=http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2005-02/chf-jdw022305.html |access-date=June 12, 2014 |work=Psych Central |date=February 23, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206011311/http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2005-02/chf-jdw022305.html |archive-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], 1977<ref name="1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients">[https://www.uchicago.edu/about/accolades/presidential.shtml Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818184513/http://www.uchicago.edu/about/accolades/presidential.shtml |date=August 18, 2012}}. Retrieved on November 4, 2007.</ref>
*Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]], 1986<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref>
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===Honorary degrees received===
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*DSc, [[University of Chicago]], US, 1961
*DSc, [[Indiana University]], US, 1963
*LLD, [[University of Notre Dame]], US, 1965
*DSc, [[Long Island University]] (CW Post), US, 1970
*DSc, [[Adelphi University]], US, 1972
*DSc, [[Brandeis University]], US, 1973
*DSc, [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]], US, 1974
*DSc, [[Hofstra University]], US, 1976
*DSc, [[Harvard University]], US, 1978
*DSc, [[Rockefeller University]], US, 1980
*DSc, [[Clarkson University|Clarkson College of Technology]], US, 1981
*DSc, State University of New York at Farmingdale, US, 1983
*MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986
*DSc, [[Rutgers University]], US, 1988
*DSc, [[Bard College]], US, 1991
*DSc, [[University of Stellenbosch]], South Africa, 1993
*DSc, [[Fairfield University]], US, 1993
*DSc, [[University of Cambridge]], United Kingdom, 1993
*DrHC, [[Charles University in Prague]], Czech Republic, 1998
*ScD, [[University of Dublin]], Ireland, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Press_Releases/PRArchive/PR0001/prhondeg01.html|title=University of Dublin, Trinity College}}</ref>
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===Professional and honorary affiliations===
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*[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
*[[American Association for Cancer Research]]
*[[American Philosophical Society]]
*[[American Society of Biological Chemists]]
*[[Athenaeum Club, London]], member
*[[Cambridge University]], Honorary Fellow, [[Clare College, Cambridge]]<ref name=watsonswho/>
*[[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]], Chancellor Emeritus; Honorary Trustee; [[Oliver R. Grace]] Professor Emeritus (all revoked in 2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harmon |first1=Amy |title=Lab Severs Ties With James Watson, Citing 'Unsubstantiated and Reckless' Remarks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/science/watson-dna-genetics.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=January 12, 2019 |date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Statement by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory addressing remarks by Dr. James D. Watson in "American Masters: Decoding Watson" |url=https://www.cshl.edu/statement-by-cold-spring-harbor-laboratory-addressing-remarks-by-dr-james-d-watson-in-american-masters-decoding-watson/ |website=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |access-date=January 12, 2019 |date=January 11, 2019 |quote=In response to his most recent statements, which effectively reverse the written apology and retraction Dr. Watson made in 2007, the Laboratory has taken additional steps, including revoking his honorary titles of Chancellor Emeritus, Oliver R. Grace Professor Emeritus, and Honorary Trustee.}}</ref>
*[[European Molecular Biology Organization]], member since 1985<ref name=membo/>
*[[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Oxford University]], Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor
*[[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]]
*[[Royal Society]], [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1981|Foreign Member of the Royal Society]] (ForMemRS) since 1981<ref name=formemrs>{{cite web|title=Dr James Watson ForMemRS |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/james-watson-12494/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023619/https://royalsociety.org/people/james-watson-12494/ |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |publisher=[[Royal Society]] |location=London |website=royalsociety.org |year=1981 |author=Anon}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

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*[[Russian Academy of Sciences]]
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