Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center (formerly the International Center for Tropical Ecology)
Whitney R. Harris is a founding member of the Development Board of the International Center for Tropical Ecology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and through a generous gift in 2006, the Center was renamed the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center. Whitney Harris, since his involvement with the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, has strived to promote peace and harmony among all peoples. In doing this he has recognized the importance of the global environment in human well-being and has promoted conservation of the natural world through public education. His generosity and vision in establishing the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center will encourage conservation of tropical and temperate ecosystems and will support the Center’s mission in educating the next generation of ecologists at a time when the conservation and the wise use of natural resources is of paramount importance.