He received more than a dozen professional awards, including the Aldo Leopold Memorial Award, Special Achievement awards from The Wildlife Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and four “Publication of the Year” awards from The Wildlife Society. His numerous publications have been cited more than 100,000 times by other scientists. He was instrumental in transforming the discipline of wildlife ecology and management with his important contributions to statistical inference, decision making, and the very conduct of science. He was an exceptional mentor, and his former students now populate universities, government agencies, and nongovernmental conservation organizations worldwide.