{"id":1863,"date":"2013-05-07T21:42:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T01:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2013-05-07T21:42:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T01:42:57","slug":"dr-eugenie-c-scott-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1863","title":{"rendered":"Dr Eugenie C. Scott Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Eugenie C Scott has announced on May 6th that she plans to retire from her position as Executive Director of the National Centre\u00c2\u00a0for Science Education (NCSE), <\/a>after more than 26 years in that position. Dr Scott was one of the driving forces who help form the Florida Citizens for Science and has remained a close friend to this organization for many years. In 2008 Dr Scott presented Florida Citizens for Science President Joe Wolf and Communications Director, Brandon Haught with the “Friends of Darwin Award<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0One could write a book on her accomplishments in the public understanding of evolution and her tireless efforts to keep pseudo science from infiltrating the K\/12 science classrooms throughout the United States. She will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Eugenie C Scott has announced on May 6th that she plans to retire from her position as Executive Director of the National Centre\u00c2\u00a0for Science Education (NCSE), after more than 26 years in that position. 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