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Birth - Born 1955 - New Orleans Louisiana Books - Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice - 1993 - Medicine Quest Education - Harvard University - Yale University - Tufts University plotkin.jpg richard-schultes_amazon_150.jpg Honors Time magazine named him an environmental hero of the planet. Environmental Issue - Collected plants for medicine - told the people of South America to preserve their land Films - Amazon Pictures - http://www.dce.harvard.edu/pubs/alum/1999/03.html http://www.voanews.com/ Works Cited “Distinguished Explorer Award- Roy Chapman Andrews Society.” Roy Chapman Andrews Society. 2006. 7 May 2008 <http://www.roychapmanandandrewssociety.org/.html>. Harvard University Division of Continuing Education. 18 Jan. 2000. 7 May 2008 <http://www.dce.harvard.edu////.html>. “Mark Plotkin.” Scientists the Lives and Works of 150 Scientists. 1996. Skirble, Rosanne. “Hero of Planet Combines Modern Science and Ancient Tribal wisdom.” VOA News- VOa News- Voice of America Homepage. 23 Jan. 2006. 7 May 2008 <http://www.voanews.com///-01/-23-voa43.cfm?cfid=68204792andcftoken=511227171 Early Interest In 1979 he took his first trip to a rainforest in South America. He has been there alot of times since his first trip there.