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2007 CUSHMAN AWARD WINNER: CITATION FOR LOUISETTE ZANINETTI

University of Geneva, Roberto Rettori, University of Perugia (I)

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The 2007 Joseph A. Cushman Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Foraminiferal Research" is presented to a very fine lady scientist, Louisette Zaninetti, in recognition of her lifetime contribution to foraminiferal research.

Almost the entire academic career of Louisette Zaninetti is connected with Geneva. This is where she obtained a diploma in Natural Sciences in 1962 and where six years later she defended her Ph.D. thesis on the Triassic foraminifera from the Almtal (Austria), under the direction of Professor Paul Brönnimann. After a short postdoc period in Perth (Australia), she returned to Geneva and worked as Lecturer at the university. In 1974, she was appointed Assistant Professor, and then in 1983, Professeur Extraordinaire in the Departments of Animal Biology and Geology and Paleontology. In 1980, however, she took a year off and worked as micropaleontological adviser for Pacific Energy and Minerals, Golden, Colorado.

During this period, Louisette managed to publish her first major publication "Les Foraminifères du Trias," largely based on her Ph.D. thesis. This was a seminal work in a field that had been largely neglected and, remarkably, "not thought to exist" by some! It was published as a monograph in the Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia in 1976, and in it, not only did she recognize the stratigraphic potential of these Triassic foraminifera but also, together with colleagues, laid the foundations of a workable stratigraphic zonation. On the way, she had to resolve numerous and formidable systematic problems which previously had discouraged many from using foraminifera . . . [Full Text of this Article]