Dr. John
Carvalho, calling for world peace in troubled times, has received the 2017 Albert
Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for 25 years of scholarship in the
sciences and humanities.
Los Angeles,
California (April 15, 2018): The Marquis
Who’s Who Editorial Board has bestowed the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime
Achievement Award on former Harvard University scholar Dr. John Carvalho of Los
Angeles, California. Carvalho’s
twenty-five years of work in the sciences and humanities, his contributions to
public policy and civil rights legislation, and the publication of his recent
Pulitzer-Prize submitted memoir “The Crisis of Our Time” were among the reasons
for the committee’s decision. The
committee also cited Carvalho’s long-time listings in all of the Marquis press
including Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare,
and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders
(where he was recognized back in 2005).
Dr. John
Carvalho, who has spent his career addressing world problems and the
underpinnings of human nature, has decided to use his award acceptance to
illuminate the difficulties of present, international affairs and to call for
world peace in troubled times.
“The year
2016 was an earthquake year with the U.S. presidential election, the rise of
populism in Europe, and the wars in the Middle East,” states Carvalho. “With the advent of 2018, it is clear to me
that America and the world are at a dangerous crossroads. Upon acceptance of the Albert Nelson Marquis
Lifetime Achievement Award, I want to use this moment to once again call on
societies everywhere to reject fascism in all its forms, relinquish hatred
toward different cultures, refuse “alternative facts” that stimulate confusion,
and to castoff pessimism that unmistakably discourages hope of improving
civilization and establishing world peace.
The Albert Nelson Marquis Award today reminds us that only by promoting
education, furthering human rights, and working as a collective can we truly
overcome the struggles that our earth presently faces.”
Dr. John
Carvalho’s statements echo the themes he promoted in his memoir “The Crisis Of
Our Time” (AuthorHouse 2014), where he tackles key issues presently plaguing
America and the world: global health disparities, spread of infectious
diseases, uncontrolled planetary climate change, ecological destruction, economic
recessions, and income inequality. A
former United States National Research Service Award winner and a
well-published philosopher, Carvalho has recently taken his message to the
general public with a Barnes & Noble book tour, whereby he challenged his
audiences to not glorify mediocrity but rather strive to excel in their daily
lives.
“The Albert
Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award is a symbol of a laudable career
whereby one has spent much time contributing to the buildup of society rather
than its demise,” says Carvalho. “When
we fail to achieve, fail to perform any civic engagement, and fail to keep
ourselves informed, we become the artisans of further chaos and hardship rather
than a solution to world problems. Our
present state of affairs calls on each one of us to do much more, and there is
no reason why we cannot. We just need
the will to courageously engage the difficulties that we face as a nation and
as a planet.”
Dr. John
Carvalho holds a postdoctoral fellowship in Virology from Harvard Medical
School in Boston, Massachusetts; a Ph.D. in Biology & Biomedicine from the
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; and a B.Sc. in Biology
from University of Dallas in Irving, Texas.
Throughout the years he has acted as a member of numerous scholarly and
professional societies, professor and lecturer at various academic
institutions, researcher, philosopher, author, political statesman and human
rights activist. Carvalho
is also an advocate for the Hollywood arts and entertainment industry, and his
previous works have earned him a Pulitzer Prize submission, an AIMA Best
Literary Writer Nomination, a Barnes & Noble book tour, numerous features
in The Author’s Digest, a front page
interview in The National Monitor, and
attention from both local and national media.
The Marquis Who’s Who has been chronicling the lives of prominent
Americans worldwide since 1898. Among
the other Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award winners are actress
Linda Carter, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Berkshire Hathaway CEO
Warren Buffett, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsberg.
