David HuizingaWilliam Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, Massachusetts. He is one of only 18 University Professors, the highest professional distinction for a Harvard faculty member. He joined the faculty at Hrvard in July of 1996. Wilson has received 41 honorary degrees and was selected by Time Magazine as one of America's 25 Most Influential People. He is a recipient of the 1998 National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor in the United States, and was awarded the Talcott Parsons Prize in the Social Sciences by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003. Read More Read Less