Eugene Odum

Eugene Pleasants Odum
Born	(1913-09-17)September 17, 1913 Newport, New Hampshire, USA
Died	August 10, 2002(2002-08-10) (aged 88) Athens, Georgia, USA
Nationality (legal)	American
Alma mater	University of Illinois (Ph.D.)
Known for	pioneering the concept of the ecosystem; the interdependence of divergent ecosystems as the basis of how the earth functions
Awards	Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1977) Crafoord Prize (1987)
Scientific career
Fields	ecologist, mathematician, natural philosopher, and systems ecologist
Institutions	University of Georgia

Eugene Pleasants Odum (September 17, 1913 – August 10, 2002) was an American biologist at the University of Georgia known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology. He and his brother Howard T. Odum wrote the popular ecology textbook, Fundamentals of Ecology (1953). The Odum School of Ecology is named in his honor.