W. John Kress, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

W. John Kress

American botanist (born 1951)

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Illinois, United States

Profession: curator, botanist, geneticist, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Walter John Emil Kress (born Illinois, 4 March 1951) is an American botanist and the vice-president for science at the National Museum of Natural History.
He currently holds the appointment (2010) as the Director of the new Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet at the Smithsonian and is the former Executive Director of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.