Facts: - caption: scott in may 2014 - awards: public award -lrb- 2012 -rrb- welfare medal -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , richard dawkins - birth date: 24 october 1945 - name: eugenie scott - image size: 256px - image: scott 2014.jpg - birth place: united states of america - occupation: national center for science education director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eugenie scott .
eugenie carol scott -lrb- born october 24 , 1945 -rrb- is an american physical anthropologist , a former university professor and one of the strongest voices challenging the teaching of young earth creationism and intelligent design in schools .from 1987 to 2013 , scott served as the executive director of the national center for science education , inc. , a pro-evolution nonprofit science education organization with members in every state .she holds a ph.d. in biological anthropology from the university of missouri .a human biologist , her research has been in medical anthropology and skeletal biology .scott is nationally recognized as a proponent of church/state separation and serves on the national advisory council of americans united for separation of church and state and other organizations .she has worked nationwide to communicate the scientific method to the general public and to improve how science as a way of knowing is taught in school .