Tetsuo Yamane [right], PhD (BS '56, PhD '60), former director of the Molecular Biology Department of the Amazon Biotechnology Center and former director of the Science Development Department of the Butantan Institute, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan for his promotion of academic exchanges between Japan and Brazil. Yamane is 94 years old and still works full time in Manaus, Brazil. The Order of the Rising Sun is the highest civilian honor awarded by the Japanese government.