George B. Rabb

George B. Rabb (born March 23, 1930 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American zoologist, and the former director of the Brookfield Zoo from 1976 until 2003.[1] He won the 1996 Heini Hediger Award, and 1997 Silver Medal (Zoological Society of London).

Life

Rabb graduated from the College of Charleston with a BS in Biology, and from the University of Michigan with an MS and PhD in Zoology. He helped start the International Species Information System. He was chairman of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.

The Brookfield Zoo's Rabb Conservation Medal is named for him.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Catharine E. Bell (2001). "Rabb, George B.". Encyclopedia of the world's zoos,. 3. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-174-9.
  2. ↑ http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/czs/Conservation-Leadership/GBR-Medal

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