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JANE GOODALL

Jane Goodall is the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, having closely         
observed their behavior for the past quarter century in the jungles of the Gombe       
Game Reserve in Africa, living in the chimps' environment and gaining their           
confidence.                                                                           
                                                                                       
Her observations and discoveries are intemationally heralded. Her research and         
writing have made, and are making, revolutionary inroads into scientific               
thinking regarding the evolutions of humans.                                           
                                                                                       
Dr. Goodall received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1965. She has been         
the Scientific Director of the Gombe Stream Research Center since 1967. In 1984,       
Jane Goodall received the J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize for "helping       
millions of people understand the importance of wildlife conservation to life on       
this planet." Her other awards and international recognitions fill pages.             
                                                                                       
Her scientific articles have appeared in many issues of National Geographic. She       
has written scores of papers for internationally known scientific journals. Dr.       
Goodall has also written two books, Wild Chimpanzees and In The Shadow of Man.         
She pleads to thousands of people throughout the world on behalf of her career-long   
sponsor, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation.                                                 
                                                                                       
Jane Goodall attributes her dedication and insight to her work and her mission         
in life to her mother, internationally known author, Vanne Goodall.                   
                                                                                       
In 1985, Jane Goodall's twenty-five years of anthropological and conservation         
research was published, helping us all to better understand the relationship           
between all creatures. She has now devoted over thirty years to her mission.           
                                                                                       
Dr. Goodall has expanded her global outreach with the founding of the Jane             
Goodall Institute based in Ridgefield, CT. She now teaches and encourages young       
people to appreciate the conversation of chimpanzees and all creatures great and       
small. She lectures, writes, teaches and continues her mission in many inventive       
ways, including the Chimpanzee Guardian Project.