Jane GoodallJane GoodallIn the summer of 1960, Jane Goodall arrived in
East Africa to fulfill a dream she had had since childhood. It was there
she initiated her ground-breaking research on chimpanzees in the jungles
of the Gombe Game Reserve in Africa. Now, after thirty-seven years, Dr.
Goodall has written six books, countless articles, and won numerous awards.
Jane Goodall remains one the most renowned and respected scientists in the
world.
Jane Goodall is now the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees. Her observations
and discoveries are intemationally heralded. Her research offered revolutionary
inroads into scientific thinking regarding the evolutions of humans.Dr.
Goodall received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1965. She has been
Scientific Director of the Gombe Stream Research Center since 1967. In 1984,
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 scientific articles have appeared in many
issues of National
Geographic. She has written scores of papers
for internationally known scientific journals. Dr. Goodall's books includeWild
Chimpanzees and In The Shadow of Man. She speaks 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. Dr.
Goodall has expanded her global outreach with the founding of the Jane Goodall Institute,
now 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.
