AWI Quarterly Term Archive
In Remembrance
Pierre Pfeffer
Terrestrial WildlifeThe African elephants have lost a grand and valiant champion. Pierre Pfeffer, director of research at both the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and France’s National Center for...
Alexey Yablokov
Marine WildlifeDr. Alexey Yablokov, described as Russia’s “environmental knight” and as the “grandfather of Russian ecology,” passed away on January 10 at the age of 83. Dr. Yablokov authored over 500...
Robert Schuyler Anderson
Terrestrial Wildlife1954–2016 It came as a terrible shock. A tremor ran through me and my insides felt empty and sad when I was told that Bob Anderson had died. Wildlife has...
Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick
Terrestrial Wildlife(1940-2015) With the death of Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, we lost one of the leading advocates for humane wildlife population control. His research, development, production, and long-term use of immunocontraceptives in...
Milt Kaufmann
Marine WildlifeColonel Milton M. Kaufmann died on October 29, 2015, aged 97. For the last 40+ years, he had been a dedicated and hard-working volunteer conservationist, locally in his Maryland neighborhood...
In Tribute to Dr. Earnest Johnson
EquinesAWI was deeply saddened to learn that Dr. Earnest Johnson, a dedicated veterinary inspector with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), passed away earlier this year. Dr. Johnson embraced his obligation...
Alberta Nora “Binki” Thompson, Defender of Whales
Marine WildlifeThere she was, in her 70s and arthritic, in the remote Baja, Mexico desert, camping out in the wilderness. It was by sheer willpower that Mrs. Thompson got into the...
John Gleiber: Colleague and Dear Friend
All ProgramsI was in high school when John Gleiber met AWI’s founding president, Christine Stevens, at a dinner party. Christine invited John to her home the next day. It was 1975...
Robbins Barstow: Warrior for Whales
Marine WildlifeOn November 7, 2010, two weeks after his 91st birthday, long-time AWI colleague and whale advocate Robbins Wolcott Barstow, Jr. died at his home in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Robbins was Director Emeritus of...
In Remembrance: Dr. F. Barbara Orlans
Animals in LaboratoriesOn June 18, our good friend and colleague, Dr. F. Barbara Orlans, passed away. Barbara was a bright, compassionate woman and a steadfast defender of animals. I first met her...