October 28, 1999
Few childhood dreams come to life as did those for Jane Goodall. Fascinated by animals, she dreamed of living like Tarzan and Dr. Doolittle and writing about the animals with whom she lived. Dr. Louis Leakey, famed anthropologist and paleontologist, chose young Goodall for a pioneering study of wild chimpanzees. This field study, in addition to a Ph.D. in ethology from Cambridge University, led Goodall to establish the Gombe Stream Research Centre in Kenya. Her profound discoveries laid the foundation for all future primate studies and forever changed how the world viewed these animals. Over the years her studies have shown the many striking similarities between humans and chimpanzees.
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation, Goodall works for the conservation of habitats and promotes positive relationships among people, the environment and animals, both wild and in captivity. A recipient of numerous awards and author of many books and articles, Goodall is world-renowned and is the only non-Tanzanian to have received the Medal of Tanzania. She is a distinguished Andre D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
Goodall now spends much of her time sharing her message of hope for the future and encouraging young people to make a difference in their world.
At the evening forum, Goodall will be interviewed by Dr. Richard Wrangham, chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. A MacArthur Fellow, Wrangham directs the Kibale Chimpanzee Project in western Uganda and has written four books and published more than 80 articles on chimpanzees and other mammals in Africa.
Thursday, October 28, 1999
University of LouisvilleBigelow Hall, Miller Information Technology Center, Belknap Campus
10 a.m. -- Jane Goodall will speak to U of L students, faculty and staff. Lee Dugatkin, assistant professor of Biology and author of "Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees," will lead the discussion. Seats are available first-come, first-served. The event is free. Copies of Goodall's book will be available for sale and autograph.
Kentucky Center for the Arts 5 Riverfront Plaza, Downtown Louisville
5 p.m. Brown-Forman/Hawley-Cooke Booksellers book sale and wine and cheese reception, lobby
6 p.m. Conversation with Jane Goodall and Richard Wrangham in the Bomhard Theatre
7 p.m. Q & A followed by book signing on Bittners' stage set
A $16 ticket includes the above three events. A limited number of discounted tickets of $5 each are available for U of L students, faculty and staff at the KCA box office --U of L photo ID is required. 8:15 p.m. Dinner with the author, Humana Building (across the street from the KCA on the 25th floor)
A $125 package ticket includes the above events plus dinner with Jane Goodall, hosted by U of L President Dr. John Shumaker and his wife, Lucy. (Proceeds go to the nonprofit Kentucky Author Forum, $60 is tax-deductible.)
Tickets available at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, 502-584-7777 (1-800-775-7777)
The Louisville Free Public Library, St. Mathews/Eline Branch, 3940 Grandview Avenue, will broadcast the event at 7 p.m. Tickets are free and may be picked up in advance at the library branch. The event will be recorded by WFPL 89.3 FM and the Kentucky Education Network (KET) for future broadcast.
The Kentucky Author Forum series is produced by Mary Moss Greenebaum and sponsored by the University of Louisville in cooperation with Hawley-Cooke Booksellers; Brown-Forman Corp.; Bittners of Louisville; WFPL, Louisville's NPR Station for News; The Courier-Journal; KET, the Kentucky Network; and the Kentucky Center for the Arts.
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