Comments on: A Voice in the Wilderness

By: Estella Leopold ’48: Carrying on the Leopold Legacy « On Wisconsin

Estella Leopold ’48: Carrying on the Leopold Legacy « On Wisconsin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:36:23 +0000

[...] $460,000 Cosmos International Prize. (Other recipients include ecologist Jared Diamond, naturalist George Schaller MS’57, PhD’62, and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.) Not bad for someone who originally aspired to study [...]

By: Niki

Niki — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:57:42 +0000

In response to Miriam Vogwill Polan: According to our records, Dr. Brina Kessel is still with us.

By: miriam vogwill polan

miriam vogwill polan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:09:36 +0000

I worked in the office for Brina Kessel Roof in the 1960′s and she insisted that I enroll in graduate work – and gave me time off to do so. I ended up with a MS degree (having done research in CPK levels with artificial frostbite) in 1967. I remember Bob LaResche as a fellow MS student. I remember on following U of A Fairbanks graduates, how proud Brina was of George Schaller having been one of her students.

Right now, retired in Florida after 6 years in Alaska, 6 years in Ahwaz, Iran, I used to receive postcard Christmas notes from her, and I still send Christmas letters to Brina and they are never returned, so I wonder if she is still alive. I just want to say to her, thankyou for being such a great mentor.

By: Thank you, George Schaller « On Wisconsin

Thank you, George Schaller « On Wisconsin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:11:36 +0000

[...] you for featuring George Schaller ["A Voice in the Wilderness," 2010]. I have been reading his books as basic pre-travel research for eight years. My passion is wildlife [...]

By: UW-Madison celebrates George Schaller. « This is serious monkey business.

UW-Madison celebrates George Schaller. « This is serious monkey business. — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:15:45 +0000

[...] magazine by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they give a really, really beautiful tribute to George Schaller–one of the first people to study mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. He is also [...]

By: Sheldon Z

Sheldon Z — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:10:04 +0000

So cool that there are people like this, and live this incredible lifestyle. Great article.

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:12:35 +0000

Thank goodness for people like Schaller,who care about the environment and animals, and the relationship of those two aspects with human life. It is critical to care and learn about the relationship, especially at this current time. He shows that my dreams since childhood are possible!

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:41:27 +0000

Well all I can say is that he has inspired me even more to study wildlife and conservation at UW next year. What he does is so important.

By: Lynne Kilby

Lynne Kilby — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:41:53 +0000

Hopefully George’s universe (and ours) will be preserved, and his very eloquent (and unpretentious) voice will emerge from his beautiful wilderness to gain the audience it deserves.

By: Sheila Leary

Sheila Leary — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:53:54 +0000

I’ve known about George Schaller, his work, and his books since the early 1980s. With a readership as large and diverse as that of “On Wisconsin”, and with the UW being a leading university for training researchers in environmental fields, don’t you think it’s inappropriate to make the blanket assumption that your readers have never heard of him?