In Memoriam
In memory of members of the WAZA community who have passed.
- Amy Camacho, Director and co-owner of Africam Safari Puebla
- Andrew Eriksen, Managing Director, Cango Wildlife Ranch
- Antoni Gucwinski, Director Emeritus, ZOO Wroclaw Sp. z o.o., Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Antonio J. de Freitas, Director Emeritus, SAAMBR (South African Association for Marine Biological Research), Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Dr Arne Schiøtz, Former Director of Danmarks Akvarium, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Bart M. Lensink, Former Director, ARTIS Royal Zoo Amsterdam, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Former Director, Tierpark Berlin, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Bohumil Král, Director Emeritus, Zoo Brno, Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Dr Brian Davis, President and CEO, Georgia Aquarium
- Dr David E. Wildt, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Species Survival
- Darío Lareu, CEO, Fundación Temaikèn
- Dr Dieter Jauch, Director Emeritus, Wilhelma Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Dieter Poley, Director Emeritus, Zoo Heidelberg, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Edward J. Maruska, Director Emeritus, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Former WAZA Life Member
- Prof Dr Ernst M. Lang, Former Director, Zoologischer Garten Basel AG, Former WAZA Life Member
- Françoise Delord, Director Emeritus, Zooparc de Beauval, Former WAZA Life Member
- Geoffrey R. Greed, Director Emeritus, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Dr George Rabb, Director Emeritus, Brookfield Zoo, Recipient of 1996 WAZA Heini Hediger Award
- Prof Dr Gunther Nogge, Director Emeritus, Cologne Zoo, WAZA President 1994–1995, recipient of 2006 Heini Hediger Award, WAZA Life Member
- Hans-Ove Larsson, Former Zoologist, Skansen Foundation, Former WAZA Life Member
- Prof Drh. c. mult. Heinz-Georg Klös, Director Emeritus, Zoo Berlin, WAZA President 1981-1983, Former WAZA Life Member
- Prof Dr Henning Julins, Director Emeritus, Aalborg Zoo, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Ilkka Koivisto, Director Emeritus, Helsinki Zoo, Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Jan Maciej Rembiszewski, Former Director of Warsaw Zoological Gardens, Former WAZA Life Member
- Jane Goodall, Primatologist, Conservationist, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and United Nations Messenger of Peace
- Dr Jennifer Mickelberg, Vice President of Collections and Conservation at Zoo Atlanta
- Dr Jeremy Mallinson OBE, Director Emeritus of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Former WAZA Life Member, Recipient of 1998 WAZA Heini Hediger Award
- Dr John Knowles, Founder Marwell Wildlife, Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Dr Józef Skotnicki, Director Zoo Kraków
- Kathryn Roberts, Former Executive Director, Minnesota Zoological Garden, Former WAZA Life Member
- Lars Lunding Andersen, Former Director, Copenhagen Zoo, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Lester E. Fisher, Director Emeritus, Lincoln Park Zoo, Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Dr Lothar Dittrich, Former Director, Zoo Hannover, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Manfred Kraus, Director Emeritus, Tiergarten der Stadt Nürnberg, Former WAZA Life Member
- Prof Dr Manfred Niekisch, Former Director of Frankfurt Zoo, Former WAZA Council Member, Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Mark Reed, Director Emeritus, Sedgwick County Zoo, Former WAZA Honorary Member, Former WAZA Life Member
- Molly Badham, Co-founder of Twycross Zoo, Former WAZA Life Member
- Dr Murray A. Newman, Director Emeritus, Vancouver Aquarium, Former WAZA Life Member
- Patricia Simmons, Former Director and CEO, North Carolina Zoo, Former WAZA Council Member, Former Chair of the Membership Committee
- Dr Pedro Trebbau, Former Director, Zoo Caracas, Venezuela, Former WAZA Honorary Member
- Petr Čolas, Director of Ostrava Zoo
- Sally Raulston Walker, Founder Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Recipient of 2004 WAZA Heini Hediger Award
- Steve Wylie, former Director of Oklahoma City Zoo, Former WAZA Life Member
- Shai Doron, former Director, The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem – The Biblical Zoo
- Suriya Saengpong, Zoological Organization Thailand
- Dr Terry Maple, President and CEO and Director Emeritus of Zoo Atlanta, WAZA Honorary Member
- Dr Theodore Reed, Director Emeritus, Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Species Survival, Former WAZA Life Member
- Vladimir Spitsin, President of Moscow Zoo and the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA)
- Prof Dr Wilbert Neugebauer, Director Emeritus, Wilhelma Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten, Former WAZA Life Member
- William G. Conway, Former Director, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Recipient of 1999 WAZA Heini Hediger Award
- William P Braker, Director Emeritus, Shedd Aquarium
- Willie Labuschagne, Former Director, National Zoological Garden of South Africa, Former WAZA President, Former WAZA Honorary Member, Recipient of 2007 WAZA Heini Hediger Award
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