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from 1989 to 1996 and later served as a board member for the Center for Humans and Nature as well as for the Illinois State Museum. Rabb published widely on such topics as the evolutionary relationships of viperid snakes, behavioral development in okapi, social behavior in captive wolf packs, and
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from 1976 until 2003. Rabb's pioneering work led the zoo toward its current position as a conservation center, a concept Rabb has championed for zoos everywhere. He joined Brookfield Zoo in 1956 as curator of research. Rabb created the zoo's Education Department and was instrumental in the use of
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naturalistic exhibitry to provide visitors with environmental immersion experiences throughout the zoo. Rabb had affiliations with conservation associations worldwide and is a respected spokesman on wildlife conservation issues. He won the 1996
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breeding behavior of pipid frogs. He founded the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force and was active in amphibian conservation issues with the Amphibian Survival Alliance and the Amphibian Ark.
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The Chicago Zoological Society's Rabb Conservation Medal is named for him. Two amphibians are named for him, Guatemalan bromeliad salamander (
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Rabb died on July 27, 2017, in Chicago after heart surgery as a result of a brief illness. He was 87 years old.
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Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013).
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Charleston, South Carolina
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zoologist
Brookfield Zoo
Heini Hediger Award
Silver Medal (Zoological Society of London)
National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
College of Charleston
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University of Michigan
International Species Information System
IUCN Species Survival Commission
Dendrotriton rabbi
Ecnomiohyla rabborum
"Rabb, George B."
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978-1-57958-174-9
"Chicago Zoological Society - Rabb Conservation Medal"
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The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians
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978-1-907807-42-8
"George Rabb, influential former Brookfield Zoo director, dies at 87"
George Rabb
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