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a few days after. The pandas made it to the zoo in good health, though there was trouble with procuring bamboo for them along the way. Tee-Van documented his entire journey to China in journals and photographs, and he saved many mementos such as invitations, newspaper clippings, personal letters, and
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In 1961 NYZS presented Tee-Van with its gold medal in recognition of his scientific achievements and service to the
Society. In his acceptance speech, Tee-Van said "I want to give my blessings to the millions of animals I have known".
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heard that Tee-Van took night classes in architectural drafting and asked him to draw a bird bone. Beebe was so impressed with Tee-Van's drawing that he immediately made him an assistant in his new department (which was to become the
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in 1911, at the age of 14, as an apprentice keeper in the Bird
Department, joining the zoo after the death of his father, who had also been an employee of the zoo.
260:, Tee-Van was the only member of staff to ever achieve 50 years of active service at that time. He continued on at the zoo after his retirement, returning to the
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on July 17, 1923; they had no children. Helen was an accomplished animal illustrator and author who was also a member of the
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After 50 years, 10 months and 13 days service, John Tee-Van retired from NYZS on July 5, 1962, at the age of 65. Apart from
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in 1952, a position he held until 1962. In 1956 he became the general director of both the zoo and the
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Tee-Van had a stroke in early 1966 which left him partially paralyzed, and he died at his home in
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360:: Australia and China (brought back 2 giant pandas for the Bronx Zoo from Madame Chiang Kai-shek)
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348:: Gulf of Lower California, coast of Mexico, Central America and Colombia (Zaca Expedition)
324:: Bermuda Oceanographic Expedition (including Bathysphere descents in 1930, 1932 and 1934)
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Fairfield Osborn (1968). John Tee-Van A Memorial
Article, Animal Kingdom, Feb 1968
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Tee-Van left his position in the Bird
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son of
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and zoologist. He began his career as an apprentice zookeeper at the
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Became Editor-in-chief of Fishes of the North
Atlantic in 1940
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288:: British Guiana, Trinidad and Venezuela
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183:Fishes of Port-au-Prince Bay, Haiti
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294:: Panama and the Galapagos Islands
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792:20th-century American zoologists
787:Scientists from New York (state)
777:People from Sherman, Connecticut
415:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
405:Other endeavors and achievements
264:to continue his work on fishes.
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147:and took courses in zoology at
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388:: British Guiana and Trinidad
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151:. He began his career at the
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84:Ichthyologist and zookeeper
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422:Clubs and organizations
164:Work with William Beebe
199:Madame Chiang Kai-shek
772:People from the Bronx
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618:Sherman, Connecticut
495:Scientific Namesakes
58:Sherman, Connecticut
762:American zookeepers
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36:July 6, 1897
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752:1967 deaths
747:1897 births
366:: Venezuela
268:Expeditions
65:Nationality
741:Categories
636:References
394:: Trinidad
32:1897-07-06
587:Schroeder
372:: Bermuda
352:1938–1939
346:1937–1938
322:1929–1935
286:1921–1922
280:1919–1920
247:Bronx Zoo
236:Bronx Zoo
230:(now the
207:Bronx Zoo
153:Bronx Zoo
135:Biography
129:Bronx Zoo
127:(now the
107:Parent(s)
73:Education
624:See also
312:: Europe
181:and the
139:Born in
89:Employer
68:American
608:staff.
589:, 1951)
583:Bigelow
318:: Haiti
417:(1955)
159:Career
99:Spouse
612:Death
585:and
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