12 Facts About Lee Crandall

Lee Saunders Crandall was an American ornithologist and General Curator of Bronx Zoo.

Lee Crandall worked at the Bronx Zoo from 1908 until his death in 1969.

Lee Crandall was appointed assistant curator of birds in 1911 and became curator of the Bird Department in 1919, when Beebe began to devote his time fully to his Department of Tropical Research work.

Lee Crandall remained in this role until 1943, when he became general curator, a role in which he remained until his retirement in 1952.

Lee Crandall left New York on August 9,1928, and returned on March 21,1929, with 40 birds of paradise and around 200 other birds and several mammals.

Lee Crandall was able to penetrate the Owen Stanley Mountain Range and secured nine species of birds of paradise.

Lee Crandall was accompanied by John E Ward, an Australian field naturalist, and a team of native bearers.

Lee Crandall wrote extensively throughout his career, the result of which is over 250 articles and four books.

At the time of his death, Lee Crandall was Secretary-Treasurer of the American Committee for International Wildlife Protection, a position which entailed coordination of American participation in world-wide conservation activities, a fellow of the New York Zoological Society and the New York Academy of Sciences.

Lee Crandall was a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London, an honorary member of the Zoological Society of San Diego, the American Institute of Park Executives, the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens and the Avicultural Society.

For many years, Lee Crandall served as Inspector for the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Government.

Lee Crandall was awarded the Everly Gold Medal of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums in 1965.