Terry Lee Maple was an American ethologist, wildlife conservationist, professor emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and zoo director emeritus.
12 Facts About Terry Maple
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Terry Maple was best known for his 18-year tenure as director, and later President and CEO, of Zoo Atlanta.
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Terry Maple was credited with transforming the troubled zoo into a model institution and fiscally sound cultural attraction.
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Terry Maple retired from Zoo Atlanta in 2003 as the founding President and CEO and assumed the title of Zoo Director Emeritus.
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Terry Maple developed an organizational culture and instituted practices at Zoo Atlanta whereby evidence-based methods were starting to be employed.
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Terry Maple worked to differentiate AZA accredited zoos and aquariums from roadside attractions and other menageries.
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When Terry Maple retired from editorial roles with Zoo Biology, he was bestowed the title of Editor Emeritus of the Journal, along with Donald Lindburg of the Zoological Society of San Diego and Dan Wharton, formerly of the Chicago Zoological Society.
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Terry Maple designed an exhibit which offered opportunities for rigorous study of primate behavior in a conventional primate laboratory, while providing a visitor experience that was immersive, engaging and educational to patrons.
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Terry Maple served from 2011 to 2014 as the San Francisco Zoo's first "Professor-in- Residence" and the architect of their unique "Stanton Family Wellness Initiative" including applications to exhibit and facility design.
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Terry Maple retired as CEO of the Palm Beach Zoo in 2011.
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Terry Maple resumed his affiliation with Florida Atlantic University and finished his thirteenth book, Zoo Animal Welfare published by Springer-Verlag in 2013.
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Terry Maple died on December 3,2023, at the age of 77, after complications from an infection; he was living in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.