[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 581
Honoring the educational and scientific significance of Dr. Jane
Goodall on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in what is
today Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 14, 2010
Mr. Udall of New Mexico submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Honoring the educational and scientific significance of Dr. Jane
Goodall on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in what is
today Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.
Whereas, on July 14, 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall arrived at Gombe Stream Chimpanzee
Reserve in what is today Tanzania;
Whereas Dr. Goodall's research led to numerous groundbreaking discoveries
including the creation and use of tools by chimpanzees;
Whereas these and other behavioral observations of chimpanzees forever changed
human understanding of the differences between humans and other animal
species;
Whereas between 1968 and 1986, Dr. Goodall published a collection of articles
and books that remain the foundational scientific works on chimpanzee
and wildlife studies;
Whereas her book, The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior published by
Harvard University Press, details the range of behaviors that make up
the essential corpus of chimpanzee natural history and remains today a
critical reference for researchers in the field;
Whereas Dr. Goodall's writings not only formed the bedrock of the descriptive
analytical study of chimpanzees, they also altered the paradigm of the
study of culture in chimpanzees and other animals, especially species
with complex social behaviors;
Whereas in support of the research she began, and to advance her vision, Dr.
Goodall established the Gombe Stream Research Center in 1965 and the
Jane Goodall Institute in 1977;
Whereas researchers in many other institutions continue to carry out
pathbreaking analyses related to chimpanzee behavior based on Dr.
Goodall's original scientific work;
Whereas scientists continue to make new discoveries in the field of chimpanzee
and wildlife studies today;
Whereas since 1986, Dr. Goodall has advocated for the conservation of
chimpanzees and other species, for the protection of the natural world,
for the care of chimpanzees and other animals in captivity, and for
world peace;
Whereas Dr. Goodall travels the world approximately 300 days a year, delivering
dozens of lectures and engaging with youth of all ages;
Whereas Dr. Goodall has been a leader in mobilizing community involvement in
conservation and continues to practice and promote conservation efforts
based on the important link between human welfare and environmental
stewardship;
Whereas Dr. Goodall has received the highest honors in her field;
Whereas in 2008, she was awarded the Leakey Prize, the Nation's most prestigious
award in human evolutionary science;
Whereas the Leakey Prize has only been given 7 times in the past 4 decades;
Whereas in 2007, she received the Harvard Museum of Natural History's Roger Tory
Peterson Medal, and in 1989, she received the Anthropologist of the Year
Award;
Whereas in 1995, she received the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal
``for her extraordinary 35-year study of wild chimpanzees and for
tirelessly defending the natural world we share'';
Whereas Dr. Goodall's numerous honors include the Medal of Tanzania, Japan's
prestigious Kyoto Prize, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science,
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's
60th Anniversary Medal, the Gandhi-King Award for Nonviolence, the
Albert Schweitzer Award of the Animal Welfare Institute, the
Encyclopedia Britannica Award for Excellence on the Dissemination of
Learning for the Benefit of Mankind, and the French Legion of Honor,
which was presented to her in Paris in 2004 by Prime Minister Dominique
de Villepin;
Whereas in April 2002, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Dr.
Goodall a United Nations Messenger of Peace;
Whereas such Messengers help mobilize the public to become involved in work that
makes the world a better place, serving as advocates in such areas as
poverty eradication, human rights, peace and conflict resolution, HIV/
AIDS, community development, and conservation;
Whereas upon becoming the new United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
continued her appointment;
Whereas in 2004, in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, Prince Charles invested Dr.
Goodall as a Dame of the British Empire, the female equivalent of
knighthood;
Whereas during the last half of the 20th century, she blazed a trail for and
inspired other women primatologists, such that women now dominate long-
term primate behavioral studies worldwide;
Whereas Dr. Goodall has been a role model for youth of all ages, inspiring boys
and girls alike to take action for people, animals, and the environment;
and
Whereas through her Jane Goodall Institute, she established the Roots & Shoots
global youth program, which now has members in more than 120 countries:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the United States Senate recognizes--
(1) the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Dr. Jane
Goodall's work in what is now Tanzania, Africa, as significant
in scientific history;
(2) the significant role that Dr. Goodall's work and
scientific study have had on our knowledge and understanding of
both the natural and human worlds; and
(3) recognizes the positive role that Dr. Goodall's work
and research have had in education, science, and conservation
alike.
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