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Edward H. Bean Award Recipients

The Association established the Edward H. Bean Awards in September 1956. Robert Bean, then Director of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, offered the service of his society in sponsoring the initial award. The awards were named in honor of Edward H. Bean, the first Director of the Brookfield Zoo, thus a fitting tribute to this great man. The first award was presented at the Annual Conference in 1957 for the birth of "Colo," the world-famous, gorilla born at the Columbus Zoological Gardens. She was born in 1956.

Listed below are the Bean Award recipients.

2007

• Indianapolis Zoo
  Jamaican Iguana Breeding Program

2006

• Milwaukee Zoo
  Long-term Propagation and Management of Bonobo
• Roger Williams Park Zoo
  American Burying Beetle Breeding Program
• Santa Barbara Zoo
  Giant Anteater Breeding Program
• John G. Shedd Aquarium
  Caiman Lizard Breeding Program

2005

• Cincinnati Zoo
  Long-term Propagation and Captive Management of the Honey Ant
• National Zoological Park
  Golden Orb Spider Long-term Propagation Program
• Riverbanks Zoo
  Malagasy Leaf-tailed Gecko Long-term Propagation and Captive Husbandry Program
• Saint Louis Zoo
  Wildlife Contraception Center

2004

• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
  Long-term Propagation, Captive Management and Biology of the Spiny Lobster Katydid
• Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
  Long-term Propagation of the Attwater's Prairie Chicken
• Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
  Freshwater Stingray Breeding Program
• SeaWorld San Diego
  Green Sea Turtle Management and Propagation History at SeaWorld San Diego

2003

• Waikiki Aquarium
  Long-term Tropical Pacific Coral Propagation Program
• Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum
  Aldabra Tortoise Breeding Program
• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
  Long-term Propagation and Captive Management of the Leaf-cutting Ant

2002

• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
  Long-term Propagation and Captive Management of the Giant Water Bug
• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
  Sumatran Rhino Breeding Program
• Aquarium of the Pacific
  Weedy Sea Dragon Propagation Program

2001

• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
  Long-term Propagation of the Peruvian Fire Stick
• Indianapolis Zoological Gardens
  African Elephant Program

2000

• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
  Bullet Ants
• Minnesota Zoo
  Long-term Propagation for Pronghorn

1999

• Brookfield Zoo
  Long-term Propagation and Management of Tanagers
• Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo
  Propagation of Red and Lesser Bird of Paradise
• Oregon Zoo
  Long-tem Propagation of Humboldt Penguins
• Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USCD
  Pacific Seahorse Propagation Program
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
  Pacific Bonito program

1998

• Belle Isle Aquarium
  Long-term Propagation of Golden Skiffia
• Riverbanks Zoo
  Long-term Propagation Program for toucans
• Knoxville Zoo
  Long-term Propagation and Contributory Program for the Red Panda
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  Hummingbird propagation program
• Zoo Atlanta
  Comprehensive Program for Great Ape Management and Conservation
• St Louis Zoo
  Long-term Husbandry Program for the Formation and Maintenance of an All Male Group of Western Lowland Gorillas
• Detroit Zoo
  Long-term Propagation Program for the Emperor Newt

1997

• Dickerson Park Zoo
  Long-term propagation program of the Asian Elephant

1996

• The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
  African Penguin Long-term propagation program
• Vancouver Aquarium
  Lingcod breeding program

1995

• Avicultural Breeding & Research Center
  Breeding program for Palm Cockatoo

1994

• Avicultural Breeding & Research Center
  Breeding program for Caninde Macaws
• Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Minnesota Zoological Garden, & National Zoological Park
  Long-term propagation of tigers
• Vancouver Public Aquarium
  Breeding program for Pandalid shrimp

1993

• New York Aquarium
  Breeding program for Belugas
• Gladys Porter Zoo
  Breeding program for Philippine crocodile

1992

• Monterey Bay Aquarium
  Breeding program for Purple-striped jellyfish
• National Zoological Park
  Komodo Monitor hatching

1991

• Audubon Park & Zoological Garden
  Asian hornbills breeding program
• San Diego Zoo
  Francois' langur propagation program
• Waikiki Aquarium
  Chambered nautilus breeding program
• Woodland Park Zoological Garden
  Solomon Islands leaf frogs propagation program

1990

• Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens
  Long-term propagation of lowland gorilla
• Tulsa Zoological Park
  Atlantic spadefish

1989

• Fort Worth Zoological Park
  Arboreal boid breeding program
• San Diego Wild Animal Park, San Diego Zoo, and Los Angeles Zoo
  California condor
• Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and St. Louis Zoological Park
  Guar and Banteng propagation programs
• National Aquarium in Baltimore
  Dart-poison frog breeding program

1988

• Dallas Zoo
  Bushmaster propagation program
• Louisville Zoological Garden
  Woolly monkey propagation program

1987

• Toledo Zoological Gardens
  Boa breeding program
• Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
  Red wolf propagation program
• Sea Life Park
  False killer whale

1986

• Knoxville Zoological Gardens
  Papuan python prop, program
• National Zoological Park, New York Zoological Park & Philadelphia Zoological Garden
  Guam rail & Kingfisher breeding programs
• New York Zoological Park
  Snow leopard breeding program
• Sea World of Florida
  Killer whale
• Cincinnati Zoo
  Harlequin beetle breeding program

1985

• Belle Isle Zoo & Aquarium
  Checkerboard stingray propagation program
• Gladys Porter Zoo
  Turtle breeding program
• Buffalo Zoological Gardens
  Puerto Rican crested toad propagation program
• Cincinnati Zoo
  Hercules beetle

1984

• Seattle Aquarium
  Giant Pacific octopus
• Honolulu Zoo & San Antonio Zoological Gardens
  Madagascar angulated tortoise
• Sea World, Inc. (San Diego)
  King & Emperor penguins propagation program
• St. Louis Zoological Park
  Speke's gazelle propagation program

1983

• The Seattle Aquarium
  Coho salmon breeding program
• Vancouver Public Aquarium
  Marine fishes breeding program
• Miami Metrozoo
  Crocodilian breeding program
• New York Zoological Park
  White-naped crane breeding program
• Buffalo Zoological Gardens
  Red-eyed tree frog breeding program

1982

• Houston Zoological Gardens
  Angolan python
• Riverbanks Zoological Park
  Black howler monkey propagation program

1981

• Vancouver Public Aquarium
  Cockscomb prickleback
• National Zoological Park & New York Zoological Park
  Chinese alligator
• Sea World, Inc.(San Diego)
  Emperor penguin
• Cincinnati Zoo
  Texas blind salamander

1980

• The Seattle Aquarium
  Pacific spiny lumpsucker
• Houston Zoological Gardens
  Scarlet cock-of-the-rock
• Sea World (San Diego)
  Penguin propagation program
• National Zoological Park
  Golden lion tamarin propagation program

1979

• Hanna-Barbera Marineland
  Pacific walrus
• Houston Zoological Gardens
  Red bird-of-paradise
• Dallas Zoo
  Bismarck ringed python
• Cincinnati Zoo
  Giant Asian walking stick
• Vancouver Public Aquarium
  Wolf eel

1978

• National Zoological Park
  Orangutan, second generation
• Reptile Breeding Foundation
  Insular forms of Epicrates
• New York Zoological Park
  Malayan wreath-billed hornbill
• Metro Toronto Zoo
  Renauld's ground cuckoo
• Cincinnati Zoo
  Royal goliath beetle

1977

• Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
  Black howler monkey
• St. Louis Zoological Park
  Bateleur eagle
• Sedgwick County Zoo
  Green tree python Dart-poison frog

1976

• Washington Park Zoo
  Asian elephant, second generation
• National Zoological Park
  North Island brown kiwi
• Institute/Herp. Research
  White-lipped python
• Belle Isle Aquarium
  Freshwater stingray

1975

• Lincoln Park Zoo
  La Plata three-banded armadillo
• New York Zoological Park
  North Pacific murre
• Sacramento Zoo
  Fiji iguana

1974

• San Diego Zoo
  Ruffed lemur
• San Diego Wild Animal Park
  Abyssinian ground hornbill
• Brookfield Zoo
  Hinge-backed tortoise
• New England Aquarium
  Chain dogfish

1973

• Lincoln Park Zoo
  Black leopard, third generation
• New York Zoological Park
  White-quilled black bustard
• Columbus Zoo
  Jamaican boa

1972

• St. Louis Zoological Park
  Black lemur, second generation
• Zoo Atlanta
  Morelet's crocodile
• Topeka Zoological Park
  American golden eagle
• Shark-Quarium, Florida
  Bonnethead shark

1971

• Busch Gardens (Tampa)
  Roan antelope
• New York Zoological Park
  Tufted puffin
• Los Angeles Zoo
  Dog-toothed cat snake
• New York Aquarium
  Black piranha

1970

• Memphis Zoo & Aquarium
  Douc langur
• Catskill Game Farm
  King vulture
• Brookfield Zoo
  Green-crested basilisk

1969

• Columbus Zoo
  Lowland gorilla, 2nd generation
• New York Zoological Park
  Argentine ruddy duck, Reticulated python

1968

• Steinhart Aquarium
  Bushmaster
• Crandon Park Zoo (Miami)
  Aardvark
• National Zoological Park
  Elf owl

1967

• Brookfield Zoo
  Philippine tarsier
• New York Zoological Park
  Adelie penguin
• Houston Zoological Gardens
  Malayan pit viper
• Hanna-Barbera Marineland
  Bat ray

1966

• San Diego Zoo
  Proboscis monkey, Thick-billed parrot, and African soft-shelled turtle

1965

• New York Zoological Park
  Indian chevrotain
• San Diego Zoo
  Rhinoceros iguana

1964

• Phoenix Zoo
  Arabian oryx
• San Diego Zoo
  Gila monster &Galapagos tortoise
• Busch Gardens (Tampa)
  Golden-naped macaw

1963

• Washington Park Zoo
  Asian elephant
• Milwaukee Zoo
  Siamang

1962

• Brookfield Zoo
  Dall sheep

1961

• San Diego Zoo
  Koala

1960

• Brookfield Zoo
  Okapi

1959

• Catskill Game Farm
  Asian wild horse
• National Zoological Park
  Snow leopard & Wisent

1958

• Audubon Park & Zoo
  Whooping crane

1957

• Columbus Zoo
  Lowland gorilla

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