[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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