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The JANE EFFECT The JANE EFFECT Celebrating Jane Goodall Edited by Dale Peterson & Marc Bekoff TRINITY UNIVERSITY PRESS | San Antonio Published by Trinity University Press San Antonio, Texas 78212 Copyright © 2015 by Dale Peterson and Marc Bekoff Thanks to the many people who gave of their time, ideas, and talents in contributing to this book in its print and electronic forms. Special thanks to Mary Lewis, vice president of the Jane Goodall Institute and special assistant to Jane Goodall. This work has been supported in part by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including informa- tion storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. Cover design by Rebecca Lown Book design by BookMatters, Berkeley, California Cover art: Jane Goodall, courtesy of Thomas D. 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CIP data on file at the Library of Congress ISBN 978-1-59534-253-9 paperback ISBN 978-1-59534-254-6 ebook 19 18 17 16 15 | 5 4 3 2 1 Contents 1 Dale Peterson and Marc Bekoff, Introduction 3 JANE AS FRIEND 6 Loup Mangelsen, My New Best Friend 8 Aimee Morgana and N’Kisi, Our Friend Jane 10 Georgeanne Irvine, Hope Always 11 Hilda Tresz, Have You Seen? 13 Erna Toback, A Feather in Her Wing 16 Annette Lanjauw, Charismatic Leader and Gentle Friend 17 Mary G. Smith, My Friend Jane 19 Fred Matser, My Loving and Inspiring Sister 20 Barbara Shear, Jane’s Personal Shopper 21 David Shear, Jane and Fifi 22 Billy Weisman, Sleeping with Jane 24 Gary “GJ” McAvoy, Belly Laughter 25 Michael Aisner, How Can Jane Keep Going at This Pace? 29 Marc Bekoff, Animals and Single Malt 32 Thomas D. Mangelsen, Jane Magic 35 JANE AS COLLEAGUE 37 Colin Groves, Primate Taxonomy and Chimpanzee Minds 39 David Anthony Collins, Jane’s Influence on Me and My Life 41 Michael A. Huffman, The Six Degrees of Jane Goodall vi CONTENTS 43 Craig Stanford, It Started with a Letter 45 Paula Gonzalez Ciccia, Seeds of Hope in South America 46 Polly Cevallos, Jane on Collaboration 47 Peter L. Biro, Not What She Has Done 49 Federico Bogdanowicz, Just Like David Greybeard 51 Ferran Guallar, A Meeting in Gombe 53 Peter Apell, Every Individual Matters 55 Donald R. Kendall, One Person Can Make a Difference 56 Dilys MacKinnon, Travels with Jane 58 Claire Quarendon, A Calm Spirit 59 Gudrun Schindler-Rainbauer, You Encouraged Me 60 Phee Boon Kang, The Spirit of Jane 62 George Strunden, TACARE 64 Mary Lewis, Who Is Jane Goodall? 69 JANE AS PARTNER 72 Ingrid Newkirk, Jane and the Sema Chimps 73 Tony Smith, Fifteen Chimpanzees 75 Jon Stryker, For Dr. Carole Noon 76 Patti Ragan, Jane and My Grub 78 Leslie Day, A Soft-Spoken Woman 79 Ian Redmond, A Chimp in Need Has a Friend Indeed in Dr. Jane 82 Beatrice h. Hahn, Gombe: A Virology Laboratory 83 Irene Pepperberg, Jane the Ambassador 85 Jill Robinson, Bear Ambassador Jane 86 Cara Blessley Lowe, Of Knitting, Birds, and Jane 87 John Hare, Wild Camel Meets Chimp Champion 89 Gail Hudson, Lessons from Jane 91 Vivian B. Wheeler, My Dr. Jane Saga CONTENTS vii 94 Charles Knowles, Thank You, Jane 95 Wayne Pacelle, Proud to Call Her a Partner 99 JANE AS PROFESSOR 103 Emily Polis Gibson, Standing outside a Door 105 Jim Moore, What Jane Taught Me 106 John Crocker, Looking Back 108 Annie Vander Stoep, Happy Birthday, Big Jane! 110 Phyllis C. Lee, One of the Luckiest 111 David Bygott, You Changed My Life 113 Jeannette Hanby, Hoots 115 Richard Wrangham, Be Open to Novel Observations 119 Anne Pusey, Gombe Chimpanzees Forever 121 Elizabeth Vinson Lonsdorf, Precious Moments 122 William C. McGrew, Opener of Doors 124 Linda F. Marchant, The “Joys” of Frodo 126 Carol Gigliotti, To Jane Goodall 127 Joe Duff, Flying with Jane 129 Virginia Morell, Lessons in the Wild with Jane 131 Shadrack Mkolle Kamenya, What a Great Teacher She Is! 133 Dale Peterson, Jane the Teacher 136 Gloria Grow, How Jane Goodall Saved My Life 140 Hamid R. Hossaini, Thank You for Being Daring and Caring 143 JANE AS NATURALIST 145 Jeanne McCarty, Two Simple Questions 147 Greg MacIsaac, Why Does Jane Goodall Inspire Me? 149 Rick Asselta, What Would Jane Do? 150 Mie Horiuchi Strunden, Follow Your Dreams viii CONTENTS 152 Ybeth Pinzón, Jane’s Magic: I’ve Seen It Happen 153 Pam O’Halloran-Blevins, Happy Eightieth, Dr. Jane 155 Jonathan Lucero, A Way to Be Involved 156 Richard Mora, We, the People 157 Daniela de Donno Mannini, Magic Jane 159 James Tsou-Wang, Roots & Shoots in China 160 Caitlin Kara, Together We Can Do So Much 162 Renée Gunther, Roots & Shoots Changed My Life 163 John Zavalney, Inspiration, Mentor, and Friend 167 JANE AS EXEMPLAR 171 Smita Dharsi, Being Held by Jane 174 Debra Durham, Start + Heart 176 Lynne A. Isbell, She Led Me to Passion 178 Katharina Jakob, Look Closely 180 Stephanie Feldstein, Growing Up Jane 181 Helen Forster, My Childhood Hero 183 Jo-Anne McArthur, If You Can Do It, I Can Do It Too 185 Nancy Merrick, All My Life I Wanted to Be Jane Goodall 187 Sonya P. Hill, Following Jane 188 Debra Merskin, Daytime Dreaming 190 Kate Kitchenham, From Blackbirds and Flo to Dogs and Ruby 192 Debra Teachout, Canada Geese and Undercover Videos 193 Jane Miller, Jane Paved the Way for Healing Companions 195 Zoe Weil, In Jane’s Footsteps 196 Polly Thurston, How Jane Influences My Life 197 Jessica Pierce, I Want to Be Jane Goodall 199 Denise L. Herzing, From Gombe to the Bahamas CONTENTS ix 201 Hope Ferdowsian, The Graceful Trailblazer with a Message of Hope 203 Daniel R. Tardona, From Inner-City Kid to National Park Ranger 205 Shubhobroto Ghosh, Follow Your Heart 206 Tripp York, From Professor to Scooper of Poop 208 Andrew C. Currie, The True North on My Compass 211 JANE AS VISIONARY 213 Leslie Irvine, Even a Small Thing 214 Carol J. Adams, A Gift Given 215 Dale Jamieson, Jane Goodall, the Beatles, and Me 217 Angelique Richardson, Darwin, Goodall, and the Scientific Imagination 222 Philip Tedeschi, Waking Up with a Smile 223 William Crain, The Value of Fresh and Open Observation 225 Celia Deane Drummond, Wonder and the Religious Sense in Chimpanzees 227 Stewart J. Hudson, The Awareness of Souls 229 Vivek Menon, A Sage for Animals 231 Deborah Bird Rose, Becoming-Witness 233 Jonathan Balcombe, Animal Biographer and World Changer 234 Philippa Brakes, Jane and Significant Others 236 Natalie Houghton, Since I Was Eleven Years Old 239 JANE AS INSPIRATION 241 Camilla H. Fox, Finding Hope and the Peace of Wild Things 243 Phil Lane Jr., Defends-the-Land Woman 243 Karen Mok, Look Deep into Nature 244 Leonard George, Providing Hope x CONTENTS 245 Darlene Zavalney, Dreams and Wishes That Seemed Impossible 246 Jon Stocking, To My Inspiration 247 Dario Merlo, She Inspired Thousands of Kids 248 Jeff Orlowski, Chasing Jane and Chasing Ice 250 Ben Garrod, Chimps, I Think 251 Addison M. Fischer, You Are My Hero 252 Nick Forster, A Bright Beacon of Light 253 Alicia Kennedy, The Voice in My Head 255 Gary Haun, Dr. J and Mr. H 259 Index TK About the Editors Introduction Dale Peterson and Marc Bekoff On July 14, 1960, Jane Goodall and her mother, Vanne, pitched their tent in a rough strip of African forest at the edge of Lake Tanganyika in the territory of Tanganyika (soon to become the nation of Tanzania). At the time, only two RUWKUHHEUDYHRUIRROKDUG\PHQKDGDWWHPSWHGWRFRQGXFWDVFLHQWLÀFVWXG\ of wild chimpanzees. These early studies lasted for a few days or weeks, and they were done invariably at a safe distance or from inside a carefully con- structed hiding place. With a casual grace and courage, the young Miss Goodall demon- strated through personal example that those dangerous wild apes could be approached and observed up close and over time by an unarmed, soft-spo- ken, and lightly dressed human of the female variety. She thus began a revo- lution in animal studies, one that was soon marked by new discoveries and an unprecedented wealth of new observations. She saw chimpanzees as clever creatures with personalities, emotions, and minds. She discovered that they eat meat and use tools. She demonstrated that their behavior is affected by memory of the past and anticipation of the future. Over time, her work made it clear that chimpanzees are, like us, capable of attachment and loss, will- ful decision and contemplative self-recognition, honest communication and crafted deceit. +HUFHOHEULW\FDPHHDUO\VWDUWLQJLQZLWKWKHÀUVWNational Geographic magazine article featuring a young Englishwoman living among the apes. That was followed by more articles, then television features and lecture tours, soon reaching large and rapt audiences across the United States. Her 1971 popu- 2 INTRODUCTION lar book, In the Shadow of Man, became an international best seller and was WUDQVODWHGLQWRFORVHWRÀIW\ODQJXDJHV6LQFHWKHQVKHKDVEHHQWKHVXEMHFW of a seemingly endless series of documentaries, books, articles, reviews, and LQWHUYLHZV³VXIÀFLHQW DOWRJHWKHU WKDW ZLWK WKH SRVVLEOH H[FHSWLRQ RI 0DULH Curie, Jane Goodall may be the best-known woman scientist in history.