The Duke Lemur Center Leaps into its 50th year!

Original Yale lemur colony arrives with Dr.John Buettner- Janusch from CT

Cartmill, Klopfer and Kaye Brown Dr. Pat Wright Cofounders Buettner- secure funding to keep DUPC open hired as tarsier Janusch and Klopfer First successful colony manager obtain NSF & NIMH captive sifaka birth grants to build DUPC from wild caught Charlie Welch and parents at the Andrea Katz move to DUPC Dr. Matt Madagascar to begin conservation work Cartmill steps in DUPC Main as interim DUPC First animals released to free building Buettner- Director Janusch resigns range after completed completion of as Primate Natural Habitat 1 Center director

1966 1968 1970 1971 1973 1977 1981 1982 1983 1987 1989 1990 Jan Bergeron becomes DUPC hires a First lemur is interim DUPC Director full time born at the Dr. Elwyn veterinarian Duke University Simons hired as Primate Center DUPC Director First PhD based on DUPC research published Importation of Importation of aye- Coquerel’s sifaka aye from from Madagascar Madagascar (5 of the Duke considers (descendants are original group closing DUPC’s thriving) survive to this day) Dr. Peter Klopfer doors publishes first behavioral research paper using DUPC collected data

Thank you for being part of this innovative 50 year journey. Looking Back; Looking Ahead! Thanks to Provost Peter Lange’s leadership, Duke makes decision to Dr. Gregg reinvest in DUPC Gunnell hired as nd the Director of First 2 Fossil Primates 50 years of Dr. Anne data from DLC generation Yoder hired as sifaka birth is released on Director of line DUPC

Dr. Bill Kratt Brothers film DUPC changes New tour path is the hit PBS show Hylander hired completed to Zoboomafoo at the as Director of name to Duke accommodate more DLC Lemur Center visitors & a formal DUPC education program Dr. Ken Glander hired as DUPC Director and nd Simons takes on the First permanent First 2 Completed renovation of role as Scientific winter housing for generation all NHEs to provide lemurs Director free ranging with a total of 9 NHEs and animals completed aye-aye birth a total of 51 acres

1991 1992 1993 1997 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Welch and Aty Ala and Miaro Katz receive buildings completed: all animals now have Malagasy permanent winter Nocturnal Knighthood housing Research building Department officially completed formed by hiring a full time research SAVA Conservation manager Ruffed lemurs re- Lemur Landing project established introduced to Gift Shop moves in Madagascar Madagascar(first ever into permanent 9 mouse lemurs imported return to wild of captive building born lemurs) from France become the First aye-aye birth foundation for the current from wild caught mouse lemur colony pair breeding at the DUPC

Please help us shape the next 50 years as we continue to Discover, Engage, Protect……… CELEBRATE!