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Eugene "Gene" Eisenmann (19 February 1906 – 16 October 1981)[ citation needed] was an American and Panamanian lawyer and amateur ornithologist of German-Jewish ancestry.[ citation needed] He had a long association with the Linnaean Society of New York (LSNY) as well as with the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).[ citation needed] He was an expert on Neotropical birds.[ citation needed]
Eisenmann was born in Panama[ citation needed] and, though he was based throughout his adult life in New York City, he returned to Panama almost annually in order to study the birdlife and visit his family.[ citation needed] He was bilingual in English and Spanish. [1] He received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1930 and was a partner in the New York law firm of Proskauer Rose until 1956. [1] [2]
Eisenmann served as President of the LSNY from 1947 to 1949, and was later elected a Fellow. [3] In 1956, he resigned from the legal profession to pursue his interest in studying the birds of Central America and the adjacent region. The following year, he became a Research Associate of the AMNH, a position he held until his death. [1] [2] He was editor of the AOU's journal The Auk in 1958–59, vice president of the AOU in 1967–69, and chairman of the AOU's Check-list Committee from 1966 until his death. He was a member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. [4] He published over 150 papers on ornithology, and his The Species of Middle American Birds is Volume 7 of the Transactions of the LSNY. [3] He also co-wrote The Species of Birds of South America with Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee. [2]
Following Eisenmann's death from a heart attack in 1981, [2] the LSNY established the Eisenmann Medal, an award to recognise ornithological excellence and encourage amateur ornithologists, with the inaugural award being made to Ernst Mayr in 1983. [3]
In 2000 the Fundación Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann (Eugene Eisenmann Bird Foundation) was established in Panama by a group of Panamanian and American bird lovers with the mission of protecting Panama's birds and their habitats. In 2003 it obtained a 20 ha concession at Pipeline Road in central Panama for the construction of the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center in the Soberanía National Park. [5]
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Eugene "Gene" Eisenmann (19 February 1906 – 16 October 1981)[ citation needed] was an American and Panamanian lawyer and amateur ornithologist of German-Jewish ancestry.[ citation needed] He had a long association with the Linnaean Society of New York (LSNY) as well as with the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).[ citation needed] He was an expert on Neotropical birds.[ citation needed]
Eisenmann was born in Panama[ citation needed] and, though he was based throughout his adult life in New York City, he returned to Panama almost annually in order to study the birdlife and visit his family.[ citation needed] He was bilingual in English and Spanish. [1] He received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1930 and was a partner in the New York law firm of Proskauer Rose until 1956. [1] [2]
Eisenmann served as President of the LSNY from 1947 to 1949, and was later elected a Fellow. [3] In 1956, he resigned from the legal profession to pursue his interest in studying the birds of Central America and the adjacent region. The following year, he became a Research Associate of the AMNH, a position he held until his death. [1] [2] He was editor of the AOU's journal The Auk in 1958–59, vice president of the AOU in 1967–69, and chairman of the AOU's Check-list Committee from 1966 until his death. He was a member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. [4] He published over 150 papers on ornithology, and his The Species of Middle American Birds is Volume 7 of the Transactions of the LSNY. [3] He also co-wrote The Species of Birds of South America with Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee. [2]
Following Eisenmann's death from a heart attack in 1981, [2] the LSNY established the Eisenmann Medal, an award to recognise ornithological excellence and encourage amateur ornithologists, with the inaugural award being made to Ernst Mayr in 1983. [3]
In 2000 the Fundación Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann (Eugene Eisenmann Bird Foundation) was established in Panama by a group of Panamanian and American bird lovers with the mission of protecting Panama's birds and their habitats. In 2003 it obtained a 20 ha concession at Pipeline Road in central Panama for the construction of the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center in the Soberanía National Park. [5]