Background
Vecchio, Anthony Joseph was born on February 27, 1955 in Pittsburgh. Son of Frank A. and Anne (Nucera) Vecchio.
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Anthony Joseph Vecchio
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Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1977; Master of Science, United States C., 1986.
Career
Zookeeper, Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, South Carolina., 1979-1984;
senior keeper, Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, South Carolina., 1984-1985;
curator of mammals, Atlanta Zoo, 1986-1988;
general curator, Roger Williams Pk. Zoo, Providence, 1988-1989;
zoo director, Roger William Pk. Zoo, Providence, since 1989.
Member steering committee Zoo Conservation Outreach Group, since 1989. Keeper stud book White-Face Saki Monkey.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors U. Rhode Island Advisory Council, Kingston, Rhode Island, since 1989. Member American Association Zoological Parks and Auariums (propagation group Gibbon Species Survival Plan since 1989, international relations committee since 1991), American Society Mammalogists, Animal Behavior Society, Society for Conservation Biology.
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Married Patricia G. Peffer, September 1,1989.
