Background
Dolan, James Michael was born on February 27, 1937 in New York City. Son of James Michael and Emily Catherine (Wackerbauer) Dolan.
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James Michael Dolan
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Bachelor of Science, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland., 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Institute fur Haustierkunde, U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1963.
Career
Assistant curator birds, San Diego Zoo, 1963-1964;
associate curator birds, San Diego Zoo, 1964-1973;
director animal science, San Diego Zoo, 1973-1974;
general curator, San Diego Wild Animal Pk., 1974-1981;
general curator mammals, Zoological Society San Diego, 1982-1985;
director collections, Zoological Society San Diego, since 1986. Advisor Economics Research Associations. Adjunct Professor zoology San Diego State University.
Technical assistant United Nations in Malaysia, 1970, Indian Zoological Gardens, 1976, Kuwait Zoological Garden, 1978, Seoul (Korea) Zoological Garden. Member Survival Svc. Commission, Faro, Portugal, 1978. Zoo advisory for United States Fish & Wildlife Svc.to India, 1980.
Delegate international conferences including Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Wild Fauna and Flora, Buenos Aires, 1985, International Conference Rupricaprines, Japan, 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association Zoological Parks and Aquariums (coordinator Arabian oryx group species survival plan). Member International Union Dirs. Zoological Gardens, International Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources (active several species survival commission specialist groups, delegate meetings and conferences England, Australia, Czechoslovakia, Hong Kong 1980-1984, Federal Republic Germany, 1987, reintroduction program Przewalski's horse Republic of China and Tibet, 1987, conference Arabian oryx Saudi Arabia, 1987,commission to review new Taipei Zoo 1987), American Pheasant and Waterfowl Association, African Lovebird Society, Avicultural Society, Explorer's Club, Fauna Preservation Society, Foundation Protection and Preservation of Przewalski Horse, International Crane Foundation, World Pheasant Association, Zooculturists, German Society Mammalogists.
