Karen Wylie Pryor

Background

Pryor, Karen Wylie was born on May 14, 1932 in New York City. Daughter of Philip Gordon Wylie and Sally Ondeck.

Education

Bachelor in English, Cornell Univercity, 1954; postgraduate, U. Hawaii, 1957-1959; postgraduate, New York University, 1977-1979; postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1979-1982.

Career

Founder, curator Sea Life Park Oceanarium, Honolulu, 1960-1971. Copywriter Fawcett-McDermott, 1973-1976. Drama critic Honolulu Advertiser, 1971-1975.

Free lance writer, since 1963. Marine mammal consultant, since 1970. Science advisor United States Tuna Foundation, Washington, 1976-1982.

Consultant National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Geographic Society, since 1976. Commissioner Marine Mammal Commission, Washington, 1984-1987. President Sunshine Books, Inc., since 1992.

Public and video producer. Guest faculty Brown University, 1996, Ohio State University, University Kansas, 1999.

Achievements

• Karen Wylie Pryor has been listed as a notable biologist, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • How to Teach Your Dog to Play Frisbee

    (7 chapters include Dogs frisbees, positive reinforcement,...)

  • Reaching the Animal Mind Clicker Training Method & What It Teaches Us About All Animals HC,2009

    (Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training Method and Wha...)

  • Nursing Your Baby 4e

    ( For more than 40 years, mothers have depended on the wi...)

  • NURSING YOUR BABY 4E By Pryor, Karen ( Author) 2005 Paperback

    (Nursing Your Baby 4e (Revised) BY Pryor, Karen ( Author )...)

  • Lads before the wind: Adventures in porpoise training

    (wow what a adventure they will give you)

  • Nursing Your Baby: Revised

    (Book by Pryor, Karen)

  • Karen Pryor on Behavior

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  • Nursing Your Baby 4e (Revised) Pryor, Karen ( Author ) { Paperback } 2005
  • Karen Pryor on Behavior PAPERBACK 2004 By Karen Pryor
  • Nursing Your Baby,
  • Karen Pryor on Behavior by Karen Pryor (2004-05-27)
  • Karen Pryor on Behavior by Pryor, Karen (2004) Paperback
  • Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals by Karen Pryor (2009-06-16)
  • Click to Win: Clicker Training for the Show Ring (Collected Articles from the AKC Gazette) by Karen Pryor (2002-01-30)
  • Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles Paperback - December 10, 1998
  • Karen Pryor on Behaviour: Essays and Research by Karen Pryor (1995-04-30)
  • Lads before the wind: Adventures in porpoise training Hardcover 1975
  • How to Teach Your Dog to Play Frisbee by Karen Pryor (1985-05-01)
  • Lads Before the Wind: Diary of a Dolphin Trainer by Karen Pryor (1975-11-27)

Membership

Member International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Association for Behavior Analysis, Animal Behavior Society, Association Zoos and Aquariums, Authors Guild, Marine Mammal Society (charter), Society Women Geographers, Cosmopolitan Club.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, bird watching.

Connections

Married Taylor A. Pryor, June 25, 1954 (divorced 1973). Children: Tedmund, Michael, Gale. Married Jon M. Lindbergh, May 14, 1983.

Father:

Philip Gordon Wylie

Mother:

Sally Ondeck

Spouse:

Taylor A. Pryor

Spouse:

Jon M. Lindbergh

child:

Gale Pryor

child:

Tedmund Pryor

child:

Michael Pryor