M.H. Moynihan & C. Lehman in Colombia

Summary

Martin H. Moynihan (1928-1996) and Carlos Lehman, director of the Natural History Museum in Cali, Colombia, conducting field work in Purace Park, Magdelena Slope, Colombia, in June 10, 1969. Moynihan was an ethologist and in 1957 became Resident Naturalist and Director (1957-1973) of a small field station on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, later named the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He transformed the station into a major research institution in tropical biology. Moynihan was a world authority on animal behavior, with major contributions to the study of communication in birds, primates and cephalopods.

Subject

• Moynihan, M
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

IHD Photo File

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1969

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Ethology
• Scientific expeditions
• Research expeditions
• Purace Park (Columbia)
• Employees
• Birds
• Tropical Biology
• Animals
• Directors
• Ethologists
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Field Work
• Expeditions
• Lehman, C
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees
• Colombia
• Ornithologists
• Ornithology

Place

Colombia

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

90-13077

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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