Dian Fossey was born on January 16, 1932 in San Francisco, California. Her parents divorced when she was very young, so she grew up with her mother and stepfather. She was a very good student and always had a love for animals.
Dian enrolled in college courses at Marin Junior College to focus on business due to her stepfather being a wealthy businessman. She worked during school and at age 19 during summer break, she worked at a ranch in Montana. At the ranch she fell in love with and became attached to animals but was forced to leave early when she developed chicken pox. The experience at the ranch convinced Dian to follow her heart and go back to school as a pre veterinary student at the University of California.
After graduation, Dian interned at many hospitals in California working with patients with tuberculosis. In less than a year after, she moved to Louisville Kentucky where she was hired as director of the occupational therapy department at Kosair Crippled Children Hospital. She lived outside the city limits in a cottage on a farm where the owners told her she should work on animals. She thought about it for awhile. Dian loved being at the farm, but she wanted to go into the wildlife and begin seeing more of the world.
One of Dian’s friends went to Africa and came back with many stories and …show more content…
Carr introduced Dian to a woman named Alytte DeMunck. Dian and Alytte became fast friends and Alytte soon became one of Dian’s biggest supporters. Alytte offered to help Dian find a place to build a camp that she had been wanted to build for a while. Dian’s search soon ended when she saw the alpine meadow of Karimsbi.On September 24, 1967 Dian established the Karisoke Research Center. She was so good with gorillas that she even gained their trust. She became very close with a gorilla named Digit. They had a very close bond. Dian succeeded in her career very
Dian enrolled in college courses at Marin Junior College to focus on business due to her stepfather being a wealthy businessman. She worked during school and at age 19 during summer break, she worked at a ranch in Montana. At the ranch she fell in love with and became attached to animals but was forced to leave early when she developed chicken pox. The experience at the ranch convinced Dian to follow her heart and go back to school as a pre veterinary student at the University of California.
After graduation, Dian interned at many hospitals in California working with patients with tuberculosis. In less than a year after, she moved to Louisville Kentucky where she was hired as director of the occupational therapy department at Kosair Crippled Children Hospital. She lived outside the city limits in a cottage on a farm where the owners told her she should work on animals. She thought about it for awhile. Dian loved being at the farm, but she wanted to go into the wildlife and begin seeing more of the world.
One of Dian’s friends went to Africa and came back with many stories and …show more content…
Carr introduced Dian to a woman named Alytte DeMunck. Dian and Alytte became fast friends and Alytte soon became one of Dian’s biggest supporters. Alytte offered to help Dian find a place to build a camp that she had been wanted to build for a while. Dian’s search soon ended when she saw the alpine meadow of Karimsbi.On September 24, 1967 Dian established the Karisoke Research Center. She was so good with gorillas that she even gained their trust. She became very close with a gorilla named Digit. They had a very close bond. Dian succeeded in her career very