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Books -Gorillas in the Mist -Infanticides -The Great Apes -Primate Ecology Honors -Frankin Burt award 1973 -Joseph Wood Kruth Medal 1984 Challenges -Parents got divorced -Dad got frustrated and drunk alot Early intrests -animals -horses -dogs -coyotes Birth January 16, 1932 San Francisco, California Education -She graduated with honors in San Francisco's Lowell School -Started out at the University of California at Daris -Transfered to San Jose State College -Graduated in 1954 Envirnmental Issue -helped save the gorillas -to rid of the poachers my pictures from: http://www.gorillafund.org/dian_fossey/ www.wikipedia.com/ http://www.webster.edu/woolflm/fossy.html Works Cited “About Dian Fossy- Info About the Life of Dian Fossy-DFGFI.” Saving Gorillas- the Dian Fossy GorillaFund International. 7 May 2008. Dian Fossy GorillaFund International. 8 May 2008 <http://www.gorillafund.org/_fossey/>. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS. Westport, Ct: Greenwood, 2001. “Obituary.”Dian Fossey Biography Today Scientists and Inventers Series. 1996. 2_dian_playing2.jpg 1_fossey_puck.jpg