摘要：I first met Frank Gress in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) in 1968. Both of us were gradu- ate students, Frank working under A. Starker Leopold at UCB and I under Joseph J. Hickey at the University of Wisconsin. Our professors were good friends and colleagues; we immediately became solid friends and colleagues likewise, and we remain so. At the time, and even today, we considered our work to be “as important as the moon land- ing” from conservation and scientific viewpoints. Yes, we were serious about our chosen work..
