SECRETARY'S REPORT 149 



The director attended the annual meeting of the International Union 

 of Directors of Zoological Gardens in Chester, England, from Septem- 

 ber 9 to 13. At the annual conference of the American Association of 

 Zoological Parks and Aquariums, held in Washington September 23 

 to 26, the director was elected president of the Association. He 

 attended the meetings of the executive board of the American Institute 

 of Park Executives, held in New York January 17 to 20, and a com- 

 mittee meeting of the AAZPA in New York on February 7. From 

 October 30 to November 3, he was in Sumter, S.C, as consultant to 

 city officials who plan to build a zoo in that city. On May 17, he was 

 present at the dedication of a new feline house in City Park Zoo, 

 Denver, Colo., and on the following 3 days he attended the Western 

 Regional Zoo Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. On June 21 he 

 left for London, England, as a delegate to a symposium on the role of 

 zoos in animal conservation. Following the conference in London he 

 visited zoos in Munich, Turin, and Barcelona. 



The director gave three radio talks and made three television appear- 

 ances. He addressed the College Park (Md.) Rotary Club and also 

 spoke at a meeting of the D.C. Veterinary Medical Association. 



J. Lear Grimmer, associate director, on January 20 made a sound 

 film to be broadcast in India over the Voice of i^merica. On April 3 

 he gave a half-hour talk over WETA-TV, an educational channel, and 

 on June 27 appeared on a film for the U.S. Information Agency. He 

 spoke on a radio program about new animals at the Zoo (June 10) and 

 addressed the Virginia Herpetological Society on June 6. Wliile in 

 India he had an opportunity to visit zoos in Delhi, Calcutta, and 

 Guahati, as well as wildlife sanctuaries in Assam and in Sundarbans 

 bordering the Bay of Bengal. On May 14 and 15 he attended meet- 

 ings of the Inland Field Conference at the National Science Founda- 

 tion, Washington, D.C. 



In June Travis E. Fauntleroy, assistant to the director, visited zoos 

 in Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, 

 Columbus, Toledo, and Cleveland, observing children's zoos in particu- 

 lar and management operations in general. 



Keeper H. Stroman appeared on a television program for the U.S. 

 Information Agency on May 18, showing a European brown bear cub 

 and a baby pygmy hippopotamus. 



In the fiscal year 1964 the Zoo had 211 authorized positions : office of 

 the director, 11; operations and maintenance department, which in- 

 cludes the mechanical division, police division, grounds division, and 

 services division, 122; animal department, 77 (an increase of 1 night 

 keeper) ; and scientific research department, 1. 



