Name of Applicant; REED H. THEODORE & 
(For Index) A Middle First 
Mail Address: 
'National Geographic Society 
Committee for Research and Exploration 
17th and M Streets, N. W. 
Washington, D. C. 20036 
Applications should be typewritten on one side of page only with a 
heavily inked ribbon. 
Date: March 8, 1968 
Project (Give an explanatory title in ten words or less): 
"Bongo"Antelope (Boocerus eurycerus) 
a. Explain the proposed research, and indicate the relation of what 
you plan to do with previous and current work on the subject, by. 
yourself or others (use additional page 5 if necessary): 
See Page 5 
. Under what major field of science do you classify this project? 
Biological sciences 
Biographical facts about applicant: 
a. Name: THEODORE H. REED 
b. Mail address: National Zoological Park 
Washington; DseC. “20009 
Washington, D. C..=— guly. 2, 1922 
. Education and degrees with institutions and dates: 
. Place and date of birth: 
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine - Kansas State University, 1945 
Present position (institution and rank): 
National Zoological Park 
Director 
. Personal data, (marital status, number of children, etc. If you 
have a biographical statement, please append it): 
See Attachment B 
(If others are to participate in the project, please give the 
above biographical facts about each such person. Additional 
pages may be used.) 
