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The Beginnings of the American Society of Zoologists
Department of Biology, Manhattan College Bronx, New York 10471
The American Society of Zoologists takes its origins from several preceding organizations, especially the American Society of Naturalists and the American Morphological Society. Leaders of these parent groups were prominent among the founders of the American Society of Zoologists. The development of our present Society from its predecessors, and the roles played by our early leaders are briefly described in this paper.