Former Lincoln Park Zoo director Lester Fisher dies at age 100 — a transformational leader for the zoo and its animals
CHICAGO — Those visiting Lincoln Park Zoo over the coming days — to bask in the holiday lights extravaganza and observe its remarkable gathering of animals — will also see a wreath inside the Regenstein Center for African Apes. It was placed there on Thursday afternoon in honor of Dr. Lester E. Fisher, a man who worked at the zoo for nearly 50 years and helped build it from what was basically an entertainment venue into an important cultural and conservation institution.
Fisher died Wednesday after a short stay in a health care facility in Hayward, Wisconsin, near the home of daughter Kate Mayberry (Kris) and her family, where he had been living in good health for the last two years. He was 100 years old.
