Ivor DeKirby - Escondido, CA
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N 33° 05.997 W 117° 00.066
11S E 499897 N 3662367
This Memorial is located near the entrance of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Waymark Code: WMR44T
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2016
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The memorial is located on an engraved stone slab and has a depiction of DeKirby and reads:
"Ivor DeKirby
WAS A MEMBER AND EMERITUS
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO FROM
1967 TO 2000. SERVING AS ITS
PRESIDENT FROM 1975 TO 1977.
AS A FORMER SAN DIEGO CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER, HIS SEASONED
COUNCIL WAS KEY IN ARRANGING
INITIAL FINANCING AND ONGOING
LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH THE
CITY FOR THE SAN DIEGO WILD
ANIMAL PARK, AND HIS ABIDING
INTEREST IN AND VISION FOR
THE PARK CONTRIBUTED
SIGNIFICANTLY TO ITS
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION."
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
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