Susan Lyndaker Lindsey ’78 loves
being “wolf lady.” At least that’s what children
who visit her office call her.
Since 1993, Susan Lindsey
has been executive director of the Wild Canid
Survival and Research Center at
Washington University’s Tyson Research Center in Eureka, Missouri. For
her accomplishments in science, she received a 2003 Alumni Citation from
St. Lawrence University.
Founded by R. Marlin Perkins in 1971, the Wild Canid
Center focuses on preservation of all canids, and most notably, the
red and Mexican grey wolves, but extending to species throughout
the world, from South America to Africa to the Middle East. It has
done extensive research on wolf breeding, habits and extinction threats.
The center is a private, nonprofit conservation organization dedicated
to the preservation of the wolf and other endangered canids
through education, research and captive breeding.
Dr. Lindsey is the co-author of The Okapi: Mysterious Animal of
Congo-Zaire, which features an introduction by Dr. Jane Goodall.
She earned her B.S. in biology from St. Lawrence (where she
credits Professor Emeritus of Biology John Green with spurring her
interest in wildlife conservation), her M.A. from Southern Illinois
University and her Ph.D. from Colorado State University.
