02-12-2016 21:53 via feeds.bizjournals.com

Former Louisville Zoo director dies at 83

Robert Bean Jr., former director of the Louisville Zoo, died in late October at the age of 83.Bean, a native of Oak Park, Ill., had been living in the Chicago area since 2009. He was the second director in Louisville Zoo history, serving from 1974 to 1988, and the third generation of zoo officials in his family. His grandfather Edward Bean and his father, Robert Bean, were the first and second directors of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. That's where Robert Bean Jr. started his career, before going on
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