Eugene Eisenmann

Eisenmann was born in Panama and, though he was based throughout his adult life in New York City, he returned to Panama almost annually in order to study the birdlife and visit his family. He was bilingual in English and Spanish. ==Ornithology==

Eisenmann served as President of the LSNY from 1947 to 1949, and was later elected a Fellow. He published over 150 papers on ornithology, and his The Species of Middle American Birds is Volume 7 of the Transactions of the LSNY. He also co-wrote The Species of Birds of South America with Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee. ==Legacy==

Following Eisenmann's death from a heart attack in 1981, In 2000 the Fundación Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann (Eugene Eisenmann Bird Foundation) was established in Panama by a group of Panamanian and American bird lovers with the mission of protecting Panama's birds and their habitats. In 2003 it obtained a 20 ha concession at Pipeline Road in central Panama for the construction of the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center in the Soberanía National Park. ==References==