Editing Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (section)

====Goss: 7th director====
Dr. Leonard Goss, DVM, PhD (1913–1999) was a veterinary pathologist and retired from the Cleveland Zoo (later renamed the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo) as its director in 1979. Prior to assuming the director position in Cleveland, he was the fourth chief veterinarian at the New York Zoological Society's Bronx Zoo as well as assistant director of the Bronx Zoo. Goss was President of the AZA and twice vice-president.

At the Bronx Zoo, which is the headquarters for the [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] (WCS), Goss conducted clinical, epidemiological and pathological research in collaboration with eminent field zoologist [[George Schaller]]. Schaller was the Director of the Bronx Zoo's Animal Research and Conservation Center, which is now referred to as the Wildlife Conservation Society's Global Conservation Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcsarchivesblog.org/celebrating-over-a-century-of-zoological-health/|title=Celebrating Over a Century of Zoological Health|date=19 October 2016|website=Wcsarchivesblog.org|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

The Cleveland Zoo has since made efforts to replicate this type of collaborative research relationship as demonstrated by Drs. Goss and Schaller in the 1970s and more recently by Atlanta, Chicago (Lincoln Park & Brookfield), National, San Diego, and Saint Louis zoos.

In the mid and late 1990s General Curator Hugh Quinn hired Patricia McDaniels as the first of three successive curators for the CMZ's Science and Conservation section. The unit now has a veterinary epidemiologist on staff. Sharon Deem, DVM, PhD Dipl. ACZM (now with the [[Saint Louis Zoo]]), was the first formally trained epidemiologist on staff and was both a researcher and experienced clinician from the National Zoo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Zoo/Press-Room/Cleveland-Metroparks-Zoo-Hires-Conservationist-for-1134.aspx |title=Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Hires Conservationist for Africa &#124; Press Room &#124; Cleveland Metroparks Zoo |access-date=2017-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219094043/http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Zoo/Press-Room/Cleveland-Metroparks-Zoo-Hires-Conservationist-for-1134.aspx |archive-date=2017-02-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="issuu.com1">{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/waza/docs/waza-news_4-2013/13|title=Waza news 4 2013|website=Issuu.com|date=8 November 2013 |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

When Goss, a graduate of the [[Cornell University]] and The [[Ohio State University]] veterinary colleges returned to Ohio to assume the role as director of the Cleveland Zoo, he continued to conduct research in zoological medicine and related animal science disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1952-09-27#folio=CV1|title=The New Yorker Digital Edition : Sep 27, 1952|website=Archives.newyorker.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> Goss was a president of the board of directors of the [[Association of Zoos and Aquariums]] (previously the "American Zoo and Aquarium Association", and originally the "American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums").