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ESU will be where the wild things By Susan Field It all started with a conversation. Arthur Schisler '62 remembers casually talking to the university in 1984 about one day donating his extensive wildlife taxidermy collection. The idea will come to fruition in the fall of 2011 when the Schisler Wildlife Museum of Natural History will open in the ground floor of the Warren E. '55 and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center. The collection of more than 100 animals includes 32 big game animals and all the species of deer found in North America. The animals, from all over North America, the Arctic, Spain, and Africa, were collected by Schisler and his wife, Fannie (Greene) '62, during their hunting trips since 1978. "The idea came about because I started thinking, 'what's going to happen to this collection when I'm gone?'" Schisler said. "It was a goal of mine to get a complete collection [of big game animals], and I think it's really neat to pass it on. To my knowledge there are only 109 complete collections of North American big game animals." The Schislers hope people will gain knowledge and appreciation for animals when they see the collection. The
university hopes the museum will be a resource not only for the campus community, but also for area school students, who will be able to take field trips to the museum as well as to the McMunn Planetarium, also housed in the science and technology center. Art Schisler formed a love for hunting at an early age. He got his first rifle at age 12 and shot his first deer at age 14. He didn't start taking hunting trips until 1971 when he went to the Grand Teton area and shot a Rocky Mountain mule deer. "The Grand Teton mountains are one of the prettiest places in this country. I turned to our guide and said, 'This was fun. I'm going to do this again!'" And he did, up until a few years ago when he traveled to California and shot a Tule elk, the last animal he needed to complete his set of big game animals. Fannie did not accompany Art on all his trips, but started coming more often once their three children, Aaron, Harold, and Rebecca Schisler-Szilli '94, were off to college. The trips over the years weren't just about huntingthey gave the Schislers a chance to spend days on end outside in beautiful wilderness, and see the world. They traveled to the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain three times, to Zimbabwe twice - once while it was still called Rhodesia,
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The Schislers hope people will gain knowledge and appreciation for animals. The university hopes the museum will be a resource for local school students as well as the campus community.
Art and Fannie (Greene) Schisler '62 are donating their extensive collection of mounted wildlife to create the Schisler Wildlife Museum of Natural History at ESU.The collection of more than 100 animals includes all the species of deer from North America as well as 32 big game animals that Art has hunted.
are with Schisler museum Newfoundland, Alaska, and Mexico, among others. Their animal collection, now housed in their family's weekend home in Dingmans Ferry, includes a polar bear, a Cape buffalo, a leopard, an ibex, chamois, spotted hyena, musk ox, woodland caribou, and a tundra swan. The Schisler Wildlife Museum of Natural History will be 4,060 square feet, divided into five sections: Arctic, Boreal, Western, Eastern, and African. There will be a wall for a deer display. Aside from the Schisler collection, there will be an aquarium and an insect collection. The museum will feature interactive touch screens and 3-D exhibits to show the animals as they would be found in nature. The university has hired a firm to design the layout and build the exhibits and another to work on construction, which is is scheduled to start later this year. The Schislers are long-time donors to the University. Art, a 2006 inductee in ESU's Athletic Hall of Fame for football (1959-'61) served on the ESU Foundation board of directors. He and Fannie also sponsor the Schisler Football Scholarship and contribute to the Jack Gregory Football Scholarship. The Schislers have worked in the funeral home business for more than 50 years with Schisler Funeral Homes in the greater Lehigh Valley area. They split their time between Northampton and Dingmans Ferry. ~
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ESU will be where the wild things By Susan Field It all started with a conversation. Arthur Schisler '62 remembers casually talking to the university in 1984 about one day donating his extensive wildlife taxidermy collection. The idea will come to fruition in the fall of 2011 when the Schisler Wildlife Museum of Natural History will open in the ground floor of the Warren E. '55 and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center. The collection of more than 100 animals includes 32 big game animals and all the species of deer found in North America. The animals, from all over North America, the Arctic, Spain, and Africa, were collected by Schisler and his wife, Fannie (Greene) '62, during their hunting trips since 1978. "The idea came about because I started thinking, 'what's going to happen to this collection when I'm gone?'" Schisler said. "It was a goal of mine to get a complete collection [of big game animals], and I think it's really neat to pass it on. To my knowledge there are only 109 complete collections of North American big game animals." The Schislers hope people will gain knowledge and appreciation for animals when they see the collection. The
university hopes the museum will be a resource not only for the campus community, but also for area school students, who will be able to take field trips to the museum as well as to the McMunn Planetarium, also housed in the science and technology center. Art Schisler formed a love for hunting at an early age. He got his first rifle at age 12 and shot his first deer at age 14. He didn't start taking hunting trips until 1971 when he went to the Grand Teton area and shot a Rocky Mountain mule deer. "The Grand Teton mountains are one of the prettiest places in this country. I turned to our guide and said, 'This was fun. I'm going to do this again!'" And he did, up until a few years ago when he traveled to California and shot a Tule elk, the last animal he needed to complete his set of big game animals. Fannie did not accompany Art on all his trips, but started coming more often once their three children, Aaron, Harold, and Rebecca Schisler-Szilli '94, were off to college. The trips over the years weren't just about huntingthey gave the Schislers a chance to spend days on end outside in beautiful wilderness, and see the world. They traveled to the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain three times, to Zimbabwe twice - once while it was still called Rhodesia,
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Giyi.Tlg ()Ppcm.u.Tlit.i.e.s ...
The Schislers hope people will gain knowledge and appreciation for animals. The university hopes the museum will be a resource for local school students as well as the campus community.
Art and Fannie (Greene) Schisler '62 are donating their extensive collection of mounted wildlife to create the Schisler Wildlife Museum of Natural History at ESU.The collection of more than 100 animals includes all the species of deer from North America as well as 32 big game animals that Art has hunted.
are with Schisler museum Newfoundland, Alaska, and Mexico, among others. Their animal collection, now housed in their family's weekend home in Dingmans Ferry, includes a polar bear, a Cape buffalo, a leopard, an ibex, chamois, spotted hyena, musk ox, woodland caribou, and a tundra swan. The Schisler Wildlife Museum of Natural History will be 4,060 square feet, divided into five sections: Arctic, Boreal, Western, Eastern, and African. There will be a wall for a deer display. Aside from the Schisler collection, there will be an aquarium and an insect collection. The museum will feature interactive touch screens and 3-D exhibits to show the animals as they would be found in nature. The university has hired a firm to design the layout and build the exhibits and another to work on construction, which is is scheduled to start later this year. The Schislers are long-time donors to the University. Art, a 2006 inductee in ESU's Athletic Hall of Fame for football (1959-'61) served on the ESU Foundation board of directors. He and Fannie also sponsor the Schisler Football Scholarship and contribute to the Jack Gregory Football Scholarship. The Schislers have worked in the funeral home business for more than 50 years with Schisler Funeral Homes in the greater Lehigh Valley area. They split their time between Northampton and Dingmans Ferry. ~
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