Rutgers alumnus Doug Piekarz has devoted his life to saving wildlife, wild places, and the world. By Debbie Meyers Doug Piekarz grew up spending holidays and weekends at his grandfather’s cabin nestled in the wilderness of upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains. His childhood love of nature led Piekarz (CC’89) to Rutgers University and ultimately to […]
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New zoo president follows passion
Growing up in New Jersey, Doug Piekarz always had a love of nature. It’s something for which Piekarz, the newly named president and CEO of the Akron Zoo, gives credit to his grandfather, who had a cabin in the Catskills… Those experiences influenced …
