George Page Biography

Fast Facts

• In recognition of his great contributions to science education and nature, George was awarded an honorary doctorate from Emory University in1990, and another honorary degree from Pace University in 1995
• His family owned a funeral home growing up and when he was 14 he got a job as a host of a local radio show called "Obituary Column of the Air․"
• Quote: "(On the capability of the three-pound brain) "all things are possible: love, charity, hate, hope, fear, Beethoven's Fifth, Apollo XIV, the wheel, mass murder, "Hamlet," the hula hoop, the pyramids․""
• Page served as a war correspondent in Vietnam working for NBC News
• George's passion for nature helped him to be a invaluable contributor to the nature series he hosted and narrated for many years, always wanting nature to teach and say something important
• Put his love for nature and vast expertise into a book called "Inside the Animal Mind," published in 1999