Charles Frederic Swigert Jr. Memorial Fountain

Charles Frederic Swigert Jr. Memorial Fountain is an outdoor 1983 bronze and stone fountain and sculpture by Richard Beyer, installed at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon.

The figure group, installed at the Oregon Zoo, depicts a man talking to a standing female child and several animals, including an ape, lion, monkey, two wolves and a wolf cub.

The man is shown with a monkey behind him and a lion and wolf cub at his feet.

/ BESIDE THE WATER / LIFE AND THE WORLD CAN BE FOUND / I THINK OF A FRIEND / SCULPTURE BY RICH BEYER / DEDICATED ON AUGUST 1, 1983".

It was a gift of Christine Swigert in memory of her husband Charles Frederic Swigert Jr.[1] The memorial's condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!"