George Bernard Rabb (January 2, 1930, in Charleston, South Carolina – July 27, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois) was an American zoologist, and the former director of the Brookfield Zoo from 1976 until 2003.
Rabb graduated from the College of Charleston with a BS in biology, and from the University of Michigan with an MS and PhD in zoology.
He was chairman of the IUCN Species Survival Commission from 1989 to 1996 and later served as a board member for the Center for Humans and Nature as well as for the Illinois State Museum.
[3] Two amphibians are named for him, Guatemalan bromeliad salamander (Dendrotriton rabbi) and Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (Ecnomiohyla rabborum), the latter also honoring his wife Mary S. Rabb, hence the plural form rabborum.
[4] Rabb died on July 27, 2017, in Chicago after heart surgery as a result of a brief illness.