EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story misstated the number of inductees with Bay Area connections. We regret the error.
SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON ) — Renowned primatologist Dian Fossey was one of three Bay Area luminaries named to the 18th class of the California Hall of Fame on Thursday. Fossey, was born in San Francisco and later moved to Marin as a child.
She attended the College of Marin and San Jose State University before launching a celebrated career as a primatologist and conservationist. She was best known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups beginning in 1966…