Steven E. Nelson Sportsman of the Year
Arnold W. Goldschlager M.D.

The Board of Trustees of the Mzuri Wildlife Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 16th annual Steven E. Nelson Sportsman of the Year Award, Arnold W. Goldschlager M.D. of Hillsborough, CA. The Steven E. Nelson award, named after a former president of the Mzuri Wildlife Foundation, is regarded as one of the most prestigious awards in shooting sports. It is awarded to sportsmen who not only have distinguished themselves in the field but also have dedicated themselves to the cause of conservation and restoration of habitat and wildlife. Dr. Goldschlager will be presented the Steven E. Nelson Sportsman of the Year Award at a black tie gala dinner on June 9, 2012 in the Gold Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco.

Dr. Goldschlager received his undergraduate degree at Union College in New York and his medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He performed his residency at Columbia University — Bellevue Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and his Fellowships in Cardiology at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco. He served in the United States Air Force in the Department of Medicine and as Chief of Medicine at Selfridge Air Force Base in Michigan. He has practiced medicine in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past four decades and continues to maintain an active practice to this day. Known and respected by members of the hunting community, Dr. Goldschlager has hunted on six continents for over thirty years: his accomplishments as a sportsman include :

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  • 17 animals ranked Top Ten in the SCI Book (Diamond Level)
  • 117 species in Safari Club International Record Book
  • African 29, African Big Five, Grand Slam Bears of the World, Grand Slam Cats of the World, Grand Slam Dangerous Game of Africa, Grand Slam Elk of North America, Grand Slam North American Deer, Grand Slam North American Deer, Grand Slam White-Tailed Deer, Grand Slam North American 12.
  • Six Arctic Hunts: Polar Bear, Musk Ox, Walrus, Caribou, Reindeer, Fox.

The Mzuri Wildlife Foundation, founded in 1969 by hunter-conservationists, has been funding worthwhile grass roots environmental and game preservation projects in sub-Sahara Africa since it’s inception.

See a photo album of Dr. Goldschlager's hunts