Conrad W. Hirsh (1941-1999) was an inspiring teacher and explorer of the bush, rivers and mountains. He began a long-term relationship with Africa as a Peace Corps teacher at Haile Selassie University in Addis Ababa in 1964 and later explored terra incognita in East Africa and Madagascar. The name was suggested by Bruce Helin.
Discovered on 18-7-1990 in Palomar by Helin, E. F.