One of the joys, I guess, that I had in Chicago once I took the zoo job was that I became part of the Chicago community in the broadest sense. And one of the satisfactions of my job was interacting with the Chicago community. The zoo is kind of one of a kind slot in the city, and I quickly through my work at Lincoln Park became acquainted, of course, with the board of directors of the then Lincoln Park Zoo Society. A lot of them whom were in the business community, heads of their companies, some of them were social leaders in town. And one of the women that made a great impression on me, was a woman named Mrs. PG Frederick, Helen Frederick was her name. She was a dynamic little five-footer who was crazy about animals. She originally was married to a Cubs baseball player, Woody English, and they got a divorce. But PG in turn knew the whole Wrigley organization out in Pasadena, and Chicago, and everywhere else.
