This was a new position col instituted by the then director. A new director came on in 1994 and you know, for one reason or other he decided that he liked what I was doing and that he knew my background in fishes. And I had been in marine mammals most recently and he said, I want you to be our director of animal collections. There really wasn’t an interview process and it was pretty much on the job. He saw my performance and you know, part of it is to the connections I developed and he realized what I had done with a ZA in Washington. And you know, in getting the permits you naturally have to work with regulatory agencies. So I was a good guy for this position and there was no formal interview process. So you’re now in charge of all the curators.
