I don’t know whether you want to hear that story. I’d love to. Absolutely. In the early 1960s, there was an enormous amount of interest in animal behavior in many universities, overseas, especially in Germany and in England. Detlev Bronk, who was the president of the Rockefeller University here in New York, and Fairfield Osborn happened to be having dinner one evening, talking about animal behavior and the opportunities that each saw in their scientific staffs to advance the understanding of animal behavior. And they thought what a good idea it would be for the zoological society, with its zoo and aquarium to get together with the university, with its very large intellectual resources. So, an institute for research and animal behavior was created, a joint institute and it was agreed that we would make joint staff appointments and the staff would be able to utilize animals at the zoo where that was appropriate, and the staff could also use the laboratory facilities and library facilities, which are fantastic at the Rockefeller University. Indeed, I immediately took advantage of it and met with some of the geneticist at the university and they gave me wonderful background and insights that I could not have gotten any place else.
