As much as I, I don’t like to manage by committee, I think there’s an area where we really should get some of the sound minds in this organization, define the problems globally and see how we can- We’re certainly not alone gonna solve them, but how we can play… Read More
A lot of our buildings are green buildings. Now they’re renting all kinds of- They’re designed with energy saving in mind, so they’re doing marvelous things in our zoo in terms of energy. Read More
What were the strengths and weaknesses of AZA?… Read More
Well, on a personal note, I think one of the strengths of AZA is the fact that you’re collecting together a group of like individuals and you’re sharing information, you’re sharing problem solving, you’re sharing legislative elements that need need a larger voice in order to be effective. Some of… Read More
Now, how do we collectively use that power?… Read More
Well, I was- I just really- I don’t think I had that much to contribute. I just was coming into the business at that time, so I was rather young, a young Turk, yes, but a very, very young one learning. Read More
Did you serve, have a role in AZA, AAZPA?… Read More
When I was in a member of AAZPA, I did not participate. Later on in the AZA, I was elected to the board of directors and eventually served as president in ’78, ’79, as president of the organization. Read More
Were people in favor of it, not in favor of it?… Read More
Like whenever there’s a major change in a organization, when we were part of the American Zoos and Parks, we were part of a larger organization, we were a small element and obviously were a lot of people in our business. I was a youngster at that time coming into… Read More
You were a young Turk?… Read More
The labor of love. There was a main, the AA, American Zoo Association. Read More
Were you part of that evolution when it broke away?… Read More
Yes. Read More
Can you tell me something about?… Read More
(Ed laughs) After a few years, the glamor, there were some years that the glamor- A zoo director has to be jack of all trades to be master of one. You have your hat in many different arenas, at least in our zoo because of the society, the original society,… Read More
It’s been in my blood. My father had interest in animals. My uncle in Europe in Czechoslovakia kept birds, so maybe it’s something in the blood, I don’t know, but it seemed like an inherited passion, ’cause I’ve always known what I wanted to be from a little guy on. Read More
And did it change over the years?… Read More
You indicated there were some golden times. We always had a zoological society, and we received, as I stated, we received probably very little and some years nothing and other times, very little from the city, and working for a society, it presents its own challenges because a society that… Read More
After a few years, did the glamor wear off or was the glamor still there being the zoo director?… Read More