Yes. Because I was exercising Saddlebreds, when I went to Loyola and entered Loyola, I had to meet with a counselor to look at my current credits, and I also had to convince the powers that be at Loyola that I could only take morning classes ’cause I had to… Read More
Can you tell me something about your schooling?… Read More
Well, I went to public schools and then once I finished high school, I knew I needed to get a college degree. Again, there weren’t any funds for such things so I started working, but unlike most young gals, instead of babysitting and doing things like that, I, by that… Read More
And so I drove to that and then after the first two years, I kept saving money and then transferred to Loyola, and I wanted to, planning to be a math major because at that point, although I, by that age, I knew I really wanted to work somehow with… Read More
How did you evolve into working with horses?… Read More
Yes, once we could afford a TV. I used to watch him on television, you bet. Absolutely. Read More
So, you knew he was the director of the zoo and- Did you ever bring home animals or you weren’t allowed?… Read More
Weren’t allowed. No, that was forbidden. Read More
I think it was mostly the exposure at the zoo was my, my mother certainly was not interested in anything to do with animals, domestic or otherwise. And my dad was too busy working to worry about it, but I always had this love, although I was not allowed, we… Read More
Were you were walking distance to the zoo or were you, did you have to physically get transported?… Read More
I had to have transport ’cause we were at a Lincoln & Montrose. So, it was a ways away. And when you were at the zoo as younger, did you know about Marlin Perkins and… Absolutely. Read More
Did you watch him on television?… Read More
Now, tell us a little about, maybe the family life, what’d your father do for a living?… Read More
I was an only child and my dad worked as a production manager for Curt Teich Postcard Company on Irving Park. And my mom periodically worked out of the home, but most of the time she was home. Read More
Did they influence you in any wave toward animals or was just your exposure at the zoo something that brought you in a certain direction toward nature?… Read More
What are some of your earliest memories of zoos?… Read More
My very earliest memories is of Lincoln Park Zoo, and of the rookery as we were not a very wealthy family. Indeed, we were quite a poor family, and so the zoo was free and we lived on the Near North Side. So, I think I was predisposed to wind… Read More
Did you have a favorite animal at the zoo that impressed you?… Read More
As I got older, oddly enough, I always loved the antelope. I could walk, maybe because they were kinda built like horses and I liked horses, but I used to walk the antelope string a lot, and particularly when I could go to the zoo on my own. Read More
Well, my name is Karen Sausman. I was born in Chicago, Illinois, and on November 26th, 1945. Read More