I mean… I imagine the first life lesson that I learned, which didn’t seem to be much of a lesson at the time, but I guess it might’ve been, is that these animals are totally dependent on us. And so, doing a good job, making sure they’re properly cared for,… Read More
So what kind of jobs did you have at the kennel?… Read More
But later you were doing some teaching in the Lincoln Park area?… Read More
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
Were you learning any life lessons at the kennel while you were working there that stood you in good stead?… 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
That started when I was very young again, in that Chicago Near North Side flat. We were still in a neighborhood where the ice man delivered ice for the ice boxes. And he delivered them in a wagon drawn by a horse. And my dad knew the ice man, and… 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
Can you tell me something about your schooling?… 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
Yes, once we could afford a TV. I used to watch him on television, you bet. Absolutely. 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
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
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