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Oh, in 1960s, it was easy to get anything from anywhere. If you had the money, you could literally order animals of all kinds from major ports of entry in the United States. My preferred sources were in Miami, but there were animals that came from New York City, from… Read More

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Yes, that I was raising animals at home, at the same time, I was working at the hospital and going to school. Read More

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Reptiles, mammals?… Read More

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Reptiles, small mammals, no birds. Read More

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What kind of small mammals?… Read More

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Was that the zoo or was it previous to that?… Read More

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I think the first time, the first opportunity I had, taking care of animals per se, was, were animals that I kept, were animals that I, myself, either bought and maintained as pets or for a brief period of time bought and provided supplies to some pet stores. Read More

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So at this time that you’re working at the hospital, you’re raising animals at home?… Read More

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The research that we did at the university was all related to drugs that impact the human brain. And we were doing drug testing in small mammals, in some small monkeys, in white rats, in mice and in cats to see what the effects of these drugs were. And these… Read More

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Where were you responsible for taking care of the animals in this study or was that somebody else?… Read More

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I was responsible for doing the actual experimental work on a day-to-day basis and doing measurements, making recordings and accumulating the data. Read More

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So you’re, what would you say was your first time actually working or taking care of animals?… Read More

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I think when I was at the University of Rochester, I thought about what other employment opportunities there might be, related to animals and animal work. When I was at the university and in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, we conducted a number of experiments, drug-related experiments on small… Read More

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What was the research and did you write papers on it?… Read More

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Were you encouraged to be a published person or how did that work?… Read More

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And you got your bachelor’s degree from Rochester?… Read More

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I got my bachelor’s degree from Rochester. And then your master’s degree from. Northeastern Illinois University some years later, and after that, a PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Read More

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And it sounds like you’ve had this background in the medical community, how did this thinking about some other avenues, when did that start to come to fruition for you?… Read More

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Finished it where?… Read More

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I had the choice of either being a graduate of, interestingly enough, DePaul University or the University of Rochester. And at the time I picked Rochester because Rochester was more prestigious. Read More