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Now, tell us a little about, maybe the family life, what’d your father do for a living?… Read More

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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

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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

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What are some of your earliest memories of zoos?… Read More

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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

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Did you have a favorite animal at the zoo that impressed you?… Read More

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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

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Well, my name is Karen Sausman. I was born in Chicago, Illinois, and on November 26th, 1945. Read More

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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

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So what kind of jobs did you have at the kennel?… Read More

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But later you were doing some teaching in the Lincoln Park area?… Read More

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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

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Were you learning any life lessons at the kennel while you were working there that stood you in good stead?… Read More

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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

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How did you evolve into working with horses?… Read More

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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

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So, you knew he was the director of the zoo and- Did you ever bring home animals or you weren’t allowed?… Read More

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Weren’t allowed. No, that was forbidden. Read More

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Can you tell me something about your schooling?… Read More

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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