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Interview 4973 – Caption Index: 20

Did he help shape any of those that you later had?… Read More

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Did people mentor you?… Read More

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I was mentored by a number of the head keepers. I had a very good friend. He wound up to be one of my dearest friend, Joel McHale, he was a character. He worked as a senior keeper, but I got a lot of good advice from Joel. Just common,… Read More

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How was it working for this director?… Read More

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So you meet Marlin, but how did your zoo career actually start?… Read More

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Well, I followed in that- My zoo career started by me following an ad in the Chicago Sun-Times. There was an ad in the paper, there was a job open if you were not too choosy, and it was a job opening at the reptile house at the Lincoln Park… Read More

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What were the early days like at Lincoln Park Zoo as a young keeper?… Read More

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Well, they were fun days. We had a good time, it was a good crew to work with. They weren’t all animal people. In fact, a lot of more political appointees, and obviously the animal people were the people that gathered together, and there was like two sections of the… Read More

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Now we’ve talked about education. Read More

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You’ve also been given a number of honorary degrees?… Read More

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Yes, in Cincinnati, I was given a degree, an honorary degree by the University of Cincinnati and one that I treasure by Xavier University, and they don’t give out very many. I was told that this was indeed a great honor. The Jesuits don’t release those willy-nilly. Read More

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I just keep going, huh?… Read More

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You’ll edit out, I presume?… Read More

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Well, it really started when I had to finish Wright because I was heading for another city, and then this is when I was invited to join another zoo in Cincinnati. But I started my zoo career really in Lincoln Park. My first introduction to Marlin Perkins was as a… Read More

Interview 4973 – Caption Index: 1

What zoos did you see when you were growing up?… Read More

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I really began, my career has almost been a inherited interest in any aspect of natural history. My aunt related a story to me about taking me to the Brookfield Zoo when I was seven years old and she couldn’t get me out of the place. And I remember later… Read More

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Well, what was your schooling?… Read More

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Well, I really, I started out- I started out in, in Chicago and I had to quit school at an early age, but I went back to school nights. It was some family problems and I had to leave high school. But later on, when I got married, I went… Read More

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My name is Ed Maruska. I’m the Director Emeritus of Cincinnati Zoo. I was born in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. Read More

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Was there any other recollections that you might’ve had about the assistant director, Saul Kitchener, that you worked with as a colleague?… Read More

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