Interview 29556 – Caption Index: 246
I need to go to Washington to talk to. Read More
I need to go to Washington to talk to. Read More
I’m like, Hey, you know what?… Read More
But it, it, you know, the good thing about it was I got to go to say education or conservation research. Read More
And again, because I was taken away from the animal collection, you know what I mean?… Read More
Yes, I could go visit them, but I had no oversight anymore. Direct oversight of the animal collection. So anyway, over time, you know, I thought, well, okay, here’s what I think the job should do and communicate that to the boss and make it work. And it served me… Read More
For instance, our public relations people did all the, the media work, you know, I mean, if I needed to be called in, I’d be auxiliary to it. But I thought when he said that, I thought, oh my gosh, I, I’m being phased out. Read More
I thought, what is this position he’s talking about?… Read More
I remember meeting with people and I’m thinking, I gotta look for another job. I, I don’t know if this is gonna last, how this is gonna work out. I was just so cruShedd at the time. Read More
He said, can you meet me down in bubble net, the cafeteria when it wasn’t being used by the public?… Read More
And he said, I’m gonna do some rearrangement. And he says, among other things I’m gonna make you head of, I’m not sure if it was legislative and external affairs, or it might have been legislative and regulatory affairs. The title changed a little bit, but essentially the same responsibilities. Read More
This was one of my darkest moments at Quarium. I never saw this coming. I was loving director of animal collections position. I met with the then director. Read More
Now in 2001, you have another job change as senior vice president of regulatory and external affairs, how do you get this position?… Read More
Why you do you have to interview for it?… Read More
We would often say, you know, you get first dibs on the story. So for instance, when we were collecting the first beluga whales, we had Bill Curtis on board from CBS and oh gosh, I lost his last name. He was a Chicago Tribune writer, bill somebody. Anyway, they… Read More
I’m like, kinda like, we have no secrets here. You know, we’re, we’re playing by government rules and we’re doing best by the animals. So yeah, nothing really majorly disruptive. I mean, things were going on an even keel, Amazon was being developed and Wild Reef came on board. And… Read More
Good, good people, very, very confident, very compassionate people in many cases. And generally just good to work with. Read More
During your time as director of animal collections, were there any major issues that came up during your tenure as Director of Collections?… Read More
You know, by that point there was just a modicum of activism, you know, that was not happy with what we’re doing, but they, they did not have the presence they once did. And I think again, the media folks realized, you know, Shedd’s doing a great job. There’s nothing… Read More
So it was used for animal acquisition research, but also for education. A huge education tool where students could apply for a class and actually get as part of their class a trip on the boat over The Bahamas and see environments and, you know, snorkel and a truly immersive… Read More
We were able to design bigger and more, more numerous live wells to keep the animals alive during the collecting trip. Prior to shipping all the, you know, like the compressor for filling scuba tanks was upgraded twin diesel engines. It was really a nice, nice boat. It still is. Read More