Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 150
Not so much. Birmingham was kind of off the beaten track. It was the time of 1964, and it had to do with the segregation. There were problems there. Read More
Not so much. Birmingham was kind of off the beaten track. It was the time of 1964, and it had to do with the segregation. There were problems there. Read More
Or not so much?… Read More
Well now, when you were in Birmingham, were there a lot of famous people who came through Birmingham?… Read More
Yeah, yep, and we were there… That was a zoo-directors’-tour business, but I remember being there. It was supposedly the day the fellow that supposedly killed her skipped the country. He left as we drove in. Oh. But that’s how… She had been in Louisville as a speaker for us. Read More
You were taking a trip there?… Read More
You met her then in Louisville. Yeah, originally, but I saw the last of her, unfortunately. Read More
Saint Dian Fossey. Read More
Over in Rwanda. Was it part of something…… Read More
How did you meet Dian?… Read More
I knew Lee, yeah. Lee was, of course, well beyond my scope, a man of… Well, you know Lee. I can remember he was… My father introduced me to Lee, and he said, “Oh yes.” He says, “I think I said that once. I think I said that.” Oh, “I’ve… Read More
He was… No, I’m going off the deep end here. He had never… He said… I said, “Ooh, I don’t think we’ve ever met,” and he… Nah. Did Lee… When you were with your dad, you had the opportunity to meet a number of people, but you yourself, you’ve met… Read More
It was a kind of an interesting story. Actually, it was some neighbors of ours in Florida also lived in Elmhurst, no, Elmwood Village. Our neighbor in Florida, who was a wintertime neighbor, was familiar with the people, her neighbors, and my father by, I guess, newspaper articles, whatever. I… Read More
Yeah, she set up the meeting, and I had a bedroom and her home. So she got ya the job at the zoo. Well, she got me the future in the zoo. I didn’t work in the zoo then, but I was with my father, at least, I spent time… Read More
Did the neighbor lady make the connection with your father to say, “Your son’s growing up”?… Read More
And did you know other famous zoo people, like Lee Crandall?… Read More
What happened that you all of sudden got reconnected?… Read More
How did you get reconnected with your dad?… Read More
Yeah, I guess, more, almost, assistant director. I don’t think I had term general curator. (dog howls) Somebody… (Janet laughs) I’m sorry, I- Bored to tears. (Mark laughs) I’m (indistinct). Question, I was just thinking about it. Read More
You were hired as what? Curator?… Read More
Yeah. Read More