Oh, animals were definitely a part of my life. You know, I got really lucky ’cause South Bend, Indiana lived on the outside of town on Lucas Road, and there was a swamp across the street and a big woods right behind our house. So I just walked out the… Read More
And my brother and I, I dunno if you’re familiar with, have a heart traps. The good old have a heart traps that live catch of animals didn’t hurt the animal, but it was a live catch. Well just became very interested in what was around. And so we got… Read More
Or were animals part of your life?… Read More
I was born to Joe and Mary Ann Chappo. My dad was a, he was a draftsman. He never was able to go to college, so he wasn’t considered an engineer, but he was a draftsman with a big drawing board and he could design all kinds of equipment and… Read More
And can you tell us a little about your childhood growing up?… Read More
And so I was born to Joe and Maryanne. Good, good Catholic names in South Bend, Indiana. Read More
John Chappo. Born in South Bend, Indiana, March 20th, 1957. Read More
And who were your parents? What, what did they do?… Read More
Thank you for the opportunity. It’s been great. I. Read More
Ooh, I guess, you know, as an approachable individual, one that was open-minded. I like to think that I was always receptive to new ideas and could work with an individual that brought a new idea forward and said, Hey, let’s look into that. Let’s make it work. And, you… Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
It’s in, in its environment. It’s a huge aspect of study in a ZA right now. And I think it’s only gonna be for the betterment of our collections. Read More
There’s a lot of concern with how do you, how do you know that animal is comfortable?… Read More
It’s happy, so to speak. Read More
How do you know how, what you judge it, how do you judge if this animal is doing well?… Read More
As is animal wellbeing. Read More
Oh gosh. I, I like to feel that I’m pretty familiar with most aspects of the, of our community. Again, I always fall back to my time on the accreditation commission because several things, the, the application has covers many aspects of an aquarium’s operation. And you get to learn… Read More
What do you know about the profession that you devoted so many years of your life?… Read More
Boy, you’d be hard pressed again. There’s, you know, there’s obviously the need to generate money for operations. And even though, you know, the gate is not a hundred percent, those coming through the door help you maintain your level of operations. But I think, you know, one of the… Read More
I think aquariums are kind of a, it’s, it’s a wonderful cultural aspect of a community and, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to learn. Not everyone’s interested in that. I, I grant you that not everybody wants to go and look at tanks of Fish, but it’s, it’s something that… Read More