General curator. That was an interesting move because again, the collection at the wild animal park was growing. And Jim wanted to have some consistent management between the zoo and the wild animal park. And so he put me in the general curator role for the wild animal park to… Read More
But I’m so glad I was involved in that because it gave me the knowledge to know how to master plan, which today I love, I love master planning. It’s one of my favorite things to do. But again, it was all a learning process. Dr. Dolan was great about… Read More
He had me down at the San Diego Zoo in the master plan for the zoo, which at first I wondered why am I here for San Diego Zoo master planning?… Read More
When did that happen?… Read More
There was no curator of mammals. I was the first for the wild animal part, I don’t remember the exact year, but it had to be in the early eighties. There was no mammal curator. And Dr. Dolan put me into that position. So now it is not only collection… Read More
What were then your responsibilities and who left the position that you became the curator of mammals?… Read More
Your next step was curator of mammals. Read More
Dr. Dolan was very clear. When another individual and I moved into those positions, there were two of us, he sat us down. He said, you know, I just want you to know right off the bat, I’m a one man show. And we went, oh, okay. So I guess… Read More
It was also testing me, you know, are you curatorial material?… Read More
So when did you become then curator?… Read More
When did that happen, what year?… Read More
I don’t remember the exact year, but it had to be somewhere in the mid to late seventies. And again, this was another bump up, taking me completely out of being a keeper and giving me more curatorial responsibilities. ‘Cause Jim, Dr. Dolan was traveling a lot, not around. There… Read More
Who you’re talking about?… Read More
What were your responsibilities?… Read More
Yeah. Right, right. At some point in time, your named then the Curatorial Field Supervisor. Yeah. Read More
Well, that basically is a made-up title that allowed me to step out of the union along with another individual and now take an office job helping the general curator at that time, who was going between the zoo and wild animal park. We were always at the wild animal… Read More
Dr. Dolan, Dr. James Dolan. Yeah. Read More
Who was the general curator you were helping?… Read More
What did you do?… Read More
So what is a zoo technician?… Read More