Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I got the job at Shedd, I’m there for about five months. Steve writes me this long letter, which I, I came upon last couple of years. I thought it was long gone. He said, Hey man, it’s happening. I got a spot out here… Read More
Gosh, probably wasn’t until my friend didn’t, from grad school say, Hey, there’s a job opening at Shedd aquarium. ’cause again, my interest was in working at a, an aquaculture facility. As a matter of fact, I had that opportunity. And this was a weird turn of events in grad… Read More
I worked at jackhammer settling, torch cutting. I mean we were doing everything to start this operation. And the bottom line is he’s, he’s offered me a position out there and he said, you know, come on out here. We’ll give you part ownership in the company. We’ll get you… Read More
You’s mentioned a dog, but any, Yeah, you know, for some reason gorillas were always impressive to me. I mean, gosh, it had, I think his name was s Samson up at Milwaukee and just this austere exhibit space, I felt so bad. Tiled had a scale at one side. Read More
And when did you first consider even the idea of working in an aquarium?… Read More
He never came out. But it was just a big impressive animal. And I guess, you know, gorillas and, you know, most primates generally I found really interesting. Not so much hoofstock or, you know, rhinos are cool, hippos are cool. But yeah, my exposure is mostly to Zeus. Read More
Not really. I’m trying to think. We did go to zoos occasionally. My, my greatest memory was Milwaukee Zoo and it was a big deal for me when I became old enough to take a bus down to the zoo in Milwaukee and our family would go there as well. Read More
And do you have any early memories of aquariums?… Read More
We went there, but really not a lot of involvement with going to aquariums and, you know, a little bit more to zoos. So. And Did you have, were you drawn to any animals?… Read More
My dad worked, well first of all, he was in the National Guard during the war latter years. He got involved with working on planes out at O’Hare Airport before. It is what it is today. Used to have a military component out there and because he was one of… Read More
What did your parents do?… Read More
When he retired from them, he ended up working for a smaller can company for a couple years. But then he left that and my mom was always the homemaker. I remember coming home from grade school at lunchtime about three blocks away, and mom would always have lunch ready… Read More
It was just a a, a wonderful place to grow up. I I wouldn’t be above moving back there if my wife would agree to it, but it’s a nice easy place to go visit. Read More
Ah, great memories. I still relive my childhood, especially around Christmas time, but I don’t remember much from my first five years. ’cause you know, you’re kind of young, but I always consider Milwaukee my adopted hometown. ’cause I moved up there when I was five years old. I lived… Read More
What was your childhood like?… Read More
My name is Jim Robinett. I was born in Chicago and my birthdate is February 13th, 1952. Read More
Yeah, I, I, I think obviously I have a good understanding of what a zoo veterinarian does and all of the different aspects of the, the things that go into that. And the thing that has interested me most about zoo medicine is I never had any experience or anything… Read More
You know, in terms of all the, of the variety of experience and expertise that you need, How would you like to be remembered your legacy?… Read More
I guess I’d like to be remembered for some of these programs that we’ve created. You know, I talked about the Zoo pathology program. I’m not involved with that directly at all, but it’s one that is gonna succeed for many years to come and generate a tremendous amount of… Read More
And now I’m, I, I mentioned this collaboration with Loyola. I’m, I’m getting excited to speak about my field and my career and what I’ve learned with a whole bunch of eager, enthusiastic medical students that are considerably younger than my children. So it just, it’s interesting. Read More