Yeah, well it was a regular participant in the curator’s meeting because that was his focus. The oceanarium, we had regular meetings, you know, sometimes he’d ask me, you know, about specific animal groups and who we were talking to about collecting and about, you know, veterinarians that might be… Read More
Teach me. So I, I tried to make it as comfortable, tried to accommodate them, tried to help them if they needed resources. And not everything is guaranteed as you know, but try and, you know, bring it up to the higher powers and say, you know, they’re asking for… Read More
What do you, what do you mean you’ll familiarize me?… Read More
And based on your new position, did your relationship with the director change how?… Read More
And so we moved in there bare bones, man, I mean a couple desks, some chairs, nothing special. But that’s where he kept our records and that’s where he convened. And after we moved into the ocean area, sat empty. And then eventually when the oceanarium was completely built, there… Read More
How would you think that they would describe your management style?… Read More
I think pretty much hands off, meaning I wasn’t micromanaging them. And that was something that I was very cognizant of. I did not want to do that. I didn’t have the expertise in all the areas like I was a freshwater quast. I mean, you know, over time you… Read More
And he opens up the apartment, he goes, how would this be?… Read More
I like, wow, really?… Read More
I’m like, for what? He goes for your new office. Read More
Turns out the hot water valve had been turned off and nobody knew and she never brought it up. So other than that it was unoccupied for the longest time. And then when our marine mammal department grew, outgrew the little office space we had, I remember Bill breaker burst… Read More
I’m like, geez, what’s going on?… Read More
I’m like, oh my gosh, are you kidding me?… Read More
And I remember when it was time to take her, I guess, to the airport, I said, Esmeralda, how everything, okay, you know, how was the apartment?… Read More
So he was there full-time and it was used for him, his purposes, I’m not sure when eventually he vacated it, but it’s had empty for years and years. Both like the hallowed ground. And a few people did talk about some events that might have happened within the apartment. Read More
She goes, oh yeah, yeah, it was good, it was good, but, but no hot water in the shower. Read More
Our office was the old department in the chat aquarium till it disappeared. Just take a side note, tell me about the history of the apartment that you just mentioned. The apartment was part of the original design of the aquarium. It was on the mezzanine or the middle level… Read More
I was alone initially, and then Ken Ramirez was a first staff member and that was a chance occurrence, and I’ll save you the whole story, but I went to attend a marine mammal meeting in San Antonio and a side trip after meeting was in Galveston, Texas where he… Read More
How many staff reported to you or were you alone?… Read More
Watertight gates to a person. I’m sure people said there is no such thing, they all leak, but you wanna minimize the loss, obviously. And that was very important in us dividing tanks with watertight gates and you know, there were times we would have to drain one tank but… Read More