Interview 22891 – Caption Index: 27
Had you been to Lincoln Park Zoo or Brookfield?… Read More
Had you been to Lincoln Park Zoo or Brookfield?… Read More
Oh yeah, from TV. Read More
Mm-mm, or Sacred. Read More
Actually that was still the – I didn’t know what I was gonna do and I had a great animal science professor who took me aside one day and he thought I should go to grad school. In fact he walked me down to the office to get my papers. Read More
So somewhere in my mind I thought I’m gonna go off and do research in Africa and it never materialized, but it did get me thinking more of the exotic animals. Read More
So you knew who Marlin Perkins was?… Read More
Actually I ended up double majoring in Psychology and Zoology. I think I was the last year they actually had a zoo department. Read More
And then you said in college you were thinking or more aware of zoos?… Read More
How did that come about?… Read More
College was University of Illinois in Champaign. ‘Cause it was a family tradition. You know, dad had gone there. Grandpa had gone there. So it was just kind of a thing. My sister had gone there. And it’s an in-state school, so again, costs were down. That helped. Read More
But it had a good reputation, so. Read More
What was your degree in?… Read More
So what was your schooling like?… Read More
Where did you go to college and academic?… Read More
You mentioned college. Read More
You didn’t think about zoos or working with animals?… Read More
I guess I always thought I wanted to work with animals, but you know, a lot of us wanted to grow up and be veterinarians until you found out the amount of work that was involved in it. And there weren’t that many jobs. At that. Read More
None. Mm-mm. Sorry. Zoos didn’t come ’til, I didn’t think about it ’til college. Read More
Did you have any… Not that much that I remember. We were a frugal family. So if we did, we would’ve gone on free day, but I don’t remember going to a lot of zoos. Read More
See zoos when you were growing up?… Read More