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He’s what, 21, 22?… Read More

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What the hell does he know?… Read More

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He’s just been to college. He’s got book learning.” So you have to overcome those things. But see, this was in the 1950s. And zoos were still… It was just a different world for zoos. But I did get accepted. And the superintendent and I were able to work out… Read More

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How did they receive you?… Read More

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Well, in different ways. My introduction at the Fort Worth Zoo, with the same thing that I’d done at Dallas. I went on all the routes. And the younger keepers I got along with fine. Read More

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The older keepers, “Well, who’s this young, you know, snotty-nosed kid?… Read More

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You were how old when you took this general curator job?… Read More

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I was 21. You were now in charge of a lot of people at a young age. Read More

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Hamilton Hittson moved up into the park director’s job. After that happened, he calls me up. He says, “You know Jim Brown, he’s our superintendent, we need a director. But I can’t call you a director at this time, but we’re gonna call you the general curator. Would you come… Read More

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I went over there, and it was great. Read More

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I really was not, I wasn’t sure. I didn’t know what to do. And I would talk to people and get advice. Finally, the natural history museum director called me up. He said, “Lawrence, take that job in Fort Worth.” I said, “Well, why? Why should I do that?” He… Read More

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And how did that next zoo job come about?… Read More

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And guess what?… Read More

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Well, my next zoo after Dallas was pretty simple. At the Dallas Zoo, I would go to other zoos in Texas, and I would go to the Fort Worth Zoo to get animals. They were really (clicks tongue) active there. We used to put out a surplus list, AAZPA did. Read More

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Just a bit, but don’t worry about it. That’s okay. That’s fine. Thank you. You were saying. Yeah. You were at Dallas for two years. Read More

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Where did you go from the Dallas Zoo as curator?… Read More

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Would you mind taking your pen outta your pocket and just putting it on the side there?… Read More

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Are you getting any reflection off my glasses?… Read More

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Thanks. Occasionally it’ll bump the mic. Read More

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I went out with each keeper, until the keeper said, “Okay, Lawrence can handle my route.” They called them routes, of course, and I would do his route for a couple of days. Then I would go do another route. And I did, spent probably the first two months doing… Read More