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Interview 24641 – Caption Index: 715

If you want to know about that, you can ask me. Now, let me just finish the answer though. In looking at 50 years of zoo directors, some have, well, we had George Vierheller. Read More

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Did you ever meet him?… Read More

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He was at the St. Louis zoo. He had a three ring circus surrounded by some zoo cages and all. He had performing chimps, performing cats. It was a big deal, and the public ate it up. Now, was it good? I don’t know. I have some reservations about it… Read More

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Where’d you come from?… Read More

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I’m not talking. You’re not in it, okay. A lot of them just moved up the chain of command, moved up the ranks. And I guess I’m that one, ’cause I started out as a kid counting people. And then I got more responsibility. But my origin was zoology. And… Read More

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Did he have any sophisticated ideas for that zoo?… Read More

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Oh yeah, he paid, you know, voice mail to the, you know, research and conservation and all that. But he was just having a good time. That was, to me, was delightful. And I’ve seen others that way. They’ve come from circuses. They’ve come from animal dealers. The director of… Read More

Interview 24641 – Caption Index: 712

What’s his name? Roland Lindeman. He was an animal dealer. The Catskill Zoo was really a place that he sold animals out of, and the exhibits were really, in all due respect, secondary. But they were great. They were good. And he sold a lot of animals in Europe that… Read More

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She was practical. Read More

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I met him one time and he was just like a kid. Now, he was not that old. I mean, he wasn’t senile. But he was just like, he was going through the zoo, and he was just like a kid at Christmas time with his toys. Read More

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You ever meet Dr. Wegeforth?… Read More

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Who’s the most outstanding zoo directors? During what time?… Read More

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Well, arbitrarily, I got into the field around 1950, and today it’s 2012. I know very little about the zoo directors today, and therefore I can’t comment on them. But during my time, I was around an awful lot of zoo directors. They came from, during my times, in the… Read More

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I believe that those… That work was worthwhile. I think I’d be happy to be remembered as one who did a little bit moved that torch up a little bit higher. Read More

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Who do you think are the most outstanding zoo directors?… Read More

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Well, that’s a good question. Read More

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Well, I’d like to be remembered, period. (chuckles) I don’t know how, how would I like to be remembered?… Read More

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How would you like to be remembered?… Read More

Interview 24641 – Caption Index: 701

I can’t, that’s too difficult a question. Okay. I’d like to be remembered as somebody who did his best to help bring zoos forward, and with some new embellishments and all. I think, since your deal, I believe it, in my life, professional lifetime, I’ve helped, I’ve hired about 40… Read More

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I don’t understand the question. Read More

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