Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 121
Jimmy Morgan. Read More
Jimmy Morgan. Read More
(Robert chuckles) Yeah, but I couldn’t tell them. Read More
Course, you’d say, “I know he was married three times.” I remember once taking a trip across country. There was a lot of… But I took a trip across country. and one of the… Was a lady from Cincinnati who had a yen for my father, I think, but she… Read More
(Mark laughs) Well, is there any you could tell?… Read More
Well, I wouldn’t even think about that. He’d been around too long and too well-educated in the field. Read More
Did ya ever feel any pressure to live up to your father’s reputation as a zoo person?… Read More
Do you have any favorite stories of your father?… Read More
The European… International Zoo Directors. That’s it. When they were in town, you got meet a number of people that were rather interesting, but of course, you didn’t associate with them all that long. But it was interesting to meet them. How much would you say your father’s…… Read More
I don’t know. I don’t know that he influenced me to be a zoo person or not. I did it because I wanted to do it. I liked working with animals, but I don’t know that he did that much to push me into it. He didn’t. He didn’t. He… Read More
Did your father influence you in becoming involved with zoos?… Read More
No. Read More
No, it’s the- Park and Recreation?… Read More
What was the zoo directors’ organization?… Read More
I assume Marlin Perkins was one. Oh, Marlin Perkins, yeah, Marlin, and a lot of ’em I can’t even remember, but I remember there used to be…… Read More
AAZPA, American Zoo Association?… Read More
No, I didn’t meet all that many. I met a few, yes, but not all that many. Read More
Did you get to meet them because of your association as part of the Bean family?… Read More
Who were some of them that you recollect?… Read More
Well, it depends on what… He had problems, yeah. I mean that were interfering with the job. Well, that probably had been for a while, yeah. We all have those, though. But you knew that he was coming, maybe, toward the end of his career. Read More
Oh, I think he woulda stayed there till he died. Well, he was almost that far. He did more or less die on the job. Now, during this time, there were other famous zoo people. Read More