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So when did you decide hey, I want to work in the zoo?… Read More

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Because when you were in college you did apply. Yep, senior year of college I decided, while I was trying to figure out what you can do, I did apply to some labs and things like that. Work that were doing research or had animals involved in them. In the… Read More

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Not that I remember. Or if I did, it did not click in the head. Ooh, he’s got that look like oh dear. So you mentioned one teacher. Read More

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Did any of your teachers, this one, or any of your teachers in college kind of mentor you in any direction or that made an impression on you?… Read More

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I think I took a little bit of something from everybody. It’s like I worked for a professor ’cause I was trying to make some extra money and get into some different fields. And so I worked with cockroaches. And I decided that was one of the things that made… Read More

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Did Peoria have a zoo?… Read More

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Yep. I know. Read More

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Never went?… Read More

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Oh yeah, from TV. Read More

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Had you been to Lincoln Park Zoo or Brookfield?… Read More

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Mm-mm, or Sacred. Read More

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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

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So you knew who Marlin Perkins was?… Read More

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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

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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

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And then you said in college you were thinking or more aware of zoos?… Read More

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How did that come about?… Read More

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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

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But it had a good reputation, so. Read More

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What was your degree in?… Read More