Interview 22891 – Caption Index: 367
Did you have a reason?… Read More
Did you have a reason?… Read More
We did some events at the country club. Again, on a different level, and the people that were there, we would have them come for cocktails and there’d be a presentation either by one of the co-chairs or with me too. If they had any specific questions about what they… Read More
During this time, were there any surprise donations?… Read More
And you didn’t have your own… Did you have a…… Read More
Did you have a strategy for getting the funds for a specific project or generally, or were you just working with other people?… Read More
Did I have a staff?… Read More
So did that answer?… Read More
You talked about… Saying that, you’ve been credited with expanding the zoo. Read More
For the zoo?… Read More
It depends, and up until 2005 they had their own employ, the Zoo Society. And I think that’s what they decided. They just didn’t want to worry about all that. So since I was moving into it, they left me in that kinda halfway in between position. So I did… Read More
What are you willing to put in?… Read More
Again, it was an individual thing. Normally you work for one or the other. It was difficult, but they put it together ’cause the Zoo Society didn’t want to necessarily… They would pay for my salary and benefits. But they didn’t want to do the actual – they didn’t want… Read More
But in essence, I had to keep a lot of people happy. It wasn’t a direct line of authority. But it was new and we were working with it. And I was willing to do whatever we had to do to get where I thought we needed to go. So… Read More
Employee raising money for the Zoo Society?… Read More
Did you then become. Read More
What was the evolution of that?… Read More
A member of the Zoo Society in fundraising?… Read More
If we thought there was a cute story on something. You know, some animal was having its 40th birthday. We’d do something. So some of them would take notice. It depended on what else was happening in town that day whether we were newsworthy or not. But we just kept… Read More
And what was the evolution after you left?… Read More
That you were director of the zoo. At the beginning, yeah. Read More