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What kinda zoo do you remember Birmingham being when you got there?… Read More

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Well, it was a nice little zoo. They had a number of projects. It was not necessarily the most modern zoo. (Robert laughs) My first official office was the… Because of segregation, we had restrooms for white people and restrooms for Black people. And then, there were white ladies’ and… Read More

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And so, I got one of them, and they got the other one. Read More

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Well now, when you were in Birmingham, were there a lot of famous people who came through Birmingham?… Read More

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Or not so much?… Read More

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Not so much. Birmingham was kind of off the beaten track. It was the time of 1964, and it had to do with the segregation. There were problems there. Read More

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You were taking a trip there?… Read More

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Yeah, yep, and we were there… That was a zoo-directors’-tour business, but I remember being there. It was supposedly the day the fellow that supposedly killed her skipped the country. He left as we drove in. Oh. But that’s how… She had been in Louisville as a speaker for us. Read More

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You met her then in Louisville. Yeah, originally, but I saw the last of her, unfortunately. Read More

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Saint Dian Fossey. Read More

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How did you meet Dian?… Read More

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Over in Rwanda. Was it part of something…… Read More

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I knew Lee, yeah. Lee was, of course, well beyond my scope, a man of… Well, you know Lee. I can remember he was… My father introduced me to Lee, and he said, “Oh yes.” He says, “I think I said that once. I think I said that.” Oh, “I’ve… Read More

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He was… No, I’m going off the deep end here. He had never… He said… I said, “Ooh, I don’t think we’ve ever met,” and he… Nah. Did Lee… When you were with your dad, you had the opportunity to meet a number of people, but you yourself, you’ve met… Read More

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It was a kind of an interesting story. Actually, it was some neighbors of ours in Florida also lived in Elmhurst, no, Elmwood Village. Our neighbor in Florida, who was a wintertime neighbor, was familiar with the people, her neighbors, and my father by, I guess, newspaper articles, whatever. I… Read More

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Did the neighbor lady make the connection with your father to say, “Your son’s growing up”?… Read More

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Yeah, she set up the meeting, and I had a bedroom and her home. So she got ya the job at the zoo. Well, she got me the future in the zoo. I didn’t work in the zoo then, but I was with my father, at least, I spent time… Read More

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And did you know other famous zoo people, like Lee Crandall?… Read More

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How did you get reconnected with your dad?… Read More

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What happened that you all of sudden got reconnected?… Read More