And so we had this consultant group that was very helpful to us. And we, like I said, we had regular meetings. I know we had one, it was primarily on nutrition, and I would lead part of it too. And we had Mark Morris there, who’s developed all kinds… Read More
I mean, what should we do?… Read More
You know, two human ophthalmologists and one veterinary ophthalmologist, and all wanted to work on the cheetah, and so they were happy to donate their time. Read More
And I had one intern as to, “You know Bill, are you guys upset with me?… Read More
You haven’t called me for over a year to come and treat any of the animals,” you know?… Read More
And if you did, did you develop it, it was already there, or?… Read More
I developed it. I called it our consultants group, and I used it as part of our residency program because, we probably had 40 to 50 consultants in that group. And one of the things that I required the residents to do was to make regular presentations to this group. Read More
As a quick aside, when you were veterinarian, did you ever work or have a regular physician’s group that came and helped you with unusual or new things?… Read More
We don’t want you to be in the construction phases and now change this, because it’s too expensive to change then. It’s a lot easier with an eraser and pen to change those things than once it’s constructed, and let’s make sure it’s gonna be built what you need.” And… Read More
(sighing) I guess I did leave a lot of it behind. I had some good people there. Eric Miller was still there, stayed the rest of his career, and we had another full-time veterinarian, Randy Yungy, who was there at the time. And so we had some good other clinical… Read More
Did you have to leave, or continue to leave the zoo medicine behind or not?… Read More
I always did it and I did it in the time, you know, that he needed it. Where others, I guess failed him at times, and you know, so it was, you know, he knew that if he gave me something to do, it was gonna get done. Talk about… Read More
And Charlie once told me the reason that he, I guess promoted me and relied on me was, you know, he had certain things that he needed to accomplish and he would give the tasks to various staff members and I always came through with it, you know?… Read More
It doesn’t sound like you’re asking for these positions, but does somebody come to you and say, “How would you like to take on this position?” I mean- I think I was already doing a lot of the activities. Read More
How did it come to pass, and why did you get the job?… Read More
It seems like, you know, as time was going by, I was doing more and more and getting more involved in different activities, of some of which I just took on, and eventually later got the title that matched what I was doing already. But I mean, at the time… Read More
Does he come to you?… Read More
‘Cause now you had a lot more. I will say this, that, you know, I always enjoyed the clinical work. One of the neat things, that I was very fortunate to be at the same institution for 37 years, the same organization for 37 years, but I got to do… Read More
And so I was able to do a lot of different things, and stay at the same place. So that was a really great opportunity for me. Now you weren’t Director of Zoological Operations for a very, very long time because unless it morphs in, you then became the Assistant… Read More
How did you get this new job?… Read More