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Yeah. Read More

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You were hired as what? Curator?… Read More

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Yeah, I guess, more, almost, assistant director. I don’t think I had term general curator. (dog howls) Somebody… (Janet laughs) I’m sorry, I- Bored to tears. (Mark laughs) I’m (indistinct). Question, I was just thinking about it. Read More

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Bob Truett. Did you know Bob before that?… Read More

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No, no. Okay. He was a good Texas boy, though. Read More

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He’s with Lincoln Park, too, I think, wasn’t he?… Read More

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Jimmy Morgan of Birmingham Zoo. Read More

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And the director was Bob?… Read More

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Bob Truett. Read More

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And how did you come to get to the Jimmy Morgan Zoo?… Read More

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They were advertising, and I applied for it. Also, I had a in there because of knowing my father. Jimmy Morgan and my grandfather, I guess, had been buddies. Jimmy Morgan was the mayor of Birmingham. So I remember, when I applied for the job, he wanna make sure he… Read More

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And you were hired by?… Read More

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Well now, from Brookfield Zoo, you go off on your own into the zoo field. Read More

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And then, you got a job at the Birmingham, Alabama, zoo, Jimmy Morgan Zoo?… Read More

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Jimmy Morgan. Read More

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(Robert chuckles) Yeah, but I couldn’t tell them. Read More

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(Mark laughs) Well, is there any you could tell?… Read More

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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

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Did ya ever feel any pressure to live up to your father’s reputation as a zoo person?… Read More

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Well, I wouldn’t even think about that. He’d been around too long and too well-educated in the field. Read More