Interview 22891 – Caption Index: 233
And what do you think that means?… Read More
And what do you think that means?… Read More
You know?… Read More
And following through on that. And not bucking the system. You know, if you see where you’re supposed to be going, your job is again a combination, but you should always, always, always be true to your animals. And passionate about what you’re – why you went into the business… Read More
I don’t think they asked. Because again, it was internal. So they had been a part of the process not unlike when I had gone into directorship from being a curator. So no, they didn’t ask. No, and I tried very hard not to. Step on any toes or give… Read More
What do you feel is the zoo’s responsibility to animal welfare?… Read More
In hindsight, not so good. You should get as much information as you can from anybody you can. But we learn a little slower. So during your tenure as director, a lot of things were going on within the zoo world. Read More
Correct – well, right. They were not running the zoo. It was still under the park district. Their job when they started was to raise funds to build a new… To give the zoo a kind of a new facelift. Both publicly, so they hired a marketing department, you know,… Read More
Did you give them any advice as you left or did they ask?… Read More
And kind of give us a different look. And then go out and raise funds. Ultimately you retired as zoo director. And someone else took over as zoo director. Right. Read More
That one, well when we knew that we were gonna go on a campaign to do big funding. And this was gonna be our whole kinda shift to try to change the Glen Oak Zoo into the Peoria Zoo. We took… We asked some people in the community to sit… Read More
And they were friends at the zoo, not running the zoo?… Read More
And the volunteers and all that came through under our education coordinator. And they handled that and the Zoo Society was in charge of this “new zoo” then. Or the to be new zoo. Read More
But there was an older society became a newer society or was the same one?… Read More
Different. Read More
How’d that evolve?… Read More
I made the board agendas. We set up the committees. I sat not on the board, but I came to every board meeting and gave the reports. Met with… The society president and others as they needed me. To kind of either educate them on certain things or help them… Read More
So we would set up the meetings, you know?… Read More
As zoo director we helped form that zoo group first before they hired anybody to come in and be their manager or, you know. Read More
And can you explain the evolution then of the Zoo Society?… Read More
How did that transition take place and what was then your role as zoo director with this new organization?… Read More