Interview 21409 – Caption Index: 55
Did he give you any insights, as a senior veterinarian and a director, into the zoo veterinary profession?… Read More
Did he give you any insights, as a senior veterinarian and a director, into the zoo veterinary profession?… Read More
Oh, yeah. I had a lot of dealings with Dr. Fisher. It was great fun to sit in on the meetings with Dr. Fisher. He was always weighing the strengths and weaknesses, the pluses and the minuses. Read More
And he was so much fun, because we would come out of a meeting and we’d all meet in the hallway afterwards and go, “So did he say yes or no?… Read More
Like, no ma’am, we’re not letting you out in the Bronx, not at after dark. Little female, long blonde hair, no way. And so they made you stay. The Lincoln Park Zoo is a smaller facility, but it’s wide open and it’s in the middle of the city. So I… Read More
And in today’s world, Lincoln Park would not be considered small zoo. I’m not calling it a small zoo at all. It was just a very different dynamic. So you mentioned the director who was a veterinarian also, Dr. Lester Fisher. Dr. Lester Fisher. Read More
Did you have dealings with him when you were at Lincoln Park?… Read More
And how was Lincoln Park different than the Bronx that you had come from?… Read More
Oh, well, Lincoln Park, the Bronx is one of my favorite zoos, honest to god, one of my favorite zoos. It’s this incredible oasis in the middle of the Bronx, and especially the Bronx back then. The Bronx is better now, but back then they wouldn’t let you leave the… Read More
Associate Veterinarian, full-time. Ironically full-time, but not paid. I didn’t get paid for the first, I think year. So it was like. Which is against labor laws now, but. Read More
(Barbara laughs) So it was like an internship?… Read More
I was associate veterinarian, I wasn’t intern, but we weren’t as strict about titles back then. In today’s world, I probably would be considered an intern. But my title was actually associate veterinarian there. Read More
Gosh, that was a long time ago. I’m gonna say it was six months. I had previously, actually, my first externship was at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. So I was at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago with Dr. Tom Meehan. And I was there for, I think,… Read More
So only stayed at the Bronx for six months. Read More
So what was the position at Lincoln Park that was offered to you, full-time?… Read More
I did. I was very fortunate to meet Dr. Conley and have an opportunity really to talk to him. I tend to do this in the weirdest situations. I met him when I was working on an animal by myself, and he roamed in, and I didn’t actually know who… Read More
And then my husband, Dayton Baker, who ran the National Aviary for many years, worked with him on several projects that they were working on through the National Aviary. So we actually met and had dinner with them on a couple of occasions. So it was a lot of fun. Read More
So your internship was how long?… Read More
So were you interacting with senior staff at the zoo, aside from the vet?… Read More
Well, we did a little bit, because we were working with, usually the curators would show up, Jim Daughtery would show up if we’re working on some birds or something, and, we would have a chance to interact with those folks. So I met many of them. But we really,… Read More
Did you happen to meet the then zoo director of the Bronx Zoo?… Read More