Interview 22122 – Caption Index: 219
And if you did, did you develop it, it was already there, or?… 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
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
Did you have to leave, or continue to leave the zoo medicine behind or not?… 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
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
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
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
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
Or were they “Oh, now he’s above us and he’s our boss,” and- I don’t know that they were jealous of me. You know, I- Or upset You got the position or- I don’t know if anybody was upset. I mean, I always tried to work with everybody that, you… Read More
Was it hard to leave this, the position of being veterinarian, senior veterinarian, doing the research or coordinating all that?… Read More
He realized that he was going beyond what he should. Now, Bill had a lot of experience in zoos before, and he probably had some experience with other veterinarians that didn’t work out so good. But that was the only time that ever, you know, I will say all of… Read More
Now, when you received this promotion, to more things under your portfolio, were people jealous of you?… Read More
And when he came back from lunch, I came in, you know I said, “Okay, here’s the vaccine. What do you want me to use to vaccinate these mustelids?” And he started looking at them and he looked at one, you know, and he started reading the other one, and… Read More
And you know he said, “Use what you think is the right thing.” You know, he never again ever made any comments of what drug I oughta use, or what dose oughta use, or what medication, you know?… Read More