You were a couple years, you were… ’68. Six- Oh, ’68, yeah, so you were four or five years before. And we were, that was the time the zoo was an ark. We’re going to save, you know, save the big species and the small species. Well, everybody will be,… Read More
How so?… Read More
I mean, constant, when did you start at Lincoln Park?… Read More
The missions has changed over the years. Read More
Well, other than Michael Robinson, every zoo director I’ve worked with had worked in a zoo before they became director of the zoo. They all had either animal experience in the wild or experience working in a zoo. I think it’s very hard for someone who is the director of… Read More
What skillset qualities would you say does a zoo director need today to run a zoo?… Read More
It seems the zoo work is becoming female-dominated profession or would you disagree?… Read More
So if I see a zoo that has predominantly female staff, I look at salary levels and they’re never the same as other zoos around. Or comparable zoos. Now you’ve worked with various directors. Mm-hmm. Read More
Oh, I think it’s all related to salaries. I remember when Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was hiring, I think it was a director, I’ve forgotten what it was. And one of the people in Milwaukee, one of the education people had applied for the job and he went out and he… Read More
Being a curator, especially in the 70s and the 80s, what were the advantages and disadvantages of being a woman in a male-dominated profession?… Read More
I don’t remember anything that I wanted to do that I was unable to finish. Oh, actually yes I do. ‘Cause the way, when I went from assistant general curator down to curator of large mammals, I was at a step higher than the other curators and when I knew… Read More
Can’t really think of any advantages. I mean, you were sort of treated, well, it was a novelty for a while until there were more of us in the profession. I didn’t attend my first professional meeting until I went to Milwaukee. So by that time, I had been in… Read More
What can you say about changes since you started in the profession?… Read More
That was done- that you hoped you wanted to accomplish, but you were unable to finish it?… Read More
No, I was able to accomplish that. Read More
Don’t ask him any questions, but they always get asked questions. Couple of things that are maybe your opinion. Read More
And you were not able to accomplish that?… Read More
‘Cause I retired in 2007 and we were coming into a time of austerity, so there wasn’t anything really that I had wanted to accomplish that I wasn’t going to be able to accomplish. I knew the realities of what was going on, I think, no, I shouldn’t say that. Read More
During your time at the Milwaukee Zoo, what had you hope to accomplished, but were unable to finish?… Read More
An educational message, what do you think is the secret, if any, of getting people to actually read an educational message?… Read More