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I loved animals, I mean, there’s a whole history of that. As much as my father and myself loved animals, my mother hated animals. They were dirty things that you weren’t supposed to have in the house. She was a typical Jewish mother. The pets that I was limited to… Read More

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Did you ever bring home, did you have pets as a kid or did you bring home animals?… Read More

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I assumed they may have done the same thing, but really don’t remember that. But I remember being mad ’cause I couldn’t see and feed the reptiles at Lincoln Park. Now you said you moved to Lakeshore Drive. Read More

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I was always like the mega vertebra. I mean the great apes. At Lincoln, at Brookfield, I forgot the elephant, Ziggy, the elephant was there for years and chained up for years and was always marveled by that. And I remember things that used to as a kid, be fascinated… Read More

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And were there certain animals at Lincoln Park Zoo or Brookfield Zoo that you really remember or that you were drawn to?… Read More

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Well needless to say with Lincoln Park and Brookfield in Chicago. I guess I got my introduction or love, my father loved zoos. I mean, he would go there by himself if he was out on the road and had some time to kill, between calls he and he would… Read More

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What zoos?… Read More

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So what’s your earliest memories of zoos?… Read More

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My mother was homemaker as was typical in the fifties. And my father was in sales at various sales jobs, but he also retired kind of early. He was 55 when he retired for health reasons. Read More

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Moved out to Lecture Drive on lakefront in Chicago, north side, north. Read More

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Which parents?… Read More

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Where did you move?… Read More

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Well, we lived on the west side of Chicago. It was kind of like the traditional fifties Jewish ghetto, had lots of relatives living in the same building. And very close to us, went to public school. Robert Emmet Public School and Austin High School in the city, in the… Read More

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What was your childhood like?… Read More

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All my life, yes, in the city. Read More

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And you grew up in Chicago?… Read More

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My name is Mike Sulak I was born on December 1st, 1948 at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Read More

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Yeah, the zoo profession. Well, I know that it can be extremely rewarding, but could also be extremely heartbreaking. It just, I mean, those are the two things that I definitely know about it. Read More

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How would you like to be remembered?… Read More

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I suppose I’d like to be remembered as being, having told the truth. You know, I told like it is, I told it like it is. ‘Cause I never, you know, contemplated not doing that. So, I think that would be okay. Read More