Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 220
And when you were acting general curator and then general curator, were you able to make changes?… Read More
And when you were acting general curator and then general curator, were you able to make changes?… Read More
Did you see, now I can implement some things that I think should be happening, ’cause I’ve been at the place a little while, or from my experience at National Zoo, or was it difficult?… Read More
I don’t, well, I was still responsible for all the scheduling of everybody. Bruce was in charge of all the construction, so they were getting ready to redo the, build the Great Ape House and redo the primate house at the time. I was still just getting my feet wet. Read More
Yeah, I was just in charge of large mammal, of large mammals at the time. I think, I don’t know, but, they hired a curator of primates and small mammals. And I don’t remember where that was before. That must’ve been before I became curator of large mammals, ’cause that… Read More
When you got there, how long after you got there were you acting general curator?… Read More
Within a year. Read More
(Elizabeth sighs) Was it after?… Read More
May have been after Boese left as director. They reorganized and I became, they abolished the title of general curator and I became the curator of large mammals, which was great, because as general curator, I was, you know, I was, they could fire me, gimme 30 days notice and… Read More
(Elizabeth chuckles) So as the curator of large mammals, you were in a different position regarding your job?… Read More
So you had the title as general curator?… Read More
I was general curator. Read More
And, let’s see, when did the change happen?… Read More
This was a year after I had started, so. Read More
Did you apply for the job?… Read More
Well, I had to apply for the job. So, yeah, I did apply for the job, but I started interviewing around in case, you know, I didn’t get the job. So I interviewed at Central Park Zoo, Jim Murtaugh, who I had worked with at the, who was a keeper… Read More
Let’s see, I started in February and Ken was asked to resign soon after I started. And so, but he signed a letter of resignation, thinking that he was going to get a job just by making some phone calls. And he didn’t. Read More
And he left in December of that year and I became acting general curator, was it?… Read More
And ’cause I wanted to be assistant general curator. I didn’t know how to be a curator over, you know, my experience with reptiles and birds was minimal. And maybe he left early. Anyway, so they left the acting, the assistant general curator job open. I became acting general curator. Read More
Did you have any mentors there?… Read More
Not really, I mean, I just, well, my experience from the National Zoo worked well for most of it, yeah. And as the, well, you were then the assistant general curator. Correct. Read More