I was originally, I started out as the head veterinarian, or senior veterinarian, and then I ended up, they had no research program, so I helped develop the research program there, put it together with some of the great team down there. Alan Schumaker was instrumental in helping do that… Read More
We want you to apply.” And so I wasn’t gonna apply. I said, no, I’m happy at Lincoln Park, I’m having a great time. I’m in the big city, I’ve never been in the big city except for the Bronx, ’cause I’m a farm girl, a little country girl. And… Read More
And so I did apply and I kept it secret, didn’t tell anybody I was applying, but I applied, went down and interviewed, and got the job. And then I had this real conundrum to figure out, ’cause here I am, I’m in love with this guy, and I haven’t… Read More
Well, when I became interested in Zoo Animals, I did an externship, I did two externships at the Riverbank Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina. Fabulous Park. And it was brand new. It was a new facility. It had only been built, as a matter of fact, I was there on… Read More
Well, the position, the head vet position became available at Riverbanks. The veterinarian there left. Read More
And so Satch Krantz called me and said, “Would you be interested in a position?… Read More
And that was the Riverbank Zoo?… Read More
Yeah. Read More
What was the genesis for leaving Lincoln Park?… Read More
Was there no position for you?… Read More
Did you want to grow more than you could in Lincoln Park?… Read More
What was the genesis for where you went?… Read More
So you’re at the zoo, but then also, how did you become a consulting veterinarian at the Shedd Aquarium?… Read More
Yeah, we actually, at that time, the Lincoln Park Zoo vets also handled the Shedd Aquarium. And so for several years, the two years that I was there, actually, we would go down to the Shedd Aquarium and work on any of their animals, particularly their mammals. They had a… Read More
Why did you feel you wanted to move onward?… Read More
So a lot of times Dr. Fisher would not be happy about the fact that he hadn’t been notified. And yet, we hadn’t even been notified yet that the animal was dead. I remember a snow leopard had died, and Coca-Cola Bob wandered on the grounds early in the morning… Read More
And the staff wasn’t in yet, everybody wasn’t in yet, and here comes Dr. Fisher, and he knows, and we got a dressing down about that because, why didn’t he know?… Read More
Well, we didn’t know. It was fun. Coca-Cola Bob was a hoot. Read More
I’m trying to remember. The fellow that was always on the grounds, walking around, a public person. Read More
And he would tell doctor, who was it?… Read More