So she happened to mention to Chuck Wikenhauser that I was available. And after a few months they were starting some education, they were trying to do the Zoomobiles out into the community. So he hired me at a whopping $2.50 an hour to go out to the different schools… Read More
Oh yeah, I applied to – I must have had 50 zoos. And when I got all the rejections I had them on my wall in my apartment. And, you know, they just said there weren’t that many jobs open. There were a lot of people applying. You have to… Read More
What positions were you applying for?… Read More
Anything at the point, but I was going for a keeper position. Or, yeah, but I ended up in education for a while. Now you’re a bit unique in that you’ve worked your entire career in one institution. Can you take us through your evolution through the positions and maybe… Read More
Isn’t that in Chicago?… Read More
I had come up for an interview with Abbott and didn’t get it, but that’s good. Because then I finally got into the Glen Oak Zoo. Read More
But when you were in college did you not apply at Glen Oak?… Read More
So I had to see something that was – I could see a result from that you were helping with something. You know, more immediate. I think. Read More
So when did you decide hey, I want to work in the zoo?… Read More
Because when you were in college you did apply. Yep, senior year of college I decided, while I was trying to figure out what you can do, I did apply to some labs and things like that. Work that were doing research or had animals involved in them. In the… Read More
Not that I remember. Or if I did, it did not click in the head. Ooh, he’s got that look like oh dear. So you mentioned one teacher. Read More
Did any of your teachers, this one, or any of your teachers in college kind of mentor you in any direction or that made an impression on you?… Read More
I think I took a little bit of something from everybody. It’s like I worked for a professor ’cause I was trying to make some extra money and get into some different fields. And so I worked with cockroaches. And I decided that was one of the things that made… Read More
Did Peoria have a zoo?… Read More
Yep. I know. Read More
Never went?… Read More
Oh yeah, from TV. Read More
Had you been to Lincoln Park Zoo or Brookfield?… Read More
Mm-mm, or Sacred. Read More
Actually that was still the – I didn’t know what I was gonna do and I had a great animal science professor who took me aside one day and he thought I should go to grad school. In fact he walked me down to the office to get my papers. Read More