Well they had a full hand raising me, but Dad was a microbiologist by trade. I mean that’s what he did, but he ended up going into the family business which was a canning company that did tomatoes, hominy. And beans. Read More
How about that?… Read More
And mom was a housewife until they closed the canning company and she went back to work as an art teacher. So you grew up in Peoria. Yes, sir. Tell us a little about growing up in Peoria. Read More
Jan Schweitzer. Born March 6th, 1953. Peoria, Illinois. Read More
And what did your parents do?… Read More
How would you like to be remembered in the profession?… Read More
Ah, I know that I will be remembered as a person who worked hard at it, a very heavy work ethic. Maybe too much of a workaholic sometimes, but I hope I would also be, you know, known as being a nice guy and a friend to the people at… Read More
Oh my gosh, I mean, it’s just something that I’ve lived all these years and I’ve enjoyed, and gosh, I wanted to get everything, every part of it, you know?… Read More
And that’s why I continued to change and do different things while I was, was there, you know?… Read More
I keep remembering back that I said I’d stay at least two years. Well you know, I stayed a lot longer than that. Read More
What do I know about it?… Read More
Yeah, what do you know about it?… Read More
Well, a lot of them have- Can you remember them all?… Read More
No, I don’t remember most of them. (laughing) Over the years, if you count the preceptors and so forth, there has to be well over 100 veterinary students and veterinarians that have come through our program. Both just learning, a lot of them never did go into, you know something,… Read More
What do you know about the profession that you have devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
Well I guess no, I don’t think it can survive without it. Financially it might, if they have several big donors who say, “Well look, whatever it is you want, I’ll take care of it.” I mean, there’s a number of zoos that are named after certain individuals because they… Read More
Without slighting anybody, can you name some of the zoos that your people you have mentored have gone to, and who they are?… Read More
Why do they have this, you know?… Read More
And I think it’s because, you know, they have had that exposure somehow along the way. Read More
How important is community support, and do you think the zoo can survive without it?… Read More