Yeah. Of the whole aquarium. And then the director of the aquarium now referred to as a president slash ceo Who was the assistant director when you started Lou Reimers. Lou Reimers often seen with a cigar in his mouth in his office. He was there forever. I’m not sure… Read More
You had a boss that was the curator and then they had, what was the starting structure?… Read More
So What was the structure of the staff?… Read More
Very simple. There was a curator and then the assistant creator curator was kind of that in responsibility only. Didn’t really have that term. Matter of fact, the guy that was the assistant curator was a man in charge of the coral reef tank in the diving program. So, but… Read More
And the effectively assistant curator came up to me, he’s like, what are you doing out here?… Read More
I said, I’m just created this tank, you know, I’m checking it out, make sure everything’s good. He goes, get in the back and clean your area like that. That’s how it was said. I’m like, wow. Subsequent years. We encouraged Aquarius to come out into their galleries and mingle… Read More
He loved it and he realized that I got a lot to share and he was very much into that whole aspect of the job. Read More
Not really. Other than the, the part about, you know, having to clean the floors was a pain in the neck. And I actually serviced a gallery at a half, but I just took it in stride. I was always a kid that was like, Hey, whatever it takes, you… Read More
And did you have any concerns when you started working at the aquarium?… Read More
One time I was out there and I remember I had just set up an exhibit and I’m looking at the exhibit, you know, as it’s filling up with water, seeing how it looks. Read More
Fairly bare bones. You know, I’m, I’m thinking the tanks, as we call ’em now, call ’em exhibits or habitats. But they were, you know, very austere decorations were stacked rocks, you know, maybe a flower pot for the sick of the hide in type of thing. Not, not much… Read More
What was the collection like?… Read More
I had what’s called a fish eating decoy muscle, and it was difficult to keep them alive, but that was a cool invertebrate. In subsequent years, we developed a standing exhibit within one of the galleries to highlight invertebrates. Then we also developed a coral and a exhibit within a… Read More
But the salt water recipe had gone through several iterations before we got to the one when I started the life support equipment was real basic and didn’t have anything more than what we call mixed media filters, which is six. You start out with gravel and you work up… Read More
Don Zumwalt. He was from California, I believe. And I know that when I left to go to California myself, where the fish farm operation, he too left the aquaquarium. And when I came back, it was Roger Ick, who was a curator, and Roger’s the one that welcomed me… Read More
So the beard went and I got the job after three interviews. So Who was the curator?… Read More
What was the aquarium like when you started?… Read More
He says, the director does not allow facial hair. And I had a full beard at the time and I, I dunno if I actually said these words, but I said, man, I’m so anxious to get this job. I’ll shave my head if you want me to. Read More
As he leans back in his old work jeans and a flannel shirt, I’m thinking, what could the dress code possibly be?… Read More
And in the beginning, did you have to interview for your job or did they just automatically take you back?… Read More