Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 159
But there was this, you know, his famous saying, he goes, “I couldn’t agree with you more,” (laughing) you know?… Read More
But there was this, you know, his famous saying, he goes, “I couldn’t agree with you more,” (laughing) you know?… Read More
And that would take away any kind of a negative thing that anybody had to say. I mean, it really would, it was just a wonderful, a wonderful saying, which I found myself using when I went to, I was in San Francisco, because it really is. You’d have members… Read More
But even if they weren’t happy, they weren’t saying they weren’t, you know?… Read More
And there was nothing bad with that. That’s actually a good way, that’s actually the way you should be. That’s actually the way you should be. And frankly, I’m gonna have to say, that was the way that honestly, it was very difficult for me to be. And that that… Read More
His calm, very calm, quiet, demeanor was the total opposite of Warren Thomas’. So as Thomas was a mentor to me on the animal end of it, I think Les Fisher was a mentor to me on the handling people. Give me some quick examples, if you can think of… Read More
How would you describe his style and your relationship with him?… Read More
Well his style was very, was reserved, I would say. Not in a bad way, not in a bad way at all. He was, he was friendly, most assuredly. Read More
Do things for you, he would, you know, I mean there was, but there was no question that he was the director of the zoo and you weren’t, you know?… Read More
Well George Irving yes, George Irving was there, but there were two curator positions though. And George Irving was still one curator. Yeah was one, was one of a sort. I mean, George had been there for many, many years and he, really George truthfully was a timekeeper. Basically, he… Read More
What kind of zoo did you find when you got there?… Read More
Well it was a zoo that had traditionally had a good collection, good collection of animals. And traditional old, you know, an older facility that was a very, very popular place with people, with the citizens of Chicago. And needed, could’ve, needed a lot of improvement I think, to come… Read More
Yes, this was for general for curator, yeah. General curator. But here was a general curator when you arrived. Read More
George Irving?… Read More
About two or three days. (laughing) So now you’re looking for a job. Yeah, now I’m looking for a job. Go back to Omaha, and looking for a job. And I, like I say I saw the, well I was still getting the newsletter. Read More
I was a member still of the AAZ, what was then called AAZPA, which it’s called now, I have no, I think it’s the AAZA, is that correct?… Read More
Anyway, and there was a job section, you know, and I looked, and there was Lincoln Park Zoo, and they were looking for a curator. And I said, “Hey, this might be, you know, that’s a good place, that’s a good collection, it sure is, and I’ll look into that.”… Read More
At any rate Les picked me, which I was, you know, and I said, “Hey, that’s great.” Was this for general curator?… Read More
He’s got his own ideas surely.” And he was a private, you know, he had done it, give the devil his due. He had built that zoo outta nothing. He had built that zoo out of wrestling. He was a professional wrestler. He built that place out of his professional… Read More
And so my career at the Alberta, but he did send, I did work one or two days there, cleaning up and feeding the muskox and doing stuff like that. He did get me to do that for him, but that was okay. But once again, I loved it. I… Read More
How long did that stint last?… Read More