A lot of that was spurred on by him. He liked to do those kinds of things and I’ll admit they were fun every once in a while. But most of my downtime, off-time was spent with my family. I didn’t really do a lot of socializing with the others… Read More
Do I have a story at St. Louis that stands out on my mind?… Read More
Well, I don’t know that I really do. I was the only curator. (chuckles) This sounds really strange but this is a fact, I was the only curator at that time that had a family. Now, there were two other curators that were married but they had no children. And… Read More
More so than I think what people realize, without that knowledge, you need it for home and you need it for work too. During your time at St. Louis, you were not only curator of birds, you were deputy general curator, you held a number of other titles. So, you’re… Read More
You got a story that stands out in your mind?… Read More
Used to discuss just stock market. We’d talk about investments. He was very knowledgeable about it. And we talked about even accounting, ways to account for these kinds of costs and stuff. So, our conversations were really just between he and I because we had become friends and he was… Read More
Did I have mentors at St. Louis?… Read More
Yes, I did. There was a director named Dick Schultz who came in, actually after Bob Briggs. Dick Schultz had been a corporate finance director for a large chemical company in St. Louis. So, he was basically retired. And then he came in and his first position was as financial… Read More
You said Gus was a mentor of yours, did you have mentors at St. Louis?… Read More
What if we did that?… Read More
Typically, that didn’t happen before. Read More
And I think when they found that out, a lot of ’em got interested and a lot of ’em had more suggestions. Read More
Well, what if we did this?… Read More
What are we all trying to do?… Read More
This isn’t just something you come in from eight to five and clean. Read More
What’s the story?… Read More
Build a sensitivity to understanding cleanliness and understanding what’s trying to be portrayed here. Read More
What’s the story we’re trying to tell?… Read More
Yeah, I think when you start looking at a bird keeper today and least what was going on in that period of time. Yeah, it was a cultural issue because you were trying to get them to understand that it’s not just a cleaning, it’s not a custodial issue. As… Read More
Yes, I did. I selected them, obviously the general curator had to approve, they had the final signature on it but the interview process, all the curators did their own interviewing. Read More