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
So, you were trying to instill or were you, a new culture in your section?… Read More
And I still keep in touch with two or three of that crew. We’ve all gotten old together but nevertheless, I keep in touch with them. Read More
So, you had the responsibility of hiring your own people?… Read More
You just couldn’t just think it’s gonna take care of itself. You had to water it, you had to had to feed it. You had to take care of it. And so, that was something new to me. I never had to really think about that until that new building… Read More
I was looking at the health and welfare of the bird, are you looking good today?… Read More