And so they worked out a deal where I went into the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Veterinary School as a master’s candidate and taught the seniors part-time exotic animal medicine course and was the full-time veterinarian at the Columbus Zoo. And then at the same time, few months… Read More
But when did you start thinking about zoo medicine?… Read More
I’d been outta school about two years, out of veterinary school, about two years and Jim Savoy, who was the director at the Columbus Zoo at the time, asked me if I was ready to come back into the zoo work because I had worked in the zoo for two… Read More
Did you know Jack Nicholas?… Read More
Oh, very well. Yeah. In fact, he offered to teach me how to play golf. And I told him, I wasn’t interested. (laughs) You must be one of the rare people who did that. Now you’re in the private practice, you’re in the muddy field, delivering calves. Read More
Both of my brothers were Phi Gamma Delta. And when I went to college, they of course said that I should become a Fiji, which I did and was active. But I got accepted into veterinary school after only two years. And so once I got into veterinary school, I… Read More
Now, speaking of college, you were a member of the Phi Gamma Delta at Ohio State. Read More
And how did that fraternity, if it did, which had a lot of influential members there shape or influence you in any way?… Read More
He would do patella surgery on knees. He would do a lot of things that are fairly routine now, but back then they were on the cutting edge of things. And then of course we did the large animal work, which I was more interested in. I really didn’t like… Read More
I was always interested in working with animals or being around animals, and then didn’t necessarily think of it as a career. But I dated a girl who I subsequently ended up marrying, who worked as a assistant in a veterinarian’s office. And so when I was in high school… Read More
When I was like a junior and a senior in high school, I would spend time there and he was the person that ended up sponsoring me to get into a veterinary school at Ohio State. So when you got out of veterinary school, you then had your first job… Read More
What prompted you to go in that direction?… Read More
Oh, no. I love going and seeing the animals. And at that time we didn’t have the sophisticated exhibits or the more naturalistic exhibits that we have now. And a lot of it was just manajory type animals in barred tiled exhibits, but I enjoyed seeing them and smelling them… Read More
What were the deciding points that you said you wanted to work with animals and then why did you wanna do medical or become a veterinarian?… Read More
Did it make an impression on you or was just a place you visited?… Read More
When was your first exposure that you recollect to seeing a zoo and what zoo was it, if you remember?… Read More
The first zoo that I ever saw was the Columbus Zoo. And it was probably, in about 1950 that I did that. And family would take you there. Yes, it was about 60 miles away. So it wasn’t a regular weekend thing, but once or so, once or twice a… Read More
I’ve always had an interest in animals. In fact, I’ve had an interest in anything to do with nature, animals, plants, rocks, you name it. I’ve been interested in it. Yes, I had the usual dog, didn’t have any cats, my father didn’t like cats and we couldn’t have cats… Read More
Nothing better than get out into the woods and here and observe wildlife. So you enjoy wildlife as you’re growing up. Read More
How did you start to develop an interest in animals?… Read More