Man, that’s a tough one. Yeah, you know, I’m a fishes guy so, you know, I’m likely to say fish, but I would, I would say if I had to have a favorite, it’s probably sea otters. They’re, they’re pretty interesting animals. They’re a challenge for sure. But we did… Read More
The freshwater river dolphin. Everybody loved Chico. And, but you know, after we expanded the collection, I’m like, they’re all cool. Read More
And she was in one of the highest paid school districts in Illinois working Glenbrook South High School. And I’m like, eh, I don’t know that you’re gonna get the same money. And she goes, you know, we got the two kids, we had two young daughters, you know, and… Read More
Did you have a favorite animal?… Read More
And she’s, well I, you know, would there be a guarantee that I’d be making the same money as a teacher in this new area?… Read More
Do you want me to pursue this?… Read More
How do you feel about moving to this part of the country?… Read More
But I was like, oh my gosh, what do I know about that?… Read More
You know? And it turned out I was gonna be in competition with a university that was going for going through the same people for essentially the same money. And I thought, oh my gosh, this is not gonna work out. And I, I would come home, you know, after… Read More
Wanted that you wanted to stay so long in one place?… Read More
Well now you, when you say you retired, you, you had 40 years with the institution, which is unusual, but can you discuss the reasons that would, that you thought about that a lot?… Read More
Here’s the deal. I so was so fortunate in my career at Shedd with the advancements and the increased responsibility and the ability to basically follow my passion directly for most of the positions I held that I just felt didn’t feel a strong desire to move on. And I… Read More
So-and-so about this aspect of our operations now, you know, can you gimme an update?… Read More
You know, what, what, here’s what they’re probably gonna ask. What are we doing now? So it was, you know, kind of a, an oversight thing again. But I was the lone wolf with that. I had no staff or anything. It just felt like, I’m not sure how long… Read More
But it, it, you know, the good thing about it was I got to go to say education or conservation research. Read More
I need to go to Washington to talk to. Read More
I’m like, Hey, you know what?… Read More
Yes, I could go visit them, but I had no oversight anymore. Direct oversight of the animal collection. So anyway, over time, you know, I thought, well, okay, here’s what I think the job should do and communicate that to the boss and make it work. And it served me… Read More
And again, because I was taken away from the animal collection, you know what I mean?… Read More
I remember meeting with people and I’m thinking, I gotta look for another job. I, I don’t know if this is gonna last, how this is gonna work out. I was just so cruShedd at the time. Read More