Interview 8364 – Caption Index: 146
And in terms of what would you do if you came to Rochester?… Read More
And in terms of what would you do if you came to Rochester?… Read More
And I did that, and I found a small zoo needed a lot. Read More
It was a typical old style zoo, one building, some outside cages, a polar bear exhibit, it’s kind of loose ended everything, you know?… Read More
A nice bird collection, but not big, apes, much too small facility for that few monkeys, cats, you know, typical zoos of the day. Read More
I mean, here you are finally the director of a place you’ve grown up in and you’ve reached the highest pinnacle there to be able to make decisions and focus in a direction that you kind of learned and wanted to continue on. Read More
How did this change occur where you left and what were the circumstances that surrounded that?… Read More
Well, at the particular time in my career, someone in the zoo field and maybe more than one told the park director in Rochester, New York, who was looking for a zoo director that they ought to talk with me. And it happened to be at a conference. And so… Read More
Now, how long were you zoo director or zoo superintendent in Columbus?… Read More
Let’s see. I was, I think only three years actually as a zoo director. And the reason was because I was offered a new position. Read More
And how did that come about?… Read More
Yeah. Read More
While you were a member of Rotary Club?… Read More
I’ve been a member of Rotary Club. Read More
Oh, I think that there are markets out there that we could draw from that we aren’t reaching, but we’re doing a better job getting those younger people back. Just because young people today are more educated, they read newspapers and they see television that we never really had when… Read More
When you were at Columbus, did you join service groups?… Read More
Oh, yes. I have been and I’ll probably always will be very fond of the Rotary Club. And that’s an organization that has done a lot for me in all of the cities that I’ve lived in. And that’s where I would go first to meet the movers and shakers. Read More
You had instant credibility?… Read More
Yes. I think I could see that times were changing. The zoo of today is more responsible for conservation and education and it ought to be, but we can’t overlook the fact that people go to the zoo for other reasons. And all you have to do is go into… Read More
And they gives us the opportunity to get new people coming back to the zoo because they enjoyed it so much when they were younger. Additionally, it brought in those 20 and 30 year olds that never thought about going back to the zoo until their children would have to… Read More
Are there certain markets that zoos are missing or that they can start to draw from?… Read More