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I have a family and every relative I could ever think of right there. And I knew everybody knew the DiSabatos in Columbus, you know, there were a lot of us. Read More

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Was your family supportive?… Read More

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Yes, my family, my wife has always been supportive of what I wanted to do. That’s what counted the most. Read More

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“I’ve been saying no to this and this is the greatest opportunity I’ve ever heard that I could plane a new zoo for a community that really needed some change.” So I agreed yes I would go, and I would do that. Read More

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Why did you say no three times?… Read More

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Because I was living in own hometown and doing quite well in Columbus. Read More

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But the important thing to me was what did you want in that community?… Read More

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And Rochester, you know, is pretty good community, a Kodak and Xerox, and it sounded like there was great opportunity there. And I found out what they were looking for is someone who could come in and plan a new zoo for this new county park department that had a… Read More

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And in terms of what would you do if you came to Rochester?… Read More

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And I did that, and I found a small zoo needed a lot. Read More

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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

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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

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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

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How did this change occur where you left and what were the circumstances that surrounded that?… Read More

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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

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Now, how long were you zoo director or zoo superintendent in Columbus?… Read More

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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

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And how did that come about?… Read More

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Yeah. Read More

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While you were a member of Rotary Club?… Read More