Very unusual and difficult site in a rock quarry with a river running through the center. And I thought, my gosh, there’s not much land here, but what’s here has great potential. It also was almost barren. They under story, they have beautiful cypress trees and oak trees, rock walls… Read More
So they offer you the position of director, not superintendent, but director of the San Antonio’s Zoo, did you say yes?… Read More
They offered me the position of director of the San Antonio Zoo after meeting with the board, a very tough board, all ranchers and businessmen from San Antonio. Read More
And I thought, well, I don’t know how well I did, but they did offer it to me and they said, “Would you like to come to San Antonio?… Read More
You oughta have to give me a better hint than that. Read More
Well, I mean, how did you, why did you decide to leave Rochester and how did that new opportunity materialize for you?… Read More
I decided to leave Rochester, not too willingly, but I was at a conference in Pittsburgh at a zoo conference and a fellow came up to me or I’d never met before and he said, “I’m from San Antonio, Texas and our zoo director has passed away and we were… Read More
I was the only director there five years. Read More
What materialized that would take you from that place to your next mission?… Read More
How did that come about?… Read More
That is?… Read More
My answer is, if you spend 20 years on a master plan, it’s time to do something with it. Begin again. Begin again and maybe not even with you, but with someone new and younger and let them take it and run with it. Leave the idea in place because… Read More
How long were you director at Seneca Park?… Read More
I didn’t know though that, I knew what I wanted in the way of a plan for the zoo, I just didn’t know how far ahead the plan ought to be. Read More
How many years should a plan really be designed to be before you take the next step in master planning?… Read More
And I think now I know what my answer is. Read More
Are you getting a reputation around the country that you kind of have some knowledge about zoo planning?… Read More
Are they coming to you?… Read More
Yes, I guess because I had already started or didn’t really complete, I don’t think you ever complete a master plan. Read More
And certainly with the few years that I spent in Columbus after developing the plan and the few years in Rochester, by the time I got to my next assignment, I began to wonder, am I ever gonna see my planning come to fruition?… Read More