He certainly taught me a lot about fundraising, development. And I think he still works part-time, giving advice to the San Diego Zoo, Murray Newman, should I say I stole some ideas from him, his outdoor exhibit for killer whales. Our architects one up there to look at the outdoor… Read More
Was there a communication between the two of you or the groups?… Read More
Are you jealous of one another?… Read More
It probably cleaner than a hospital. And so well designed and laid out. He did a wonderful job there. And your time as director, you’ve met so many people, some I presume famous people. Read More
Did anybody make a big impression on you and did they ever have an impact on the Shedd?… Read More
Well, they certainly had a big impact on me. I might say proud to have these people be my friends and my colleagues. I think Charlie Schroeder, even though he’s just a Zoo man. I thought Charlie was director of the San Diego Zoo. He was just a wonderful, wonderful… Read More
I think we learn a lot from these people, but it’s hard to go back and say, Joe taught me this, Mike taught me this. I think people like Dr. Ross Nigrelli from the New York Aquarium, Murray Newman from the Vancouver Aquarium, a number of people from SeaWorld ’cause… Read More
Did you develop relationships with Japanese and Asian aquariums or European aquariums?… Read More
I did develop relationships with European aquariums. And with Asians, particularly (indistinct) from Nagoya. And I worked with him very closely in designing his new aquarium, both the phase one, as they call it, and then phase two. I think I was pretty much responsible for developing and designing his… Read More
What professionals in aquariums or otherwise did you respect and learn from, and who had the most influence on you?… Read More
What other aquarium directors had influence on me?… Read More
And then you’re gonna ask me, why did they have an influence on me?… Read More
I cannot answer that question. I don’t know. The only reason, of course, is they’re hopefully non-toxic, they don’t corrode, they don’t rust. And so, in some of the exhibits, they were useful that way, but it was never a big deal, at least for me, be able to work… Read More
Was there a time that the Shedd switched from glass fronts to acrylic panels in exhibitry?… Read More
Well, how did they switch?… Read More
The glass fronts on some of the bigger tanks, yes. They went to the acrylics, and you could get larger pieces. And, of course, they’re in the huge tanks, like the oceanariums, particularly at SeaWorld, places like that, acrylics were very useful where you can get enormous sizes. And that’s… Read More
Well, how did artificial seawater affect the… I don’t think there was any appreciable effect or improvement. We were able to keep up the volume we needed ’cause you’re always wasting water and you just can’t help it. You’re cleaning the tanks. You’re siphoning the water off. Sum has to… Read More
How important was the use of acrylics in exhibition?… Read More
How important were acrylics?… Read More
What was the direction you wanted education to take?… Read More