what kind of person is Dr. Dan Dalgard

Dan Dalgard is a consultant doctor at the Reston Primate Quarantine Unit, on call to take care of sick or hurt monkeys, also worked as a scientist at another Hazelton Washington company, tall, mid-fifties, glasses, blue eyes, shy, bit of a Texas accent, known as a knowledgable and skilled vet, calm, even tempered, daydreamer, repaired antique clocks, inspects the monkeys at Reston.