E.P. Cronkite, M.D. August 21, 1981 Page 2 Nonetheless, you, (I assume with Vic's concurrence), went ahead with all this: the bother and expense of assembling all the materials as well as coerscing the consultants to participate, even holding the report in abeyance until it all could be done properly. That must have been very difficult to do in the face of such broad resistance and consistent opposition from individuals and groups of such stature. It hasn't escaped me that you did all that largely on the basis of my saying it should be done. I suspect that it didn't even occur to you that I might have been wrong....that we could have gone through the entire review process without anything of substance being accomplished or anything changed. I guess that's been the most impressive part of this entire affair to me: that you didn't even seem to perceive a risk in supporting my position, or, at the very least, felt it was a risk worth taking if I said it was. That was a very special thing to do, Eugene. Yet I guess it's basically no different than the support you have always been ready to provide for me, personally as well as professionally. Every once in a while, though, I have to stop and reflect on my incredible good fortune in having had you - and Vic - for that kind of guidance and support. And I can't help but be moved to acknowledge the debt one owes his mentors. Your recent election to the National Academy seems but a belated, official recognition of those qualities and accomplishments which many of us have been priviledged to enjoy and observe first hand over all these years that you have generously shared them. I want to extend my congratulations to the Academy, my gratitude to you. With warmest personal regards, de~~ Donald E. Paglia, M.D. Professor Division of Surgical Pathology DEP/mf Enc.