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SSH:
Do you think that problem died down once Donner Lah
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opened and John Lawrence had his own kingdom, so to
speak?
KGS:
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SSH:
That's right.
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KGS:
In the very beginning he was running it, yes.
SSH:
What. was the significance of that title, do you suppose?
KGS:
Just Qoniversity. Prhey were backward, When I went to
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work for aes again, he was an assistant professor in
radiology and neurology, I think.
And in spite of all
the terrific things he did, it was very late in life
that he was promoted to a full professorship.
SSB:
Why do you think that was?
KGS;
The University was very reluctant to promote anybody.
SSH:
serybedy?
So it really didn't have anything to do, for
example, with the prowess of the medical school.
KGS:
No.
I think.
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SSR
KGS:
The medical achool got the last end of it, in a way,
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