DOCUMENT SOURCE Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Archives and Records Office fd PAT =f, fe | | AECeote File Code No, Carton No. Folder No. Netes Co7 tee 58 SSH: Do you think that problem died down once Donner Lah ‘ opened and John Lawrence had his own kingdom, so to speak? KGS: . SSH: That's right. . I noticed that Hamilton ee $oH" of fa. ' bvpettre| ‘ bane is made director as late as 1948. a , Caut he had been effectively director since the opening of Donner Lab. 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 s 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. 1? Whak cdo you mean by trod | SSR KGS: The medical achool got the last end of it, in a way, " er : . (Tent. . Every kt presi ton Robert Sproul kept his thumb on everything, really. . 4, . ‘ .. ~a:* When. x ; . they hired me they hired me as an assistant professornfwith _ the understanding that I would be promoted to associate ZA 2 . vat j OA ; te