At classical high school in Worcester, I recall being advised by the Principal not to apply anywhere other than to Harvard where I wanted to go, because he felt confident that I would get in. When I was turned down for admission, and I had no back-up possibility, I went to see him. He was sufficiently troubled so that he went to Cambridge and saw the Dean of Admissions, said to him, you know the valedictorian in our class has applied to Harvard now several years and they've all been accepted. Is the fact that this one is Jewish in any way related to the action? Whatever the basis for the action, it was reversed on the spot and I did go to Harvard where I majored in English; did not finish because I went into the army and at... went into the army having been accepted to medical school, and had a brief period of basic training in the army before being discharged to go to medical school.
[Q] What was your exposure to science at Harvard?
I majored in English, had relatively little, took only those courses that were required for... for medical school aspirants, and was not moved particularly by the science I had, and subsequently at Harvard Medical School the exposure to biological science was really so unsatisfactory that I was virtually turned off by it. I subsequently became very excited by it, but for reasons I'll come to in just a... a few minutes.