Remarks on acceptance of the Proctor award.
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Thank you, John, for your very gracious introductory remarks. I'm rather surprised by what you've been able to extract from sources I once thought to be loyal. Dr. Podos, officers and members of the Association, ladies and gentlemen: I am profoundly grateful to the Trustees of ARVO for having invited me to deliver the Proctor Lecture. It is a great privilege to honor the memory of Dr. Francis Proctor, and I am especially pleased to have this opportunity to express my gratitude to the splendid group of colleagues with whom I have worked, and with whom I now share this most prestigious award. Some of you here today may recall that Dr. Proctor was intensely concerned with alleviating the suffering of trachoma victims amongst the American Indians, that he devoted his later years to studies on the prevention and control of that dread disease, and that he inspired the investigations that led ultimately to the identification of the trachoma virus. But I believe that Dr. Proctor's selfless efforts to promote the interaction between clinical and basic research for the advancement of visual science will stand perhaps as his greatest legacy. In a very real sense, I have been the beneficiary of this enlightened view. When I joined the staff at New York University some 25 years ago, eager to make use of my training in clinical and basic science, Dr. Goodwin Breinin provided unfailing support and encouragement. More important, he was instrumental in nurturing the close association between laboratory and clinical activities that has become the hallmark of the department.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
دوره 23 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980