Harold E. Varmus

Quotes

• “Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institute...”
• “In preparation for a career in academic medicine, I worked as a medical house officer at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital ...”
• “Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely ...”
• “The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small cir...”
• “Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary s...”
• “I saw my friends in medical school seeming to be more engaged with the real world. That provoked a sort of jealousy, and...”