12-28-2008, 11:24 PM
No, Gollin does not have cancer, thankfully. Calm down. The online higher educational establishment's interests are still safe. There are also no apparent overlapping research interests. The connection is a little more personal in nature.
As Gollin announced at DD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center President Harold Varmus grew up in Freeport, NY and graduated from their public high school, as did George Gollin.
DD thread
Harold Varmus mini-bio
Memorial Sloan Kettering President's page
Here's another Freeport High School grad, albeit one who lived north of Merrick Rd., in the news recently:
NY Daily News link
We have, George, and in response to your anticipated thanks, ... "Your welcome!"
As Gollin announced at DD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center President Harold Varmus grew up in Freeport, NY and graduated from their public high school, as did George Gollin.
George Gollin at degreediscussion.com Wrote:Sloan-Kettering's president is the extraordinary (and very cool-- I've met him) Nobel laureate Harold Varmus. To my knowledge he is the most distinguished alumnus of Freeport High School.
DD thread
Harold Varmus mini-bio
Memorial Sloan Kettering President's page
Here's another Freeport High School grad, albeit one who lived north of Merrick Rd., in the news recently:
NY Daily News link
George Gollin at degreediscussion.com Wrote:(This particular Freeport is in the suburbs of New York. The YoodleNoodles will flesh this out a bit, I think.)
We have, George, and in response to your anticipated thanks, ... "Your welcome!"