Syracuse University Quotes (1 quote)
I shall esteem it a very great honor to have a degree from the institution that gave Elizabeth Blackwell her opportunity to study medicine.
Accepting a Doctor of Science honorary degree (28 Apr 1934) from Syracuse University, on the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Geneva Medical College. As quoted in Patricia J. F. Rosof, 'The Quiet Feminism of Dr. Florence Sabin: Helping Women Achieve in Science and Medicine', Gender Forum (2009), No. 24. Reiterated in Letter (15 Jun 1934) after the commencement, to Charles Flint, the fifth Chancellor of the university. (M.S. Box Fl-Fu, APS)
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
