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1、IwasborninAlice,TexasonAugust23,1933.MyfatherwasaMethodistminister,andmymotherwaswhatwethencalledahousewife.Ihaveasister,Mary,whoissomeyearsmyelder.Inthosedays,Methodistministersmovedoften,andasachildIlivedinasuccessionofmostlysmalltownsinsouthTexas:Alice,Brady,SanA
2、ntonio,Kingsville,DelRio,Brownsville,McAllen,Austin,thenbacktoSanAntonio.Duringthistimethechurchhierarchyrecognizedthatmyfatherwasanableadministratorcapableoforganizingpeopletogetthingsdoneandgiftedatresolvingconflicts.FromthetimeIwasaboutninemyfatherwasnolongerpast
3、orofachurchbutratherasupervisorofchurchactivitiesoveradistrict.ThiswasagreatrelieftomeasIwassparedbeingthecenterofjudgmentalattentionasthe"preacher'skid."BythetimeIreachedadulthoodmyfatherwasuniversallyreveredasafair,kind,andgentlemanwithanacutemind.Hismostenduringm
4、onumentwillbetheSanAntonioMedicalCenterasheworkedhardandeffectivelytostarttheMethodistHospitalthere,whichreallystartedthecenter.WhenIwasnineyearsold,myparentsgavemeachemistryset.Withinaweek,Ihaddecidedtobecomeachemistandneverwaveredfromthatchoice.AsIgrewmyinterestin
5、chemistrygrewmoreintense,ifnotmoresophisticated.Ofcoursetherewasnochemistryintheschoolprogramuntilhighschool.Iwasnotaparticularlydistinguishedstudentasachild.Mygradesweregoodbutobtainedmorebysteadyworkthananybrillianceonmypart.Ivividlyremembermyfathertellingmethaton
6、eofmyelementaryschoolteachershadtoldhimthatIwasnotbrilliantbutIwasasteadyhardworker.SomehowthefurtherIprogressedinschool,theeasieritbecametodowell.ItwasagreatdelightwhenIfinallygottostudychemistryinhighschool.Myteacher,Mrs.LorenaDavis,sawthatIwaskeenlyinterestedandd
7、idherbesttofosterandnourishthatinterest.Asonlyoneyearofchemistrywasofferedthen,Ihadnoformalcourseinthesubjecttotakemyfinalyearinhighschool.Mrs.Davisofferedmespecialprojectstosatisfymyappetiteforchemistry.IremembermostconstructingaCottrellPrecipitator.Iwasshockedtose
8、eMrs.Davis,whodidn'tsmoke,lightupacigaretteandblowsmokeintotheprecipitatortodemonstratethatitworked.Whenitcametimetochooseacollege,Igotint
