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“The folks working and passionate about a problem would get together and just get up and present what they had to say, what they had to quibble about or squabble about…”
- —Michael Paul Cancro, University of Pennsylvania
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Kristian Hannestadt, Robert Ashman, Ed Goetzle, Henry Metzger, Alan Kaplan, Norman Talal and Bill Konigsberg (left to right) exchange ideas at the 1969 workshop. |
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Myron Leon, Elliott Osserman, and Michael Potter at the 1969 workshop. Although they were all in different organizations, the three had known and worked together for years. |
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These drawings by Phyllis Saroff illustrate a collection of papers from a 1985 workshop focused on the genetic diversity of “wild mice” (natural living house mice) and their use in research. The workshop was held because it had become apparent as genetic research progressed, that inbred strains of mice offered only a limited window into the genetic diversity in mice. Edited by Potter, Joseph Nadeau, and Michael Cancro, the book amazed reviewers by cataloging available stocks of mice and their sources. Depicted are M. pahari, M. spretus, M. minutoides, M. cervicolor, M. caroli, M. castaneus, and M. saxicola from Potter’s NCI colony of mice. More information can be found on the Potter's Books Artifact page. (TODO: Link) |
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Courtesy of Wendy du Bois, NCI |
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Potter loved talking about science as he fished or beach-combed on the Chesapeake Bay. The many young scientists, such as his graduate student, Richard Nordan (above), who worked with him over the years, remember their casual and wide-ranging discussions on these trips, as well as Potter’s scientific curiosity and openness to new ideas. |
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James Island in the Chesapeake Bay, 1980s |
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Courtesy of Dr. Beverly Mock, NCI |
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Even as a boy, Michael Potter loved two things: fishing and investigating the natural history of the seashore. He often used what he found to create artwork. These small shore bird sculptures were made by Potter with some of the shells that he found during his beach excursions. More information can be found on the bird sculpture artifacts page. (TODO: Link) |
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Courtesy of Melissa Adde |
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In 1969, Potter was awarded the Public Health Service’s Meritorious Service Medal (above). He and his wife, Jeanne Ann (shown above and right), and their son and daughter spent holidays on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. |
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