Description
The interview with Robert Koler begins with his family's move from Wyoming to Eugene, Oregon in 1941. He took his pre-med classes at the University of Oregon, and entered UOMS in 1944 in an accelerated wartime education program. He talks of the curriculum, campus buildings, and the continual military drills. After interning in hematology, he did military service at Walter Reed and a hospital in Japan during the Korean War. Back home as a resident, he soon joined the faculty and continued his research in blood diseases. He also tells how genetics studies in London led him to begin a program here that ultimately became its own department with himself as head. He touches on a variety of subjects, including relationships with the Dean, and his administrative and committee work. He also notes his work in getting funding for the Primate Research Center.