BS '65
The thing is that it was still difficult for me in the beginning. It was tough because my English was not that good. They did not have English for foreign students at the time, and I went to the class with American students who could not spell or did not write dramatically. They were very good at mathematics and science, but not in English. The only thing, which was special and very good, was that I learned in my speech therapy. There was a speech class because they had a lot of Hungarian students at the time in 1961. That was very good for me because when it comes to biology, chemistry, and physics, I didn't need that much English. I had to run from the campus on 135th street to 225th street all the time because that's where most of my science courses were. I remember going to my physics class. I was like one of the very few women, and the guys were just staring at me and I felt like walking on ice. It was incredible. I was never used to something like that. I am so delighted that that's not the case these days. I always make sure that when I hired in my laboratory, I try to hire women and I always make sure that they went to graduate school.