Dr. Cherry Murray, Chair of the OIST Board of Governors

Dr. Cherry Murray, Chair of the OIST Board of Governors, focused on the critical role of Dr. Brenner in the establishment of OIST. She quoted from Dr. Brenner’s autobiography: “I believe that a scientist should be judged by the quality of the people he has helped to produce and not by prizes or other honors bestowed on him.” Murray added, “Thus Dr. Brenner’s legacy lives on in his creation of OIST and its generations of students in the future.”

Dr. Cherry Murray, Chair of the OIST Board of Governors, focused on the critical role of Dr. Brenner in the establishment of OIST. She quoted from Dr. Brenner’s autobiography: “I believe that a scientist should be judged by the quality of the people he has helped to produce and not by prizes or other honors bestowed on him.” Murray added, “Thus Dr. Brenner’s legacy lives on in his creation of OIST and its generations of students in the future.”

Date:
28 May 2019

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