Word: gontarev
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...couple of days later the dean received a letter from the Minister of Education about the exchange program," Gontarev says. "[The dean] said, 'Yes, we've got this post-graduate who even sings in a foreign language. Hey bring me his files.' So then he asked me if I wanted to go to America...
After making the final cut for the exchange program, Gontarev came to Harvard and continued his chemistry research...
Although he later earned a Ph.D., Gontarev did not remain a chemist...
...fact, Gontarev says, his time at Harvard completely changed his life. "Whatever happened after my year in Harvard was because of that year...
After a stint working at the United Nations in New York, Gontarev returned to the Soviet Union and assisted the president of Leningrad Technical Institute in an attempt to reorganize the school according to an American model...