Word: jeane
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...Jean Mayer was standing in the Dudley House lunch line waiting for a grilled tuna fish and cheese sandwich...
Born in Paris in 1920, Mayer is the son of the famous French physiologist, Andre Mayer. Father and son have had remarkably similar careers. As students, both excelled in the humanities as well as the sciences. Both were decorated during world wars. Andre taught in a French medical school; Jean is a professor of nutrition, affiliated with the Harvard School of Public Health for 25 years. While Andre was instrumental in forming and leading the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Jean served on many U.N. nutrition committees and has advised Presidents Nixon and Ford on U.S. food...
...Jean is a really solid bridge between the School of Public Health and the college. A number of us here have seized upon the wedge he made into the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to try to introduce courses there," Public Health School's Gershoff said. "It's given me an opportunity to deal with undergraduates for the first time...
Mayer's style of teaching is appreciated on both sides of the river. Gershoff said, "Jean is a good teacher in everything that the word implies. He knows what he's talking about, has a feel for student needs, and gives interesting lectures...
...centered on obesity and the regulation of food intake. He is his discovery of how the amount of glucose in the blood affects hunger. But his scientific work has not confined him to his laboratory. Like his father, Mayer believes that scientific research should be transformed into action. "Jean has been particularly good at combining his scientific knowledge and the results of his research with program needs both in this county and abroad," Gershoff said...