Word: mendelsohn
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Such criticism cannot be made of Mendelsohn, who has demonstrated compassion for others and devotion to social issues throughout his career in the biological and physological sciences. In fact, Mendelsohn's social consciousness predates his pursuit of things scientific...
When posed with the same question thirty-three years later, the respected Professor of the History of Science responds that "I don't like haunting." Yet Mendelsohn is not above confronting the likes of Newt Gingrich, whom he refers to as "that erstwhile professor of History...
...would want to ask [Gingrich] if he has forgotten the history which he purported to teach," said Mendelsohn. "In a sense he has lost sight of the elements in human history where compassion played an important role...
...eighteen, Mendelsohn chose to be a conscientious objector to the Korean War. Now, surrounded by books in his Science Center office, the professor speaks of this decision as one of his most formative experiences. He views it as the basis of his social conscience, a stance of which he remains proud. Luckily, the young Mendelsohn was never called to duty, and so never faced the prospect of incarceration...
...Having made that as a commitment, I decided I would give some portion of my life on a continuing basis to exercising social responsibility," the professor says of his protest. He seems to have followed through with this resolution. In conversation, Mendelsohn comes across more like a political activist with an interest in the natural sciences than the other way around...