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"I WAS born Feb. 13, 1925, in Dana which is now Port Amherst, where the Turnpike bridge now crosses the Kanawha River. I was born under that bridge where my parents lived in an apartment over a store.
"When I was 6, we moved to Dry Branch, the mouth of Campbells Creek. My dad was a mechanic at DuPont and then became the supervisor of all internal combustion engines for the DuPont Belle plant. My mother was primarily a homemaker.See the full content of this document
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Innerviews: ; 'I Was Interested in Human Beings'
"I wanted to be a doctor, but I couldn't get in medical school. At that time, it was pretty much a family affair, and we didn't have a physician in the family. I asked our family doctor in Malden to sponsor me at the University of Virginia. He said, 'I'm sorry, but I just registered my son over there and I've used my quota.' Hi...
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