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James W. Black
The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London.
James W. Black
The romantic notion that I might have tenuous roots with two great traditions - with the political rebelliousness of Rob Roy McGregor and with the Scottish tradition of rural education, arguably one of the best anywhere - was too enjoyable to be seriously tested.
James W. Black
The outcome, the fourth in an issue of five boys born into a staunch Baptist home, meant that from the beginning I was taught to be respectful of others no less than myself, influencing ever since both my political and administrative attitudes.
James W. Black
The histamine project, modelled by analogy with the beta-adrenoceptor project, was also somewhat controversial at the beginning. It succeeded because of the faith of my managers and the scientific skill and devotion of my colleagues.
James W. Black
The few intimate years I spent in this company were an extraordinarily mind-broadening experience for the country boy from the coalfields of Fife, no doubt much as the scholarship architects had intended.
James W. Black
The division I took over at Wellcome, however, was remarkable for its traditional, conservative, ways and feudal structures. Entrenched attitudes can absorb reformist efforts like a punch bag.
James W. Black
My years at the Foundation (from 1977 to 1984) were an emotional roller-coaster. I wanted to make use of ideas I had been chiselling out, over the years, about the differences between successful and failed industrial projects.
James W. Black
My years at I.C.I., between 1958-1964, were some of the most exciting of my life.
James W. Black
My ideas about teaching based on a catechismal approach to drugs in general, rather than cataloguing drugs in particular, turned out to have too many curricular difficulties.
James W. Black
My first year of research in Garry's laboratory introduced me to some simple ideas which, in a variety of ways, have dominated my thinking ever since. Garry was trying to find out how the intestine was able to absorb sugars selectively.