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Alumni - Quotes and Comments


“Ah, the days at Seahorse Key......all the Bob Marley music and sun and beach you might want.....”

Michael B. Glasgow
Senior Research and Development Chemist
Ethyl Corporation
(SSTP 1983)

“I still have my 1981 SSTP T-shirt, and it still fits!”

Christopher W. Carreras
Scientist, Department of Pharmacological Sciences
Kosan Biosciences, Inc.
(SSTP 1981)

“I still have my T-shirt!!!”

Linda Weinstein
Pharmacist
Safeway Pharmacy
(SSTP 1979)

“I have more stories I could share, and I’m sure I have a box of program ‘souvenirs’ somewhere in my basement....I’m so glad to hear that the program is still going strong.”

Cynthia Graham
Engineering Technical Training
Procter & Gamble
(SSTP 1977)

“It was specifically my experience in your program that put me on the career path I am on today....My project at UF introduced me to the study of plant anatomy and the challenging world of scientific research that I have pursued almost continuously since that summer.”

Sharon D. Klavins
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Kansas
(SSTP 1982)

“My summer at UF had a profound effect on my personal and educational development.”

Carl Martin
Johnson Space Center
(SSTP 1973)

“The program definitely had a positive influence on me, resulting in a scientific career in Molecular Genetics.”

Paul D. Robbins, Ph. D
Professor, Molecular Genetics/Biochemistry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
(SSTP 1975)

“....they all radically enlarged my vision of what I might become and helped plant seeds which are still producing a harvest over thirty years later.”

Charles H. Rousseau
Teacher
Bellarmine Preparatory School, WA
(SSTP 1969)

“My participation in UF’S SSTP Program was paramount in encouraging me to pursue a career in science.”

Bill Yates, Ph. D
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology/Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
(SSTP 1977)

“I’m glad to see [the] program has survived. It was a wonderful experience!”

Robert A. Strauss
Regional Manager
Cardone, Solomon, & Associates
(SSTP 1965)

“I’m doing what I’m doing right now in large part thanks to my SSTP research project.”

Alan E. Fryar
Associate Professor, Geological Sciences
University of Kentucky
(SSTP 1980)

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