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Poem by student of Hermann J. Muller with accompanying drawing by Elof Carlson made for Muller's 65th Birthday Celebration


Description
Typed poem by a student of Hermann J. Muller with accompanying drawing by Elof Carlson in honor of Muller's 65th Birthday, 1955. Includes handwritten notes by Muller suggesting changes for Carlson's drawing. Poems were contributed by Muller's graduate students (Elof Carlson, Seymour Abrahamson, Abraham P. Schalet, Irwin Herskowitz, Irwin Oster, Helen Unger Meyer, Margaret Edmondson, Vera Crowell, Shanta Iyengar, and Sara Helen Frye) although individual authors are unknown.
A saurian far from herois / Wanted life to be flusher, less stoic. / 'My problem I'll solve, / To a mammal evolve, / And forsake this inane Mesozoic.'
Archivist's Notes
Carlson, Elof Axel
HJM03_0018_007.pdf

Citation

Carlson, Elof Axel, “Poem by student of Hermann J. Muller with accompanying drawing by Elof Carlson made for Muller's 65th Birthday Celebration,” CSHL Archives Repository, Reference HJM/1/3/1.129999, accessed December 5, 2023, https://libgallery.cshl.edu/items/show/58591.