Date: 1/7/2010 to 2/7/2010
–Rod Gorney, MD, Ph.D
Every
baby has to love its mother because she literally saves the infant’s life over
and over every day.
But
not every grown person must love her or his alma mater. I’m convinced that
Antiochians love their alma mater in greater proportions than former students of
other colleges because Antioch saved not only our lives over and over — and
continues to do so — but our hopes.
Just
as one example, let me offer a few bits of my story:
Before the draft grabbed me during WW
II, I had only six months at Antioch (Fall 1942, Spring 1943). Accepted to the Army Specialized
Training Program, I had insufficient premedical credit hours to qualify for
admission to a medical school. So
I was assigned to a Japanese language program. An hour before my first Japanese class, one medical school discovered
that, though I actually left campus after only six months, I had one and a
quarter years of credit hours on my
transcript, so they sent me an acceptance telegram!