http://forums.joslin.org/JoslinDiscussionBoards/38.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 (Build: 30929.2835)http://forums.joslin.org/JoslinDiscussionBoards/thread/1498.aspxWed, 13 May 2009 04:42:41 GMT326bb573-4f25-4adc-890e-1519006fe538:1498tomjef5http://forums.joslin.org/JoslinDiscussionBoards/thread/1498.aspxhttp://forums.joslin.org/JoslinDiscussionBoards/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=38&PostID=1498<p>On Saturday, May 9, 2009, there was a meeting of 50-Year Medalists at Joslin. Dr. George King talked to us for about a half hour. One thing he told us was that he can identify the medalists in a crowd of people if he is told that there are one or more medalists in the crowd.</p> <p>After his talk, Dr. King passed the microphone to each medalist, in alphabetic order, so each medalist could talk for three minutes. There were about 50 who had indicated a desire to speak, and the three-minute limit was determined because of the scheduled luncheon. No one used more than three minutes, and the noon-time deadline was only missed by eight minutes. I suspect this may also be a characteristic of medalists, all of whom learned many years ago about the importance of schedules.</p> <p>Tom Beatson</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>