Abstract
I welcome the opportunity to deliver this year's Presidential address. The occasion has special meaning for me. The American Society of Zoologists was my first Society. I delivered my first paper in one of its sessions in New York City in 1949. Although over the years I have drawn upon the concepts and tools of other fields? immunochemistry, molecular biology, and most recently virology?my preoccupation has always been with the developing organism. I have always found in the meetings of this Society, encouragement, interest, and support. The setting of this gathering also has special meaning for me. It was at Indiana University that as a young faculty member I was encouraged to develop forwardlooking independent research. At the same time my youthful excesses were checked, almost without my realizing it. In the De? partment of Zoology teaching and research were both respected?and expected?and I learned by example from the senior facul? ty in the Department, especially from its chairman T. W. Torrey, that one could be independent while respecting the needs and wishes of others.
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