Last May Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research since its organization 33 years ago, went to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and said in effect: "I want to resign. I am 72 years old. I am weary. I want to write a biography of Dr. William Henry Welch." Mr. Rockefeller agreed, told Dr. Flexner to pick his successor. Dr. Flexner found a man a few blocks up the street whose appointment, after due investigation and consideration, the Trustees and Scientific Directors of the Rockefeller Institute announced last week....
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