The Young Dom Purpura as an Inspirational Mentor: Personal Reminiscences

I am very pleased to join in celebrating Dominick Purpura’s brilliant leadership of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine during the past 22 years. Most of you who know Dom have benefited from his mature vision and scientific judgment, and his extraordinarily experienced administrative skill. I knew him at a much earlier phase of his career, 50 years ago, almost to the day. At that time, he was young, only 28 years old, less experienced and less mature. But even at that early point, it was clear to me and everyone around him that Dom was an extraordinary scientist and a wonderful human being.