Dr. Stanley Truhlsen, 2020 Library Interview - Medical School Admittance
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Title
Dr. Stanley Truhlsen, 2020 Library Interview - Medical School Admittance
Date
30 October 2020
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Carrie Meyer: How did you come to be in the College of Medicine? How did you get admission?
Stanley Truhlsen: How did I get in? Finagling. I got my application in late and they told me that, “Sorry, we've closed it up.” They didn't have a committee for admissions. Dr. Poynter, the dean, was the one and only member of the admissions committee. And so I had taken pre-med. I was prepared for going to medical school. All of a sudden I couldn't get into medical school. I talked to a doctor in town and he said, “Do you or your father know a Dr. Morris Nielsen in Blair, Nebraska?” And I said, “Yes. My dad goes to him as a—he’s his physician.” He said, “Talk to him.” So Dad and I went and talked to Dr. Morris Nielsen. He talked to us for a few minutes and Dad was one of his patients. Explained to him that the class was closed and we couldn't get into medical school. He reached over and picked up his phone and, “Charlie, how you doing?” They talked about children. They talked about vacation and finally he said, “I got a kid up here I want to get in medical school.” “Okay.” He said, “Be there at nine o'clock Monday morning.” So that's how I got in medical school.
Stanley Truhlsen: How did I get in? Finagling. I got my application in late and they told me that, “Sorry, we've closed it up.” They didn't have a committee for admissions. Dr. Poynter, the dean, was the one and only member of the admissions committee. And so I had taken pre-med. I was prepared for going to medical school. All of a sudden I couldn't get into medical school. I talked to a doctor in town and he said, “Do you or your father know a Dr. Morris Nielsen in Blair, Nebraska?” And I said, “Yes. My dad goes to him as a—he’s his physician.” He said, “Talk to him.” So Dad and I went and talked to Dr. Morris Nielsen. He talked to us for a few minutes and Dad was one of his patients. Explained to him that the class was closed and we couldn't get into medical school. He reached over and picked up his phone and, “Charlie, how you doing?” They talked about children. They talked about vacation and finally he said, “I got a kid up here I want to get in medical school.” “Okay.” He said, “Be there at nine o'clock Monday morning.” So that's how I got in medical school.
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From the McGoogan Health Sciences Library Robert S. Wigton Department of Special Collections and Archives