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<\/a>Dr. Anthony Fauci listens to his Bates honorary degree citation during Commencement on May 31, 1993, as Bates Trustee Jeannette Packard Stewart ’46 stands ready to present his hood. Both are wearing red AIDS-awareness ribbons. (David Wilkinson for Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n
As an undergraduate at Holy Cross, Fauci was a classics major who also took premed courses. At Bates, he felt right at home, engaging with Bates students \u201cwhose interests spanned these areas and many more \u2014 the kinds of well-rounded people who go on to do great things in government, science, the arts, and other professions.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Fauci stood on the Coram porch, then-President Donald W. Harward read the degree conferral, which he had written. He said, in part:<\/p>\n
\u201cTo investigate scientifically is to begin to move from the darkness of ignorance to the illumination of limited understanding. To investigate humanely is to realize that even limited understanding is a gain to be used compassionately.\u201d
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\n\t+<\/span>1993 Honorary Degree citation for Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a>\n\t<\/h5><\/p>\nDean of the Faculty Martha Crunkleton presents Fauci:<\/em><\/p>\nMr. President, I am honored to present Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.<\/p>\n
In this happy place where the study and practice of science flourishes, we cherish and praise the scientists who help us understand the body and its relation to the world. We welcome this scientist and leader, whose investigations into the immune system contribute to medical research and our health.<\/p>\n
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, is the leader of our national effort to understand the human immunodeficiency virus and how it develops into AIDS. With at least one out of every two hundred citizens of this country, and with at least 14 million citizens of the world, now HIV-positive, the virus has spread throughout the world.<\/p>\n
In such a global epidemic, the leadership of this scientist helps medical researchers and scientists throughout the world better to understand the complexity of the virus itself and the simplicity of our human need to care for all who are and may become infected.<\/p>\n
With his commitment to excellence and his insatiable scientific curiosity formed early by his parents and later by his education at the College of the Holy Cross and Cornell University Medical School, this investigator has studied the effects of infectious diseases on the regulation of the human immune system. He developed cures for three formerly fatal diseases, including Wegener’s granulomatosis and received many national awards in recognition of his work.<\/p>\n
His interests in HIV and AIDS developed naturally from this work, and he has been both a leader in the biomedical investigation of the virus and in helping the NIH respond thoughtfully to criticisms from AIDS activists and caregivers that its bureaucracy may be working against the health of persons with HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n
For his remarkable investigations into the nature of the human immune system, for his leadership of biomedical research in infectious disease, and for his work as a government servant in service to the health of this nation and our world, I present Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., for the degree Doctor of Science.<\/p>\n
President Donald W. Harward confers the degree:<\/em><\/p>\nTo investigate scientifically is to begin to move from the darkness of ignorance to the illumination of limited understanding. To investigate humanely is to realize that even limited understanding is a gain to be used compassionately. You, Anthony Fauci, are appreciative of the complexity of our human structure \u2014 our frailty as well as our miraculous strength. Through the dedicated efforts of you and your colleagues, you provide scientific and humane leadership in meeting the challenge of our generation: the resolution of the scourge of AIDS.<\/p>\n
Therefore, by the authority vested in me by the Board of Trustees, I hereby confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Science, with all of the rights, privileges and responsibilities which here and everywhere pertain to this degree.<\/p>\n
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Those intertwined qualities, the capacity to investigate scientifically and humanely, had drawn Harward and other Bates leaders toward Fauci as a potential honorary degree candidate.<\/p>\n
By the early 1990s, in the position he still holds today, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci had already made great contributions to the understanding of HIV and the creation of successful strategies for combating AIDS.<\/p>\n
In a recent <\/a>New<\/em><\/a> Yorker<\/em><\/a> story, staff writer Michael Specter<\/a> chronicles Fauci\u2019s evolving mindset and approach to HIV\/AIDs research through the 1980s.<\/p>\nAt first, Fauci\u2019s approach was traditional and “paternalistic,\u201d writes Specter. Though earnestly seeking new treatments and cures, Fauci and the NIAID didn\u2019t readily acknowledge or welcome input from activists and victims, who, among other things, demanded that experimental drugs get into the hands of AIDS sufferers more quickly.<\/p>\n
Dean of the Faculty Martha Crunkleton presents Fauci:<\/em><\/p>\n Mr. President, I am honored to present Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.<\/p>\n In this happy place where the study and practice of science flourishes, we cherish and praise the scientists who help us understand the body and its relation to the world. We welcome this scientist and leader, whose investigations into the immune system contribute to medical research and our health.<\/p>\n Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, is the leader of our national effort to understand the human immunodeficiency virus and how it develops into AIDS. With at least one out of every two hundred citizens of this country, and with at least 14 million citizens of the world, now HIV-positive, the virus has spread throughout the world.<\/p>\n In such a global epidemic, the leadership of this scientist helps medical researchers and scientists throughout the world better to understand the complexity of the virus itself and the simplicity of our human need to care for all who are and may become infected.<\/p>\n With his commitment to excellence and his insatiable scientific curiosity formed early by his parents and later by his education at the College of the Holy Cross and Cornell University Medical School, this investigator has studied the effects of infectious diseases on the regulation of the human immune system. He developed cures for three formerly fatal diseases, including Wegener’s granulomatosis and received many national awards in recognition of his work.<\/p>\n His interests in HIV and AIDS developed naturally from this work, and he has been both a leader in the biomedical investigation of the virus and in helping the NIH respond thoughtfully to criticisms from AIDS activists and caregivers that its bureaucracy may be working against the health of persons with HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n For his remarkable investigations into the nature of the human immune system, for his leadership of biomedical research in infectious disease, and for his work as a government servant in service to the health of this nation and our world, I present Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., for the degree Doctor of Science.<\/p>\n President Donald W. Harward confers the degree:<\/em><\/p>\n To investigate scientifically is to begin to move from the darkness of ignorance to the illumination of limited understanding. To investigate humanely is to realize that even limited understanding is a gain to be used compassionately. You, Anthony Fauci, are appreciative of the complexity of our human structure \u2014 our frailty as well as our miraculous strength. Through the dedicated efforts of you and your colleagues, you provide scientific and humane leadership in meeting the challenge of our generation: the resolution of the scourge of AIDS.<\/p>\n Therefore, by the authority vested in me by the Board of Trustees, I hereby confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Science, with all of the rights, privileges and responsibilities which here and everywhere pertain to this degree.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/p>\n Those intertwined qualities, the capacity to investigate scientifically and humanely, had drawn Harward and other Bates leaders toward Fauci as a potential honorary degree candidate.<\/p>\n By the early 1990s, in the position he still holds today, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci had already made great contributions to the understanding of HIV and the creation of successful strategies for combating AIDS.<\/p>\n In a recent <\/a>New<\/em><\/a> Yorker<\/em><\/a> story, staff writer Michael Specter<\/a> chronicles Fauci\u2019s evolving mindset and approach to HIV\/AIDs research through the 1980s.<\/p>\n At first, Fauci\u2019s approach was traditional and “paternalistic,\u201d writes Specter. Though earnestly seeking new treatments and cures, Fauci and the NIAID didn\u2019t readily acknowledge or welcome input from activists and victims, who, among other things, demanded that experimental drugs get into the hands of AIDS sufferers more quickly.<\/p>\n