William H Danforth II (1926–2020)

In the mid-1960s, Washington University, located in St. Louis, MO, was a small liberal arts school catering mainly to local students that coincidentally had a large, and highly recognized medical school, populated with some of the best physicians and scientists in the world that disproportionally reflected the prestige of the institution. However, beginning in 1965, events would transpire that would set the stage for a 30-year period of growth...