I remember bring my 6 year old son to work with me one afternoon. I was on
call and had to go in for a heart bx. He intently watch me cut and lay the
sections on the water bath neatly. After about 10 minutes of watching me he
said. "Do fighter pilots get paid? I said, "Yes." He said, "Oh
Original Message-
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Turner, Mark
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:25 PM
To: Breeden, Sara; histonet
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Histo Stories
I began working in a lab in Northern Kentuc
Sorry to be so late to the party, hope I'm not too late to share my
story: I still vividly remember being shown a "career documentary" film
about histotechnology, in junior high school, back in the 60's, by my
biology teacher, Lynda McCurdy Ballingall--the lovely lady who influenced my
li
2010 7:59 AM
To: Breeden, Sara
Cc: histonet
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Histo Stories
Sally,
I didn't get a chance to answer yesterday - I went to a high school
and spoke about my favorite topic - histotechnology!
Anyway, I started out in microbiology and then worked in a doctor's
offi
My high school guidance counselor received a letter from Barbara
Hrapchak, co-author of "The Theory and Practice of Histotechnology and
director of the Ohio State University Hospital School of Histotechnology
in 1975. I knew that I wanted to go into a scientific field that
involved dissection as I
One more story!!
>From 2 yrs of age I had wanted to be a nurse. Love/marriage got in the
way and I didn't do the nursing program but started out for a degree in
Biology. Then dropped out of school and obtained PhT (putting hubby
through). Applied at the Youth Opportunity Center in Knoxville, TN in
Sally,
I didn't get a chance to answer yesterday - I went to a high school
and spoke about my favorite topic - histotechnology!
Anyway, I started out in microbiology and then worked in a doctor's
office lab doing routine chemistry and hematology and when we moved to
a small town in Iowa the
