tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post3759090018709430759..comments2024-01-26T17:29:53.415-05:00Comments on Reader's Almanac: Herbert Leibowitz on William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound: Episodes from a Sixty-year FriendshipThe Library of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17586915922688562543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-78887734382630191522014-08-04T11:54:39.609-04:002014-08-04T11:54:39.609-04:00In about 1985, the University of Medicine and Dent...In about 1985, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey was looking for a new name for one of its medical colleges. (The old name was "Rutgers Medical School" but the school had not been part of Rutgers University for years. Last year, with the breakup of UMDNJ, it again became part of Rutgers, but that's another story.) The UMDNJ Board wanted to name the college after a famous New Jerseyan associated with medicine. They were considering William Carlos Williams until one of the Board members, who happened to be a rabbi, pointed out Williams' friendship with Pound and his sympathy for and implicit defense of Pound's anti-Semitism. So the Board chose Robert Wood Johnson II, son of a founder of the Johnson & Johnson company, which was established in New Brunswick, NJ, where its headquarters remains. The younger Johnson build his father's small company into the world's leading medical conglomerate and on his death established the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the world's largest healthcare-related charitable foundation. <br />Good call, Rabbi.<br />Lawrence Golbe, MDhttp://www.psp-blog.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-78359380610964198942011-12-29T21:03:30.619-05:002011-12-29T21:03:30.619-05:00Good read!
I'm slowly making my way through t...Good read!<br /><br />I'm slowly making my way through the new bio of Williams. The perspective on the poet is often enlightening, and not like much what I've read previously of others' commentary on Williams.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com