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This is an oral history interview with Flossie Wong-Staal, Ph.D. about the National Institutes of Health’s response to AIDS. The interview was conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on 10 December The interviewers are Victoria Harden, Ph.D., Director, Office of NIH History, and Caroline Hannaway, Ph.D., Historical Contractor, NIH.

Harden:                       Dr. Wong-Staal, we’d like to start by talking about your personal background and education. You were born in China, and your family moved to Hong Kong in , where you attended an all-girls school. Can you tell us about your family, your father, your mother, and your education prior to going to college?

Wong-Staal:                I grew up in a family of four children, two boys and two girls. My father Sueh-Fung Wong, was in the import-export business. My mother Wei- Chung Chor, was a housewife. She did not attend college. She stopped at the high school level.

Among my brothers and sisters, I’m really the only one who went to college. So people often ask me whether I have a role model in my family, and, actually, I can’t really say there is a role model. But, on the other hand, my parents have been very supportive of my pursuing my education. They’ve never had the concept that girls should not have higher education, and, on the contrary, they were very happy and pleased and proud of my accomplishments. I always think that my mother is very intelligent, and she probably was frustrated that she never had the opportunity to have a career, and she was happy to see me have the opportunity.

Harden:                       Where did you come in the birth order?

Wong-Staal:                I was the third.

Harden:                       Were you interested in science as a child?

Wong-Staal:                I was interested in a whole range of things. I was interested in science but also in literature an

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As the Rangers enter their 99th season at the onset of this upcoming NHL campaign, the club is now one-year away from their th birthday party &#; and where there are already rumblings that the franchise is making plans to celebrate this milestone with much fanfare.

While granted, the franchise will be willing-and-able to pump out centennial merchandise to their customers, fans and supporters for big bucks and profit; at the same time, the organization needs to do what the Toronto Maple Leafs did back in October of &#; when the team north of the border honored all of their legends during a one-shot ceremony.

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&#;I don&#;t understand how the Rangers can ignore the man responsible for 75% of their Stanley Cup victories.&#;

The Rangers, set to turn one-hundred-years-old next year, only have four Stanley Cup wins in their existence.

Frank Boucher, who spent years with the Rangers as a player, coach and general manager, won two Stanley Cups as a player ( and ) and then won another in as a head coach.

In , Boucher, for all of his work as a Ranger, was inducted into the Hockey

Family of Canadian ice hockey players

The Staal brothers are four brothers from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, all of whom have had NHL contracts. As of , Jordan Staal still plays in the NHL; all but Marc played for the Carolina Hurricanes. The brothers were born to Dutch-Canadiansod farmers Henry and Linda Staal. Eric, Marc, Jordan and Jared played AAA with their hometown Thunder Bay Kings. Additionally, Eric, Jordan, and Marc are the first trio of brothers in NHL history to each record 1, games played.

Eric

Eric Staal (born October 29, ) is the oldest of the brothers. He played his major junior hockey for the Peterborough Petes of the OHL. Eric was selected second overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes. He played his first season after being drafted and was a part of the YoungStars game at the NHL All-Star Game. On June 19, , Eric lifted the Stanley Cup with his teammates as they defeated the Edmonton Oilers in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Eric was named captain of the Hurricanes on January 20, He became the fifth captain of the Hurricanes since their move to North Carolina from Hartford. Eric competed for Team Canada at the Winter Olympics, winning an Olympic gold medal. For the NHL All-Star Game, hosted in Raleigh, Eric was chosen as one of the captains. On February 28, , just before the trade deadline, Eric was traded to the New York Rangers where he joined his brother Marc. After an unsuccessful stint with the Rangers, Staal concluded his contract and as a free agent signed a three-year contract with the Minnesota Wild on July 1, In , he was traded to the Buffalo Sabres. In , he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens. In , he was the captain of Team Canada in the Winter Olympics in Beijing. He last played in for the Florida Panthers, before retiring in after signing a one-day contract with Carolina. The Hurricanes announced that they will retire his #12 jersey on January 12, ^[3&#

Canadian ice hockey player (born )

Ice hockey player

Marc Staal (born January 13, ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former defenceman who is a player development assistant for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Staal played 17 seasons in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, and Philadelphia Flyers, amassing over 1, games played. He is the second oldest of the four Staal brothers to play in the NHL, and the third to reach 1, games played, making them the first trio of brothers to each reach the mark. Of the brothers, Marc is the only defenceman and only one who never played for the Carolina Hurricanes, as well as the only brother along with Jared never to win the Stanley Cup.

Playing career

Junior

Staal grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and was a minor hockey teammate of future NHLers Tom Pyatt, Ryan Parent and Taylor Chorney with the Thunder Bay Kings AAA program.

Staal was selected second overall in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection by the Sudbury Wolves after a solid season with the Minor Midget Kings.

Staal played junior hockey from to for the Sudbury Wolves in the OHL, where he was the team's captain, and led the Wolves to their first trip to the OHL finals in 30 years. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in NHL entry draft in the first round, 12th pick overall. While most NHL scouts had projected Staal to be a top-ten selection, he fell in the draft and the Rangers, seeing Staal available even after the 11th pick was made, made a draft day trade to move up; in exchange for the Atlanta Thrashers' 12th overall selection, which they obtained from the San Jose Sharks, the Rangers dealt the Thrashers both its 16th and 41st picks.

Staal played for Team Canada in the and IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, bringing home gold medals both times. He was named the tournament's top defenceman