>> I always wanted to be a dentist.
And it's a very interesting situation how I wound up at Temple.
I was at the University of Pittsburgh -- another fine university here in Pennsylvania --
pretty good for a New York guy to decided to do his formal education in Pennsylvania.
And I was part a seven-year program where you were selected from high school,
three years of undergraduate, then you went right into dental school.
And it just so happened it was Thanksgiving vacation.
And I was driving back.
I had a ride as far as Philadelphia.
And at that time in the north Philadelphia train station was active and thriving.
I got off there, they dropped me off there.
I was going to take the train and decided to walk over the dental school two blocks away.
I went in there and lo and behold, walked up to the admissions office and said, "I'm so and so,
and I'm probably going to go to Pittsburgh.
I have an acceptance, but I also have an application here at Temple."
And next thing, the administrative assistant said, "Let me called Dr. Herman."
And she just -- at that time the old building --
she called, she just called over the little barrier that separated her little office
from his little office and said, "I have a student here."
And he said, "Send him in."
I went in and he looked over my record and he said, "Well, why would want to stay
in Pittsburgh when you had this excellent institution closer to New York,
you can be closer to your family?
And look at this dental clinic, look at the patients that we treat, etc.,
and by the way, we want you to come here."