I'm Arthur Otis, and I came here in 1956. Until early 1956,

I had never heard of Gainesville, and I was probably not really

aware that there was a medical school forming here. The first

recollection I have of.it of it.was in my office at Johns Hopkins when

person came in and introduced himself as Tom, who was already at

Gainesville and had already joined the establishment here, and he

told me that they were looking for a professor of physiology, and

asked me if I would be interested in being considered as a candidate.

I told him I'd be willing to look into it. Somewhat later in the

spring, I was invited by Geroge Harrell to come here.

 I left Baltimore one morning, and had an uneventful flight

to Atlanta, but planes weren't taking off from Atlanta for Jacksonville,

because of the weather, so I spent about eight hours in the Atlanta

airport. I had been scheduled to arrive in Gainesville at three or

four o'clock in the afternoon and, as it turned out, I didn't get

here until 10:30 in the evening.

 There was an incident on the way from Jacksonville to Gainesville.

We did finally get to fly from Atlanta to Jacksonville, but the trip

from Jacksonville to Gainesville had to be made by Greyhound bus, and

part of the way along the route, there had been an accident. I looked

out, and there was this big tractor-trailer truck turned over on its

side, with half of it blocking the highway. It seems the driver had

swerved trying to avoid a hog, which had crossed the road. So, we

didn't arrive very early that day.