LeClair Bissell
Born 1928
died 2008

Passage from page 7 of LeClair's transcript:

And then I met a woman who changed my life. She was short, she was stocky, she was arrogant, she was horrid. I didn't like her in any way. And she had been accepted to medical school. And I thought, 'If that little bitch can get in, well then I bet I can.' I am still grateful to her. You know, if she had been more attractive… 
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