________ Dr . Saltman was , in my opinion , a great professor . He genuinely loved teaching as opposed to some of our other professors , who were far more interested in their research . In my UCSD years , 1967 to 1972 , the school was quite small , so we had more access to our professors . My favorite phrase of his ? He called m-RNA , t-RNA and r-RNA the holy trinity . He was very witty . — Leslie Swain Olmstead-Santee ’ 73 Muir College , Biology
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________ He was one of the most accessible administrators I have ever encountered in my student and work life . He and I would sit on the train north on some Friday afternoons — I would get off in Fullerton to see my family for the weekend , and he would go on to see his wife and kids in L . A . until they moved to La Jolla . Bless his heart , he could probably have used the quiet time and rest on the train , but he took the time to quiz me about how life as a young undergrad was going . Amazing and beloved fellow . — Fran Sticha ’ 71 Muir College , History
________ Revelle College had extensive lower-division requirements for graduation when I was in attendance . And it was well that they did because I had no idea what my major should be . In the spring of my sophomore year , I took a biology class from Prof . Saltman , who had a big reputation on campus and deservedly so . He was one of the most charismatic teachers I ever had . His classes were lively and interesting . I heard that he surfed but never ran into him at my bodysurfing spot south of Scripps Pier .
I was inspired to enter a biology major , though I ended up going to graduate school in a completely different field and becoming a civil engineer in water resources . That ’ s a different tale , but it illustrates the bigger point I have heard stated — that an education at UCSD prepares you intellectually for a wide variety of paths in life . In any event , Prof . Saltman is one of a very small number of people who profoundly affected my path in life . — Peter Sturtevant ’ 71 Revelle College , Biology
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