National science medalist from University of Utah credits freedom and opportunity in U.S. for his success
(Geoffrey Fattah, Deseret News) -- Peter Stang, the latest University of Utah scientist to receive the prestigious National Medal of Science, remembers the urgency of his parents to leave his native Hungary two days after his 15th birthday as Soviet tanks began rolling in to occupy the east European country in 1956. "It brought the old Soviet system: oppression and...
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