{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lafayette Magazine Spring 2012","provider_url":"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/spring2012","author_name":"gaula","author_url":"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/spring2012\/author\/gaula\/","title":"Enduring Influence - Lafayette Magazine Spring 2012","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1KPgqdVBRc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/spring2012\/2012\/03\/19\/enduring-influence\/\">Enduring Influence<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/spring2012\/2012\/03\/19\/enduring-influence\/embed\/#?secret=1KPgqdVBRc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Enduring Influence&#8221; &#8212; Lafayette Magazine Spring 2012\" data-secret=\"1KPgqdVBRc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/spring2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/FinfluenceSpring2012FEATURED.jpg","thumbnail_width":960,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"The mentoring story of noted immunologist Barry Sleckman \u201983 is one of the extensive alumni chorus of pivotal experiences as undergraduates By Geoff Gehman \u201980  In spring 1980, Joseph Sherma met a stranger with a strange story. Sitting in his Olin Hall office, the chemistry professor listened as an incoming part-time student declared his ambition to become a full-time student and a surgeon despite a poor research background and poorer grades.  Sherma doubted his visitor could fulfill his quest. Yet he admired the young man\u2019s sincere tenacity. Perhaps, he thought, a onetime aspiring pro golfer and state trooper might just have the drive to graduate from Lafayette and perform surgery."}