June 10, 2005

In Iowa, a Life of the Mind, Heart, and Soul

By JEFFREY SELINGO

A physician-president sees patients and can still blow a mean sax

Biography: David J. Skorton

In a makeshift studio at the Iowa City Public Library, Our Big Brain is about to go on the air. The public-radio show promises to solve life's little questions, and today's guest, who is supposed to ask a few of his own and take a crack at answering some from listeners, is the president of the University of Iowa.

"If we're

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