201 3 Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award Addresses1

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It is with gratitude and humility that I thank The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the Board of Directors for the incredible honor of awarding Rochelle and me the highly coveted Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award. The fact that the award is for both Rochelle and me makes it particularly sweet and gratifying. The wonderful introduction by our son, Joel Hirschhorn, adds even more joy to this wonderful occasion.I first met Victor in 1968 at the completion of my second fellowship, this one in genetics in Sweden with Rochelle. My chief at the time, Dr. Charles Wilkinson, took me along to a meeting organized by Ted Puck for the purpose of discussing the goals and future of genetics in medicine. In attendance were a number of then current and future leaders in medical genetics, including several future recipients of the McKusick Award.