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with Dr.  William Kissick  Date: March 19, 1993 Location:
University of Pennsylvania            Philadelphia, PA
Interviewer: Stephen P. Strickland       Strickland: Did You
come to the University of Pennsylvania from some where else?
Kissick: No, I did all of my education work here, my
undergraduate and medical, internship, then a masters of public
administration then a doctorate in Criminology then as a
residency in public health.  I was appointed as health officer
in training at the New York City Health Department and worked
with George Silver. He is an extraordinary and exhilarating
leader.       Strickland: I talked to George Silver two or three
months ago about the RMP program generally, more specifically
about the situation in Connecticut.  it was a very unusual
situation.  You are certainly right that everyone was
distinctive, but there was a pattern to some of them.  I want to
talk a little bit about the history, but I also want to