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Dafydd (Dave)
Williams is Defying Gravity
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On December 4th,
2003, Dave Williams, physician and
astronaut, visited Mount Sinai School of
Medicine. During his time here, Dave
graciously appeared as the featured speaker
at the Defying Gravity Assembly,
“Becoming, Being and Beyond.”
Check out these pictures from our big
event.
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Hundreds of New York
City high school students and teachers,
members of the Boy Scouts of American and
Girl Scouts of America, as well as medical
students and faculty from Mount Sinai
School of Medicine filled the Stern
Auditorium for Dr. Williams’
presentation
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Even before the
presentation began, the crowd was
fascinated by Dr. Williams’ presence.
Like a movie star, he was beset upon
by children of all ages for his autograph.
Meanwhile, parents, teachers,
administrators and even some members of the
media took photographs from the
stadium-style seating.
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Defying Gravity
Director, Patrick Gannon, PhD, was first to
the podium. He provided a brief
history of Defying Gravity’s efforts
to bring space biomedicine into the
classroom and then proceeded to introduce
Dr. Williams with a glowing review of his
achievements as both physican and explorer.
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Dave began his speech
where all good education comes from: dreams
and imagination.
He wanted to be an
astronaut since he was seven years old.
“Don’t give up on your
dreams,”
Williams said,
“no matter where your dreams
may take you. With a lot of luck, hard
work, and believing in yourself, those
dreams will come true.”
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Dave gets the thumbs
up from students of Bronx Aerospace Academy
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Fascination overtook
child and adult during Dave’s talk.
He brought along a digital
presentation complete with exclusive NASA
video of the space shuttle mission of which
he was a crewmember.
Dave’s eloquent
speech and beautiful imagery captured the
audience and inspired us all to follow our
dreams.
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At times it seemed as
if Dave would drown in a sea of zealous
children. However, his cool astronaut
instincts prevailed and he escaped
without missing a single autograph!
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