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I was elected a member of the NAS in 1979, but before addressing my activities in the Academy, I want to mention how I first learned about my election. In 1979 I received a Fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), financed by Japan which required me to spend a month there giving lectures at several universities. I had been to Japan before and I liked the Japanese and enjoyed their food and saki. Here are a few things that I recall about that month in Japan.
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Basolo, F. (2002). Other Activities. In: From Coello to Inorganic Chemistry. Profiles in Inorganic Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0635-5_4
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