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Against All Odds San Francisco State Professor Defies Polio
Prof Robert Stewart a 48 year old psychology and education professor at San Francisco State College delivers lectures from a contour chair after poliomyelitis left him speechless in 1952. He travels by chauffeured car to the Education building where his assistants strap a respirator on his chest before class. His wife works at a hospital and his children Julie Duncan attend college and private school respectively.
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