A step or two back, a man in a yellow gown, his brow furrowed and his arms behind his back. The object in the bucket is a kidney that is being transplanted from one person to another. Not bad for a guy who never graduated from high school. Columbia University admitted him without a diploma after he dropped out of Martin Van Buren High School in Queens. (The high school relented and gave him an honorary one after he got the Nobel.)

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Persons: Alvin Roth —, Roth, Martin Van Organizations: Surgeons, Economic Sciences, Columbia University, Martin Van Buren High School Locations: New York City, Boston, Martin Van Buren, Queens