Barnett "Barney" Rosenberg received his BS degree in physics from Brooklyn College in 1948 and his master's and doctoral degrees in physics from New York University. He came to MSU in 1961 as an associate professor of biophysics. During his tenure at the university, Rosenberg and colleagues Loretta Van Camp and Thomas Krigas developed the anti-cancer drug cisplatin. Rosenberg retired from MSU in 1997 and passed away on August 8, 2009. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; aging research; Lance Armstrong; Sirinder Aggarwal; Leroy Augenstein; John Cantlon; carboplatin; Chester Beatty Institute; cisplatin; Alexander Haddow; John Hannah; David Juckett; Tom Krigas; Ron Mason; Don Montgomery; Milton Muelder; Jake Nevel; James Troski; Loretta Van Camp
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