Charles Pomerat was probably one of the two or three most interesting men in my life in respect to his... his abilities. He was not only a cell, a good cell culturist, but he was also expert, hard to believe, in architecture, marine biology, and two or three other disciplines in which he lectured at the University of Texas. He was technically professor of anatomy. He was a very charming fellow, he just mesmerised people, and they met him because of his ability... his ability to express himself in very interesting terms. He was very outgoing. He was also a master cook, especially of Japanese cuisine, only because he had been, I think I was told, the first biologist to go to Japan after the war, and he met the then pioneer Japanese cell culturists and learned about their equipment, which was fantastic equipment, some of which he brought back to his own lab, glassware, this was pre... before plastic ware was introduced into this discipline, but Charlie Pomerat brought back glassware from Japan that looked more or less like jewellery, it was so beautifully crafted, and some techniques that he used in his laboratory. The facility then gave me the opportunity to learn from a master, and I did.