1959
John Legler arrives at the U as a young assistant professor fresh from a field season in Mexico and having recently completed his doctoral studies at the University of Kansas.
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1960s
Legler’s anatomy class grows from about 50 students per semester to over 300
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1977
Mark Nielsen arrives at the U as an undergraduate and enrolls in Professor Legler’s human anatomy class. In the following years, Nielsen serves as an undergraduate and graduate teaching assistant as well as the course coordinator for Legler
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