Details like the ones revealed about a secret Cold War program in St. Louis aren’t new to those aware of the U.S.' history of unethical and often racist medical experiments.
When John Denton, Bill Corker and Barrie Marshall set up their architectural practice in 1972, it would be another two decades before screens and keyboards began to displace drawing boards and pencils from their studio. Work had only just started on Australia’s first skyscraper to reach 60 floors, the MLC tower in Sydney, impressively designed in sculptural concrete by Harry Seidler, at the cost of the destruction of the grandest hotel in the country.
On Feb. 25, the Medical Humanities Program in Arts & Sciences will present the "Forum on Medicine, Race and Ethnicity in St. Louis, Past to Future." The all-day gathering will feature dozens of speakers and panelists exploring how specific local histories impact the region’s diverse communities.