Not to be old! 102 year old Australian scientist "win back" Office
the Australian Eades Cowen university this year, for safety and health, asked the school's 102 year old scientist David Goodall to move away from his office. Home office. However, the old ecologist was dissatisfied with the decision of the school.
Broadcasting British Corporation 21 reported that after several months of "fight", Goodall recently persuaded the school to "win back" an office for himself in the campus.
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Goodall, aged 102, is the oldest serving scientist in Australia. He has 3 Ph. D., and has published more than 100 academic papers in his 70 years of ecological research career. Due to its outstanding contribution in related fields, Goodall was awarded the medal of Australia.
he has worked for nearly 20 years at Eades Cohen University in Perth, Western Australia, and is currently an honorary honorary fellow in the school. Even if it expires, Goodall will go to school for at least 4 days a week, and each trip will take 1.5 hours.
in August of this year, Eades Coan asked him to move away from his office and work at home from next year, considering the health and safety of the goodwill. Andrew Woodward, the dean of the school science academy, said that the school will provide office equipment for Goodall, allowing him to take part in an arranged meeting in the case of someone accompanied by the school, and the school is responsible for the delivery.
although this decision was supported by all the teachers and students, Gu Du, who was eager to contribute to the school, hoped that the school would "think twice before doing it". On the one hand, he said, the one - bedroom apartment he lived in was not enough space to work, on the other hand, the office had a familiar environment, and he had almost no acquaintances outside of the University.
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in the view of Gu dol, I have just been forced to give up his favorite drama performance in his spare time because of his vision problems. Now it is now "persuaded" to love the campus, "life is really too big." After months of negotiations,
persuaded the school finally.
Eades Cohen University confirmed that they had found a "better office space" for him in a campus near the house of goodor. "We are happy to find a solution to ensure that David continues to take root at Eades University," Steve Chapman, vice president of
, told Broadcasting British Corporation.
is pleased with the decision of the school, saying that the campus can continue to accept him and make him grateful.
"I want to be able to continue to do some useful work in my field as long as my vision is allowed," he said. "But I still think it's not necessary to think too much for my personal safety." (Yan Jie)