Several of Avery's colleagues from the 1910s and 1920s are mentioned in this song. Among these are Alphonse R. Dochez, Edgar Stillman, Walter W. (Bill) Palmer, Donald D. Van Slyke, James M. Neill, and Michael Heidelberger.. Avery acquired the nickname "Fess" while teaching nursing students at the Hoagland Laboratory in Brooklyn between 1907-1913.
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