The Genius Factory Ian Suminski Robert Graham Born on June 9 1906 In Harbor Springs Michigan Caddied at two private golf courses Father Frank Graham He goes to University of Michigan to study Music ID: 774046
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The Genius Factory Ian Suminski
Robert Graham Born on June 9, 1906 In Harbor Springs, Michigan Caddied at two private golf courses Father: Frank Graham He goes to University of Michigan to study Music Moves to NYC Arnold Gingrich Decides on optometry Armorlite
Robert Graham Cont. Graham divorced his first wife Remarried to an "alcoholic showgirl" Finally he marries Marta Ve Everton Epriham Shay The Future of Man Full of himself
American History of Eugenics Francis Galton "hereditary genius" "Well Born" 1910 Charles Davenport opens Eugenics Record Office The Black Stork (Harry Haiselden ) 1907 Indiana Very few opposed these laws Buck v Bell About 60,000 Americans were sterilized Towards the end views switched to "positive eugenics"
The Nobel Prize Sperm Bank Hermann Muller 1971 Fathered 215 children Only allowed Straight couples Graham had only wanted to have Nobel winners donate How many of the children fathered from the bank were from Nobel prize winner sperm? Donor Michael Donor Fuchsia Doron Blake Closes in 1999
William Shockley Public donor to the "genius factory" Shockley's father dies when he was a teenager Bell labs Transistor is invented Starts Shockley Semiconductor Silicon Valley Rudy Hoskins The Problem of Human Quality
Donor White "Beth and Joy" The first of my 12 children will soon be four Dora the manager of the repository The repository cuts the contact between them in 1997 Donor White is secretive but agrees to meet with David Plotz Keeps a journal of all his kids Eventually meets with Beth and Joy
Donor Coral "Jeremy" Donor Coral Tom (Mary) and Alton (Samantha) Contact between the kids Coral is not what they thought he would be Tom still meets with him in Florida
Questions Is there a difference in the end goals of positive and negative eugenics? Did the "Genius Factory" work? Do you think any other donor could be as good as Donor White is? Would you be upset as either the parent or the kid if you found out who coral was? After hearing the stories of the Donor Coral Kids do you think nature or nurture played a bigger role in their lives?