Scientific giants
Two alumni, two Nobel laureates, one university Sir Aaron Klug (BSc 1946, DSc honoris causa 1984) and Dr Sydney Brenner (BSc 1945, BSc Hons 1946, BSc Med 1951, DSc honoris causa 1972) share incredible parallels in their careers. Both were born to immigrant parents from Eastern Europe. They both started at Wits at the age of 15 with the intention to study medicine. Sir Klug switched to natural science and graduated with first-class honours in physics, chemistry and mathematics. Dr Brenner initially failed his final year of internal medicine, but finished his medical degree and devoted himself to cell biology. 14 W I T S R E V I E W
