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Lester Thompson
Dr. Lester Thompson appears at the store to celebrate his recently released memoir Lucky Medicine, which decribes the journey of a small group of African American students at Indiana University in the early 1960s.
Lucky Medicine tells the story of a skinny African American boy from Indianapolis who arrived at Indiana University Bloomington determined to become a doctor. For the next three years, Lester Thompson kept a detailed, intimate diary of his journey to graduation. In Lucky Medicine, Lester returns to his long-ago journal and, with honesty, humor, and a healthy dose of rueful self-reflection, shares stories from his college years at Indiana University, when students of color accounted for less than 2% of the Indiana University's student body.
Dr. Lester Thompson is a first time author. He is a retired Seattle urologist, originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. He obtained both an undergraduate and a medical degree from Indiana University in 1965 and 1968, respectively. Following two years of active duty in the US Navy, he entered a specialty training program in Wisconsin. Upon completing it in 1975, he moved to Seattle and practiced until 2012. Dr. Thompson and hIs wife Lori have three children and six grandchildren.
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