Professor emeritus still making a racket

Phil Dziuk's never been one to beat around the bush, especially when science is at the heart of the discussion.

"I haven't taken the popular approach," said Dziuk, 81, who spent his 30-year career at the University of Illinois making discoveries and perfecting techniques that changed animal science and the science of genetics and reproductive physiology. "I'd rather be right than popular."

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