Editing James Watson (section)

===Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory===
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In 1968, Watson became the director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Between 1970 and 1972, the Watsons' two sons were born, and by 1974, the young family made Cold Spring Harbor their permanent residence. Watson served as the laboratory's director and president for about 35 years, and later he assumed the role of chancellor and then chancellor emeritus.

In his roles as director, president, and chancellor, Watson led CSHL to articulate its present-day mission, "dedication to exploring molecular biology and genetics in order to advance the understanding and ability to diagnose and treat cancers, neurological diseases, and other causes of human suffering."<ref name=Cork>{{cite news|last=O'Sullivan |first=Gerald |title=Honorary Doctorate awarded to Nobel Laureate: Text of the Introductory Address |url=http://www.ucc.ie/en/news/newsarchive/2010pressreleases/fullstory-105821-en.html |access-date=December 5, 2013 |publisher=University College, Cork, Ireland |date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206010032/http://www.ucc.ie/en/news/newsarchive/2010pressreleases/fullstory-105821-en.html |archive-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref> Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory substantially expanded both its research and its science educational programs under Watson's direction. He is credited with "transforming a small facility into one of the world's great education and research institutions. Initiating a program to study the cause of human cancer, scientists under his direction have made major contributions to understanding the genetic basis of cancer."<ref name=CSHL /> In a retrospective summary of Watson's accomplishments there, [[Bruce William Stillman|Bruce Stillman]], the laboratory's president, said, "Jim Watson created a research environment that is unparalleled in the world of science."<ref name=CSHL />

In 2007, Watson said, "I turned against the [[left wing]] because they don't like genetics, because genetics implies that sometimes in life we fail because we have bad genes. They want all failure in life to be due to the evil system."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0107jameswatson|title=Discovery of DNA structure – James Watson on the Double Helix|author=John H. Richardson|work=Esquire|date=October 19, 2007|access-date=June 29, 2015}}</ref>