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Meet...Eric

Name: Eric O. Larson.

Department: Meducare.

How long at MUSC: 8 years.

City in which you were born: Chicago, Ill.

Family: My wife, Mandy Larson (NNICU), and three cats.

Favorite TV show: Amazing Race.

Special place in the world: Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa.

Pet peeve: When people are late.

Hobbies, activities in your free time: Scuba diving and traveling. I'm a pretty good Canasta player, too.

Your idea of a perfect vacation: I've had several great ones. The only way a vacation can really be perfect is if it never ends.

If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would you be: I would be Bill Gates. My day would be spent transferring money into all of my friend's bank accounts and donating billions of dollars to the newly formed Larson Family Trust.

Latest trip: St. Lucia in the Eastern Caribbean.

Something people don't know about you: When I was in high school I was a stripper...at an upholstery shop.

Favorite quote: Never put off until tomorrow that which you can do the day after tomorrow—Mark Twain.

Something that you do that is silly but really fun: My neighbor and I occasionally race our riding lawnmowers.

Friday, Sept. 24, 2004
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