SLAMET Iman Santoso was taken by surprise when he arrived at Jakarta’s Kemayoran Airport in the first week of January, 1952. Just back from an education seminar abroad, this lecturer of University of Indonesia’s (UI) medical faculty was welcomed by Vice President Mohammad Hatta. After shaking hands, Hatta asked Slamet to speak at the anniversary of UI’s technical faculty in Bandung, West Java, now the Bandung Institute of Techno