The edited interview was published in the December 1980 issue of SciQuest. The recording starts with Dr. Sternbach, who was the chemist who first synthesized the anti-anxiety drugs Librium and Valium, talking about growing up in Yugoslavia where his father had a pharmacy, he was one of only two Jews in his class and experienced some level of anti-Semitism there, then his family moved to Poland. Discusses how he first became interested in chemistry, his education, early career, and WWII years when he was working for pharmaceutical company Hoffman-LaRoche in Basel, Switzerland, then moving to their New Jersey locattion in 1941 and later bringing his mother over from Poland. (This interview is taking place in Nutley, New Jersey where Hoffman-LaRoche was then located.) The second side continues with Sternbach sharing that he woredk on antibiotics and other things for a while, then started synthesizing compounds which eventually led to the discovery of one which showed similiar properties to an existing tranquilizer called Miltown from another company. Discussion of how these drugs work (testing initially done with mice, later cllinical trials); anti-anxiety drugs that do not cause sedation: Librium first, then later Valium. How this changed his stature within the company, in terms of more freedom in his research and some salary and bonus changes although these were not drastic, but he was happy. Asked by Kent about the abuses of Valium, he replies that nobody writes about all of the many benefits and the marriages and lives saved because of its invention. Discussion of the difficulty in bringing drugs to market in the United States. On the third side, the Sternbach interview continues, with him putting the onus on the doctors prescribing Valium for its potential adverse effects, because its greatest dangers are when used in combinatin with other specific drugs. He is now retired from chemistry but is still a consultant with Hoffman-LaRoche. Kent asks why are more women taking Valium than men, and about the claims that it affects memory? His son is also a chemist; talks about his wife and about visiting Krakow, Poland where his family had lived and he had attended university. Mentions that he received an award from the American Chemical Society. Current hobbies include playing bridge and going for a daily walk, and he has two adopted grandchildren. He and Kent are going to go to lunch in the Hoffman-LaRoche executive dining room where he does not have to pay for his meals (a privilege which he's only just recently received from the company.) He reiterates that even if his invention has made the company rich, he never cared much about having a lot of money and would not know how to spend it if he'd been paid more.