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Allan Bakke will say he has been working two years as an anesthesiologist in a southern Minnesota town best known for the Mayo Clinic.

But the conversation ends there. Bakke, who claimed reverse discrimination 15 years ago when his application for medical school was passed over in favor of minority applicants, has maintained silence over the case by refusing all requests for interviews. Even with his colleagues the subject is taboo."I just really don't want to do it at all," Bakke said to an interview request when reached by telephone at the Olmsted Medical Group in Rochester, where he went on staff Aug. 11, 1986.

According to the state Medical Examiners Board, the 48-year-old Minneapolis native earned his medical degree June 18, 1982, from the University of California Medical School at Davis. He served a four-year residency at the Mayo Clinic and was licensed to practice medicine in Minnesota in 1983. His file at the Medical Examiners Board is free of any disciplinary reports.

"It would have been unfortunate had he not been able to pursue his career," said Dr. Gary Oftedahl, medical director at the 45-doctor Olmsted clinic. "Like any of us he could be replaced, but it would have been unfortunate."

Oftedahl said Bakke doesn't socialize with his colleagues at the clinic and is known for his quiet demeanor.

"He does a good job making patients feel comfortable before they go into anesthesia," Oftedahl said. "He's conscientious."

Bakke once led a fight to keep a federal prison out of a Rochester neighborhood, said Dr. Gertrude Tyce, who worked with Bakke as a member of the Olmsted Citizens for a Better Community. The group's effort failed even though a non-binding referendum on whether the city should allow the prison drew a record number of voters who overwhelmingly opposed the prison.

Tyce said the referendum was Bakke's pet project.

"I think Allan is a great guy," she said. "He's a very straight-up guy. Right is right and wrong is wrong."

But like Oftedahl, Tyce noted that Bakke steadfastly avoids discussing the 10-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that cleared his path into medical school.

The blue-eyed, blond-haired Bakke, who worked 11 years as a research engineer for NASA before studying to be a doctor, lives in a $210,000 house just outside the city limits with his wife, Judith, according to Olmstead County real estate records. The couple has at least two children, Oftedahl said.

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DOCTOR IS MUM ABOUT REVERSE DISCRIMINATION SUIT

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Allan Bakke will say he has been working two years as an anesthesiologist in a southern Minnesota town best known for the Mayo Clinic. But the conversation ends there. Bakke, who claimed reverse discrimination 15 years ago when his application for medical school was passed over in favor of minority applicants, has maintained silence over the case by refusing all requests for interviews.

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Following the Supreme Court of California’s ruling, the Regents of the University of California filed a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, focusing on the constitutionality of Davis Medical School’s special admissions program under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.The Supreme Court granted certiorari upon the validity of the special admissions program under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari, the Supreme Court of California’s order to grant Allan Bakke’s injunction was pending the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of Davis Medical School’s special admissions program. The Regents of the University of California failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

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Solicitor General McCree argued the case for the United States as an amicus curiae arguing that Title IV may be enforced in private action.

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On October 12, 1977, there was an oral argument.  The Concurring Opinion was that the use of racial quotas as a part of the admissions process was unconstitutional because it violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but affirmative action could be used depending on the circumstances . The Dissenting Opinion  was that the University of California believed that they were not implementing racial quotas and they disagreed with the ruling. The Opinion of the Court was on June 26, 1978 agreed with the concurring opinion and ordered Bakke's admission.

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It was ruled unconstitutional for schools to use ‘racial quotas’ as part of their admissions process. However they did rule affirmative action (policy favoring those who suffer from discrimination) in programs could be constitutional in certain circumstances

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8-1, Bakke. SC ruled that this violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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How and why was it brought to the Supreme Court?

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How and why was it brought to the Supreme Court?

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Bakke sued the University of California in a state court stating that the Medical School violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. The Supreme Court agreed and ordered the school to shut down the quota. The school repealed making the case go into review in 1978.

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It occurred in California in 1977-1978

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Bakke, a white man, was not admitted to the University of California Medical School twice because the spots were reserved for "qualified minorities" even though his scores were significantly high than the minority applicants.

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The University of California  and Allan Bakke