It was always assumed that I would go to college.

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.

The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds.

During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar.

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.

I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information.

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.