It was always assumed that I would go to college.

It was always assumed that I would go to college.

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

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.

In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department.

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

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.