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.

Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

It was always assumed that I would go to college.

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

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

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 am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.