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.

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

An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel.

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

The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment.

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.

It was always assumed that I would go to college.