Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock.

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.

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

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.

Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures.

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