The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal.

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

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.

It was always assumed that I would go to college.

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

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