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

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

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

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

Over and over, expanding scientific knowledge has shown religious claims to be false.

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

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