To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.

I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science.

In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.

At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product and it cleared up in two days. She lived to 17 years.

I was one who liked to work with my hands as well as my brain.

At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.

I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires.