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

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I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the...

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the...

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

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

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is...

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is...

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

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

Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving...

Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving...

In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in...

In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in...

It was always assumed that I would go to college.

It was always assumed that I would go to college.

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

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

This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin...

This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin...

The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an...

The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an...

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

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

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation...

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation...

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

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...

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of...

During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar.

During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar.

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

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

The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts...

The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts...

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and...

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and...

The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote.

The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote.

Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not...

Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not...