X-Message-Number: 23133 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:51:18 -0500 From: RANDY WICKER <> Subject: Ev Cooper Re #23124 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ev Cooper, #23124, was the subject of a posting that was too long to include on today's cryonet. What a shame. It was absolutely fascinating. A marvelous story about how cryonets got going in this country. Actually, it caused me to go to my files. Under "Free Reanimate", I found a folder with a two page single spaced letter written to me on September 21,1965 by Ev Cooper which commenced: "Thank you beyond words for the straightforward offer and your terrific attitude toward helping out." Included was a "freeze card" which was a form which I also have. Then I have a second letter thanking me for "your subscription check and for accepting LES membership, and for giving us such solid support." I had remembered being impressed back then by the people he referred me to. "One of the bulwarks of the small group there is Prof. Feinberg, a gem of a person, couldn't be better. Feinberg is in the Physics Department at Columbia and this automatically means he has more than he can do to start with....He acts as an advisor for LES/" He then goes on to refer to others who had decided to form their own organization. I also have a lovely pamphlet in a rich tan paper with "Freeze. Wait. Reanimate" on top, a line underneath that reads:"Information Toward The Possible Extension of Your Life via Cryogenics" with a classical male nude filling the cover beneath that. I also have three issues of the "FREEZE-WAIT-REANIMATE" newsletter. Aug 1965, Sept 1965, October 1965. After I get my scanning machine and figure out how to attach my $800 Sony digital camera to the computer without having to unplug so many things, I'd be happy to share these materials with anyone who is interested. I didn't know whether there is a "Cryonics Library" or "Archives" or not. Even if this isn't much, it has given me a feeling of excitement and discovery. I feel like I have a couple real artifacts from the history of cryogenics. I think I like that term "cryogenics". Why was it changed? Randolfe H. Wicker Founder, Clone Rights United Front www.clonerights.com Spokesperson, Reproductive Cloning Network, www.reproductivecloning.net Former CEO, Human Cloning Foundation, www.humancloning.org Member, The Immortality Institute, www.imminst.org 201-656-3280 (Mornings) Content-type: text/html; charset=Windows-1252 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23133