X-Message-Number: 23995 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:45:32 -0400 From: Subject: Happy Birthday, Mike Darwin Today, on the occasion of Mike Darwin's 49th (I think) birthday, I want to publicly wish him a Happy Birthday. While Mike has had his ups and downs in the cryonics community, we all owe him a big thanks for all of the work he has done in cryonics over the past 30 years. Mike was the President of Alcor from 1982-1987 and an Alcor employee for another four years after that. If Mike had not energized Alcor in 1982, it might have remained forever a small discussion group. Which might have meant no CryoNet, among many other developments over the years. Over his 30 years in cryonics, Mike directly brought in dozens of members, including me, who themselves brought in many other members and leaders. I met Mike at a science fiction club party in 1976 and have been at least waist-deep in cryonics ever since (and past my eyebrows more than once). He remains one of the most interesting and inspirational people I have ever met. And if we can get this life-saving enterprise to actually work, I will have the chance to be eternally (or at least, "indefinitely") grateful to him. Steve Bridge Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23995