X-Message-Number: 24395
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:54:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: Aging: The Reality (Journal of Gerontology: June 2004)

[Stephen Cole has sent out this email clearing up a few matters to those
who are interested.]

        It is true that I was fired from the GB Data, Inc. Advisory Board
by Mr. Glen Braswell back in 1997 after making too much noise about what I
considered to be their fraudulent marketing practices. However, I
continued my relationship with their former Editor-in-Chief, Mr. David
Steinman, even to this day.  David was a full-time employee, who was fired
about the same time along with another of his "Scientific Advisors," whom
I really liked.  David went on to found his own publishing company. Even
Mr. Braswell's long-time secretary was fired by him around this time.
It was really an oddly-run company with a capricious and dictatorial CEO
at the top. I had no idea at the time how bad things were until a lot more
information came out during a Congressional investigation, including the
fact that Braswell had served time in Federal prison.

        With respect to UCLA affiliation, please check at
http://www.directory.ucla.edu/search.php

              name: Coles, L. Stephen
            title: Asst Res
       department: Surg-Pls
          address: 4737C La Villa Marina, Marina del Rey, CA 90292-7037
         adm code: 1717
            phone: 310-827-3920


I am again listed in the Department of Surgery after an administrative
snafu took me off the list, since our Secretary couldn't find me at the VA
Hospital any more.  I assure you that I have been on the UCLA Westwood
campus teaching every month for the last ten years.

        My "" E-mail stopped working along with our
www.grg.org website while our ISP (dot5hosting.com) is in the process of
reconfiguring its servers.  They told me yesterday that our site was
supposed to be up today, but it's still not yet available.  I will keep
you informed when it's back up.

	...feel free to forward this E-mail to the Cryonet List, if you
feel that would help to clarify things.

        BTW, my paper published in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological
Sciences is now out...

        http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/59/6/B579

Sincerely yours,

Steve Coles

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