X-Message-Number: 3
From: Kevin Q. Brown
Subject: Cryonics Institute
Date: 28 Jul 1988

This is the first of three postings describing the three organizations that
provide cryonic suspension services.  All three postings are transcribed (with
permission) from interviews published in the Winter, 1988 issue of Venturist
Voice.  (Write to The Venturists, 1355 E. Peoria Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85020.
Venturist Voice is currently free, but donations are gladly accepted.)

This posting is on the Cryonics Institute.  The other two describe the American
Cryonics Society and Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

                                       - Kevin Q. Brown
                                       ...{att|clyde|cuae2}!ho4cad!kqb

PS: Even though I have started off the cryonics mailing list with copies of
    published articles, please don't think that only copies of published
    articles are wanted for the mailing list.

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        Cryonics Institute
        24041 Stratford
        Oak Park, MI 48237
        313-967-3115

    [ Effective Aug. 1988 this address changes to:
        Cryonics Institute
        24443 Roanoke
        Oak Park, MI 48237
        313-545-3454 & 313-545-9015 ]

Information supplied by Mae Junod, Director, Mar. 10, 1988.

Cryonics Institute (CI) was founded in 1976, has 60 members, no "associates"
or newsletter, and is not affiliated with other organizations, although there
is some overlapping membership with the Immortalist Society.  Our facilities
include a perfusion room, a storage area, a work room, a lavatory, and a
washup room.  We offer whole body (human) suspension only.  The cost is $28,000
which includes $20,000 for investment to cover storage costs.  This is minimum
funding, of course, and members can provide more if they wish.  There is also a
membership charge of $1250 for an individual or $1875 for a couple.  There is
no charge for minors in the family.  We accept members in remote locations as
well as nearby.  Arrangements for distant members are their responsibility --
they must provide for their remains to be transported to us in the event of

death and we do the perfusion and storage locally.  We offer our distant members
assistance in planning and are willing to go to their area and help them make
arrangements.

Our suspension protocol involves cooling the patient down, perfusing using a
heart-lung and perfusion machines, and freezing.  Qualifications of suspension
team members are protocol training and appropriate experience.  A mortician is
part of the team, both for legal requirements and skills.  One of the things
we do is to train the general membership if they wish, and the family members
can then help perfuse their own people.

Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) and directors are
elected by members who attend annual meetings.  There are no specific
requirements for officers and directors other than being members who are
willing to serve.  Members who wish to have voting rights must pay $100 annual
dues.  Directors living nearby are preferred because it is more convenient for
our meetings, but more distant members are also eligible.

CI is currently engaged in storage research.  We have one individual capsule
and one two-person capsule presently operating.  The original design was
developed and implemented by Robert Ettinger, President of CI, and Walter
Runkel and Andy Zawacki.

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