My Olympic hopes in track were abruptly dashed when I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease when a freshman in college at the University of Oklahoma. At NIH, in Bethesda Maryland, I met others with Hodgkins. For some reason I survived when others did not. Toby Gutwerk and Carlos Hernandez are in my thoughts always. I was 19 years old. It was 55 years ago when I set out in search of a reason for my survival.
Continuing my education at George Washington University and eventually going back to Norman, graduating from law school at the University of Oklahoma, I more...
