Hometown? Chicago

When did you become a member of UMRA? I believe in 2014, the year I officially retired.

What was your very first job? Mailman. I delivered U.S. mail for six months before attending St. Olaf College to put myself through school, which was feasible in those days!

What was your occupation when you retired from FT work? 2014–15, continued working in global health at the U of M. 2016–present, wrote Microbes: The Life-Changing Story of Germs, a book to be published in June; June 2019, started a weekly blog, Germ Gems: Microbes in the News. Ongoing, I serve on the executive committee of Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate (dedicated to inspiring and activating the health community to address climate change).

Where were you in 1969 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon? At the wedding of the daughter of my best friend in medical school in New York.

If you could learn a new skill, what would you like it to be? I would like to learn to speak Spanish.

Do you have a favorite place on the U of M campus? In the past two years, the Center for Bioethics, where bimonthly meetings on climate change and health are held.

What is a fun fact about you we might not know? Although you may already know, I love germs!

What is something you currently enjoy doing with your time? Reading. And walking with my wife, Karin, around Lake Harriet in Minneapolis every day—except for the month of January, when we walk along the Malecón in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.