I enjoyed reading a few articles from The Humanist this evening while at
the local university library.  Oscar Riddle, 1958 Humanist Of The Year, was
profiled on the inside front cover.  Here's an excerpt:   "Oscar Riddle was
born September 27, 1877, in Indiana where he received his early education.
He earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1907 then taught
biology and physiology in Puerto Rico and Saint Louis, Missouri, and
zoology at the University of Chicago.  He conducted research in the fields
of evolution, natural history, endocrinology, and reproduction in the
United States and Europe and participated in natural history expeditions in
Cuba and up the Orinoco River in South America.

Riddle was a distinguished member of biological societies in England,
France, India, South America, and the United States.  In 1932 he and his
coworkers were the first to isolate the 'pregnancy hormone' prolactin
which, due to the difficulty of distinguishing and separating it from
growth hormone, wasn't fully isolated until 1971.  The next year he earned
a degree in law.  During the New York World's Fair in 1939 Riddle, a leader
in the popularization effort among biologists, openly condemned the fair's
commercialism and neglect of serious science.  He made the cover of Time
magazine that same year. . ."

Now on to Anna Fels' *Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives*
as recommended by Susan Johnson.

Debra Swank
Winchester, Virginia USA

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