Sometimes we forget to thank those who help get an issue out. John Besancon labels the bulk mail for each issue and brings it to the Post Office Andy Zawacki’s photos are invaluable.

Joe Kowalsky submitted the Watchtower piece, and a Funky Winkerbean comic strip with a cryonics theme. We’re not running the comic strip because the strip’s syndicate wanted $60 to put it in one issue. Maybe they glossed over the fact that we’re non-profit!

We try to get as much variety as we can in each issue, so we asked Jim Yount to reduce the Watchtower article to a more manageable size. This he did ably, the results are on page 15. John de Rivaz rose to the occasion by reviewing The Philosophy of Robert Ettinger, on page 16. So, thanks to all for a job well done!

When looking over the "A Look Back" pages, one is struck by all the unfamiliar names. What happened to these people? They joined cryonics when it was in it‘s infancy. Why didn’t they stay in for the long haul? Did they get discouraged and drop out? Are they dead and buried? Or are they presently resting in a cryostat?

The names in this issue’s "A Look Back" (CRYONICS REPORTS, February 1969,) published by The Cryonics Society of New York, are a good example. There’s a list of "Cryonics Coordinators," from different parts of the country. Of the seven names, there’s only one familiar one; Jack Nixon, currently a CI Board member. The staff of CRYONICS REPORTS didn’t fare very well either. Of the four names, only the Editor, Saul Kent is a familiar one.

So, while the cryonics movement is charging ahead, one does hope, perhaps it was the exuberance of youth that faded, and they’re still following cryonics/life extension developments.