Bill McClain:  

Bill is from Elmhurst, Illinois. His schools include Willowbrook High School. He later attended Iowa Wesleyan College. He works(ed) at University of Wisconsin-Madison. One of Bill's favorite quotes is:"Simplicity is Complexity itself. Constantin Brancusi". More about Bill:"July 21, 2011: This terse synopsis tracks a few of my life events since I began high school in 1956. I have four children: Susan, born 1963; Patty, born 1966; Gary, born 1967 and Carin, born 1978. And five grandchildren: Sarah, born 1992; Kyle, born 1995; Joe, born 2000; Jack, born 2003 and Nick, born 2005. I graduated from York Community High School located in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA in 1960. I have several favorite memories of my York days, especially graduating following three mandatory summer-school escapades! With respect to academics, classroom time often was filled with excessive daydreaming. In general, I was not interested in academics, and I did not like to do homework. How do I currently spend my time? My first and foremost enjoyment stems from interacting with, enjoying, and loving my wonderful, idiosyncratic family. Though technically retired as of March 2008, I continue thriving on theoretical and experimental scientific investigations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My interest continues in studying a particular class of cellular macromolecules (and their constituent atoms) that are responsible for the specificity of information transfer from genes to proteins, and protein synthesis in particular. The studies are not intended for commercial gain. Rather, I want to gain a comprehensive understanding of the workings of the process. It has been in place for billions of years, and is common to all extant forms of life on Earth. In addition, I am generously rewarded and soothed by reading literature created by accomplished and meticulous writers. In particular, biographies and select fictional works are my haunts. I am also engulfed and captivated by the visual and performing arts. I built a venerated collection of paintings and sculptures created in the era 1965-2010 by artists known as the CHICAGO IMAGIST. The collection varies from the less frequent sublime object to the recurrent finely crafted image of raucous reality pitched in a high-keyed color pallet. The perturbed gate in my left leg reflects the weighty, over developed right eye above it. Realizing that I was but the caretaker of the collection and its associated memorabilia, I gifted the entirety to a museum so others could enjoy it, too, The one thing that I have not done, but would like to do, is discover how to change my personality from Type A to B, only subsequently, at my discretion, to revert back to A, ad infinitum. More realistically, I have learned how to manage my Type A personality to benefit my personal and professional lives. I profoundly yearn to witness sustained worldwide peace, kindness to all life, and suitable housing and medical care for ...Expand for more