CURTIS HENDERSON - Alcor Life Extension Foundation

Snowball, Curtis Henderson’s dog._______________________________________who assisted Nelson paid a large fine throughinsurance. Since that time the practice hasbecome nearly universal in cryonics ofdemanding a full up-front payment at the timeof preservation. Interest income from thisprincipal then covers costs of maintenance sothat further monetary input is unnecessary.)I last saw Curtis in 2008, when hestopped at Alcor’s facility accompanied by hiswhite, blue-eyed dog Snowball (some calledher Snowflake). Peppery and high-spirited asever, if still a little inconvenienced by effectsof the stroke, he attended the monthly transhumanistmeeting at the facility on Oct. 5,then came back the next day. I scanned somehistoric cryonics photos he’d brought alongthen went with him and showed the way to aWal-Mart where he bought groceries. He paidat the checkout counter and discarded thesales receipt, which I promptly retrieved,sensing somehow it wasn’t just an ordinarything. Watching, he seemed a little nonplussed.“You save everything!”I will mention that he sometimes showedacts of special kindness such as(around 1988) gifting me a subscriptionto Newsweek at a timewhen my own finances weremeager. He wanted to write abook and wanted me to help,which I was willing to do butsomething always intervened.Fun-loving, feisty, andfocused on a limitless future,Curtis helped start the cryonicsmovement and didwhat he could to furtherthat cause for the rest ofthe time—some fourdecades—that natureallotted him. Not contentto leave it at that, he restsin liquid nitrogen wheresomeday, if all goes well,he will emerge to takeup where he left off,and we can enjoy hiscompany once more(and maybe get thatbook finished!). ■Sales receipt from Wal-Mart, Oct. 6, 2008._______________________________________I thank Robert Henderson for supplying early documents pertaining to CSNY—MP. (see next pages)www.alcor.org Cryonics/Third Quarter 20095