Naila Evelyn Harper

This is to respectfully post some remembrances of Naila Harper. As a preliminary, note that my wife was born in Iran and that Naila was born not far away, in Iraq. My main reason for posting this remembrance is that I first became aware of Naila's family in the year 1975 when I began reading publications by her husband, Dr. Alfred E. Harper of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I got my Ph.D. in the Dept. of Nutritional Sciences at U.C. Berkeley in early 1980 and, later on that...

This is to provide a respectful remembrance of Naila Evelyn Harper. I was a colleague of Ms. Harper's husband, Prof. Alfred Harper in the years 1980-1984, when I worked at University of Wisconsin, where my laboratory was in the next room down from Prof. Harper's laboratory. Although I never met Naila (Prof. Harper's wife), I did know her name at the time. My best friend in my entire life (Dr. Kevin Block) was a grad student in Prof. Harper's laboratory. My only other connection with...