Audrey L. Harris

I have just seen this when researching my family history. Audrey was a cousin of mine and her father James was an older sibling of my mother. I was sorry to learn of her passing but it seems she was a very special person and had a most fulfilling life. I have attached the only photo that I have - it is of another cousin's (Gwen Collinson)wedding in 1948. Audrey is on the far right of the photo and I'm the lad in short trousers and next to me is Audrey's sister Janet. I doubt if any of her family will see this but if so and would like to get in touch I am at [email protected]. Glyn Evans living in Cheltenham, UK.

My deepest sympathies to all of you. Audrey was a colleague at WPI and she brought a great deal of expertise in cutting edge biology to the university. That same technology8 that she helped developed is still very important today as we create synthetic organisms. Indeed, she was a great experimentalist. I only wish I knew she was so "local". I have a place in Brewster and I would have loved to see her again. I had no idea that she was so close. We collaborated a great deal while working on senescence of WI-38s. She became very disappointed when her cell lines all perished in Salisbury Labs when her deep freeze lost power when someone used the elevator on a weekend and tripped the breakers of a temporary generator. I was happy that she found a place to continue her work in the UK but I never heard that she came back Stateside. I only wish that we had a chance to talk about old times. In any case I do want to express my feelings about how much I appreciated her at WPI and that she was not only a first class scientist but a wonderful person. I was amazed to hear of her interest in the Pats as I feel about the same way.
Ted Crusberg - Professor Emeritus - Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA