"TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD" My important accomplishments. Much of my motivation came from my mother's side of the family. My mother wrote poetry and kept a diary. Her sister, Martha Cook, had artist abilities. Not to be overlooked was my father's influence on my financial wellbeing and strength of character. My life consisted of important evolving phases. My first interest was art, which started at approximately age ten. The second phase, woodworking, began a few years later. My interest in writing began when I was chairman of pathology at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. Motivation came from experiences in grade school #57. My art teacher, Martha Barber, encouraged my artistic abilities, and shop teacher Hershel Whitaker stimulated my woodworking interests. In Howe High School, I decided to pursue in a career in architecture. After graduation from high school and two years (1953-55) of architecture at the University of Cincinnati, my interest career changed. I transferred to Indiana University to pursue a career in medicine. In the following chapters, I will enumerate my art, architecture, handicrafts, and publications.