Webmaster TC: Larry Steinrauf

Vice president for China/Taiwan,
American Expatriates Division

Occupation: Visiting Professor of biology and director of the Scientific English Service at the National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

All-time T&F bests: Missouri state high school champion in broad jump (twice), relay (three times), second in 440. Four letters in track at University of Missouri. Second in Big 7 relay. Best performances: indoor 440 at 51.3, 50.4r, 880 at 1:58.2, 660 at 1:23.5 (school record), outdoor 440 at 49.5, 400H at 54.9.

Masters achievements: Ten Midwest championships at high jump, long jump, triple jump, pentathlon, 400m dash and javelin. Best performances (M50) 26.8 in he 200, 58.36 in the 400, 2:24.0 in the 800, 4:56.8 in the 1500, and 35'6" in the triple. Second at the nationals in 1982 in both high jump and triple. (Those were won by Phil Mulkey, but he was disqualified for being under age; or was he?) Third in the Indiana state 5 mile in 1994. Three years ago did 800 in 2:36 in Blood pressure then was 180/100. BP is now 110/70.

Trivia: Larry is well-traveled. Earned B.S. and M. A. from University of Missouri in 1954, both in chemistry/biochemistry. Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle, in medical biochemistry. Was research fellow in Chemistry at Caltech in Pasadena. Research fellow in physics, University of Cambridge, England. Assistant professor of physical chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana. Visiting professor of biochemistry, University of Bristol, England. Visiting professor of physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and professor of medical biophysics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

CEO's note: Larry writes that he's the author of about 70 publications in molecular structure of proteins, enzymes, and antibiotics, commuter applications to medicine, and sports medicine and human performance. Unfair advantage, Larry!