Tag: Joel Elkes
A Good Day–Even When Not All of It Is Good
Dr. Joel Elkes, whose 95th birthday was celebrated in a previous post, believes that a good life is built one good day at a time. As a pioneer in the field of psychopharmacology, he might be expected to focus on drugs that help us cope with life’s challenges. However, he is much more interested in [...]
Posted: December 18th, 2008 under Personal Reflections.
Tags: a good day, calories, exercise, Joel Elkes, mini-memoir, spiritual metabolism
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Do You Know Your Own Geology?
Today one of my colleagues at the Fetzer Institute, Dr. Joel Elkes, celebrates his 95th birthday. No, that is not a typo. He was born in 1913, lived through two World Wars and a century of struggle. He was a student in England in the 30’s and 40’s and thus escaped the Holocaust, though many [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2008 under Personal Reflections.
Tags: geology, Jacob Bronowski, Joel Elkes, map, spirit
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