With sadness, The Bosh reports the death of Norman H. Horowitz.

After graduating from the U. of Pittsburgh in 1936 with a biology degree, Normy started a career studying the genetics of Neurospora crassa, a red bread mold. You haven't lived until you've studied red bread mold. Normy later gained attention for a paper on biochemical evolution as well as for performing a seminal experiment leading to the widespread acceptance of the one gene, one-enzyme hypothesis of how genes regulate chemical events. We at The Bosh of course understand how designer jeans effect chemistry.

Later on, Normy got involved in the search for extraterrestrial life. He gained fame for arguing that it would be better to send robots, rather than humans, to Mars. Perseverance should have been this guy's middle name, because although there's less evidence of life in outer space than there is of life in the pope's pants, Norman H. Horowitz never abandoned his dream of eventually sitting down to dinner with martians and asking them about their favorite movies. (By Scott Rose)

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