Happy Birthday dad.
He would be 111 years old.
He was a Professor Emeritus and there is a $5million endowment chair in his name at a major university. Retired decorated major and veteran of WWII and Korean War.
Above all, he was a great human being, story teller, scientist and father.
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Progressive Liberal, he was part of Patton's 3rd Army that went into the Battle of the Bulge. 
Was in his early eighties when he closed up shop and retired. Only then would he talk about his
overseas experiences when asked. Always had this feeling something happened over there he
wasn't proud of like accidentally killing someone or maybe seeing all the death and bloodshed. . 
Just remembered......he talked about how when they liberated a concentration camp in Germany
and some soldiers were throwing up their lunch at the awful sights & smells, the prisoners were
picking the stuff up to eat. Hearing Dad tell that story one day almost made me barf. So maybe
this was what he always tried to forget. 
Dad only told me funny stories about the wars. Later in life he went blind and I drove him to a reunion for his WWII outfit. So many came up to thank him for getting his Company out without a single loss. Lots of great stories I would have never heard. He was great at giving others credit to others.
He wrote his PhD on genetics and nutrition based on a study he did on identical twin cows. It was such an important paper, he was hired in by the university as a full, tenured professor to begin.
