Just over a century ago, a young boy was born into a modest family, in the small eastern Montana community of Miles City.  The youngest of 8 siblings, the boy grew up with his aunt and uncle on a farm, that in addition to a variety of different animals, grew chickens.  This boy’s life did not begin without tragedy – his twin sister died at birth and his mother some 2 days later.  The heartbreak he endured at a young age would help shape him into the man he would become and ultimately chart the course for his life of scientific discovery that would change the studies of science and medicine for the entire world.