At the 2017 Annual Meeting, cryopreservation minimums were left unchanged, remaining at the levels set in 2011. These minimums remain: Neuro: $80,000 (or $100,000 to receive a waiver of the $180/year Comprehensive Member Standby fee). Whole Body: $200,000 (or $220,000 to receive a waiver of the $180/year CMS fee).
Here are the results of the elections at the Alcor Annual Meeting on September 16, 2017: DIRECTORS All directors were unanimously re-elected: Mike Anzis Andy Aymeloglu Ralph Merkle, Ph.D. Mike O’Neal, Ph.D. Michael Riskin, Ph.D., CPA Michael Seidl, Ph.D., J.D. Brian Wowk, Ph.D. OFFICERS President: Max More was re-relected unanimously. CFO/treasurer: Michael Perry was re-relected […]
The 2017 Alcor Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday September 16, 2017, starting at 11:30 am (MST) at the Alcor facility (7895 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale, AZ). The elections of directors and officers will be conducted at this meeting and a wide range of topic will be discussed publicly both before and after […]
Robert Whitaker (A-1649), a public, neuro member, was pronounced on June 3, 2017 in Columbia, SC and became Alcor’s 152nd patient on June 4, 2017. On Saturday June 3rd at 16:25, Medical Response Director Josh Lado received a Telemed alert that Robert Whitaker was found clinically deceased at home. His personal assistant had gone out […]
JoAnn Martin (A-1151), the wife of former Alcor Board Member Saul Kent, was pronounced on May 25, 2017 at 11:04 in Riverside, California. She is a public, whole body member. JoAnn was initially taken by ambulance to the ER, accompanied by her nurse, around 14:30 PT on May 24th with generalized pain and shortness of […]
Effectively immediately, Catherine Baldwin has stepped down as a director of Alcor and as a director of the Alcor Patient Care Trust Board. After ten years as Chief Operating Officer of Suspended Animation, Catherine is retiring at the end of July to pursue other interests. Saul Kent will remain SA’s Chief Executive Officer, while SA’s […]
Meihuei Kao, A-2998, a non-confidential whole body member, was pronounced on February 19, 2017 in Tijuana, Mexico. Meihuei became Alcor’s 150th patient on February 22, 2017. Josh Lado, Alcor’s Medical Response Director, received a phone call from an Alcor director on Sunday, February 19, 2017. The director explained that they had received a phone call […]
Scott Toth, A-1154, a non-confidential neurocryopreservation member, was pronounced on October 4, 2016 in Florida, USA. Scott became Alcor’s 149th patient on October 6, 2016. Because he was found after clinical death and because he was a Medical Examiner’s case, no cryoprotection was possible. Fortunately, no autopsy was performed. With an unusually large storm expected […]
We are glad to announce that at the January 14, 2017 Alcor Board meeting, Michael Anzis was invited to join the Alcor Board of Directors. This fills in the last open position on Alcor’s 9-person board. You can find a short bio on the Directors page.
Wait But Why, April 2016, “Why Cryonics Makes Sense” – This is probably now the most read piece in history about the pros and cons of cryonics. It was republished with permission in our magazine. Eight months later, our website still gets decent traffic from this article, and no link roundup would be complete without […]