Редактирование: Robert Binkowski

[[File:Robert Binkowski.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Robert Binkowski]]
'''Robert George Binkowski'''<ref name="Technical case report">[https://www.alcor.org/docs/alcor-case-report-a-1108.pdf Cryonic suspension case report: Robert George Binkowski, A-1108]. alcor.org</ref> (October 28, 1916 – [[legal death]] May 8, 1988)<ref name="Technical case report" /> is the first [[Whole-body preservation|whole-body patient]] [[Cryopreservation|cryopreserved]] by the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]], and the sixth person cryopreserved by Alcor overall.<ref name="Complete list">[https://www.alcor.org/library/complete-list-of-alcor-cryopreservations/ Complete List of Alcor Cryopreservations]. alcor.org</ref> Before cryopreserving him, Alcor had received three whole-body patients that were originally cryopreserved by other organizations.<ref name="Complete list" /> Thus, Binkowski became the fourth whole-body patient of Alcor. He was 71 years old at the time of his legal death from cardiac arrest.<ref name="Technical case report" />

Binkowski was a founding member of the [[Cryonics Society of South Florida]] (CSSF) in 1971.<ref name="Technical case report" /> He became involved in [[cryonics]] as a consequence of reading [[Robert Ettinger]]'s ''[[The Prospect of Immortality]]'' in 1964 and then writing to Ettinger for information.<ref name="Technical case report" /> Ettinger subsequently forwarded Binkowski's name and address to Gregory Strom, the man who initially organized CSSF.<ref name="Technical case report" /> In 1972 Binkowski completed suspension arrangements with CSSF.<ref name="Technical case report" /> CSSF merged with Alcor on November 18, 1984 and Binkowski executed Alcor paperwork on February 1, 1986.<ref name="Technical case report" />

Binkowski's cryopreservation resulted in a legal tangle with the California Department of Health Services that took two and a half years to resolve.<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/complete-list-of-non-confidential-cryopreserved-alcor-patients/ Complete List of Non-Confidential Cryopreserved Alcor Patients]. alcor.org</ref><ref>[https://www.alcor.org/library/alcor-legal-battles/ Alcor’s Legal Battles]. alcor.org</ref>

== Sources ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.alcor.org/library/complete-list-of-alcor-cryopreservations/case-report-a-1108/ Case report]
* [https://www.alcor.org/docs/alcor-case-report-a-1108.pdf Technical case report]

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