Saul Kent
Saul Kent (July 18, 1939[1][2] – legal death c. May 26, 2023)[3] was an American life extensionist and cryonicist. He founded the Cryonics Society of New York together with Harold Costello, Curtis Henderson, James Sutton, and Karl Werner in 1965.[4] With Bill Faloon, Kent founded the Biomedical Research and Longevity Society (formerly the Life Extension Foundation) and the Church of Perpetual Life.[5] Kent also was a board member of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.[6] As of 2017, he was the chief executive officer of Suspended Animation, Inc.[7]
Kent received his B.A. in physical education from Hunter College.[8] He read The Prospect of Immortality in June 1964.[9]
He was interviewed in the First Person episode "I Dismember Mama" (2000). During Applied Cryobiology – Scientific Symposium on Cryonics 2014, he was awarded the Robert Ettinger Medal for his commitment to cryonics over several decades.[10] As of 2022, he was a member of the editorial board of the Cryonics magazine.[11] Kent also was involved in the Timeship project.
Kent was cryopreserved by Alcor in May 2023. He was whole-body preserved.[3]
Family
Kent's father William Kent died in 1940 when he was 10 months old.[12][13] The cryopreservation of Saul's mother, Dora Kent, caused controversy. His wife, JoAnn Martin, was cryopreserved in May 2017 by Alcor.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Saul Kent. officialusa.com
- ↑ Bill Faloon and Saul Kent, Major Figures in Cryonics Movement, Start a Church in Hollywood. Deirdra Funcheon. Broward Palm Beach New Times. May 12, 2015 (page 2). "Faloon, born in 1954 [...]. Saul Kent, 15 years older than Faloon"
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Complete List of Non-Confidential Cryopreserved Alcor Patients. alcor.org
- ↑ Impressions of Curtis Henderson. Cryonics 2009 #3 (page 8 of the file)
- ↑ Is there any truth to anti-aging schemes?. Andrew Zaleski. Popular Science. June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2024
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Jo Ann Martin (A-1151) becomes Alcor’s 151st patient on May 25, 2017. alcor.org
- ↑ Catherine Baldwin Steps Down from the Alcor Board of Directors. alcor.org. June 19, 2017
- ↑ Thus Spake Curtis Henderson, Part 2. Mike Darwin. Chronosphere. February 8, 2011
- ↑ The First Cryonicist. Saul Kent. Cryonics 1983 #3 (page 10)
- ↑ Symposium 2014 (an archived page, in German)
- ↑ https://www.alcor.org/docs/cryonics-magazine-2022-02.pdf (page 2)
- ↑ Alternative Protocol Book Debuts, Focuses on 100-Plus Illnesses, Treatments. William Faloon. Life Extension. September 1997
- ↑ YouTube: First Person: I Dismember Mama (S01E03) (at 5:45)
External links
- Goodreads: Saul Kent (books written by Saul Kent)
- Wikipedia: Saul Kent
- Saul Kent and the Science of Cryopreservation. Brian Wowk. The Biostasis Standard. June 15, 2023