Thanks

Thanks & Acknowledgments

My first thanks go to the three doctors named Donato Perez Garcia. Without them there would be no IPT for anyone. Only because of their persistence and dedication for more than six decades, in the face of so much arrogance and ignorance, do we have this opportunity today. They are the delicate human thread that has carried IPT from the 1920s into the new millennium.

My maternal grandmother Gladys F. Carroll, departed in 1990, made it possible for me to participate in the IPT project in the first few years. Her generous support, unconditional love, and lovely home provided the gracious and secure setting I needed for making my efforts.

Tom and Margot Beeston have provided moral support, sympathetic listening, and humorous perspectives all these years. They have been my personal think tank and focus group, counselors, soulmate advisors, writing retreat hosts, and dear friends. Tom, a very special person, left us on October 8, 1999, and is greatly missed by friends and family. I now like to think of him as the patron saint of this website. Margot is selling their beautiful 40-acre guest ranch in Oracle, Arizona.

My parents, Mary Rose and Richard Duffield, finally looked at IPTQ and emailed their approval, saying it is "awesome". They have helped me in so many ways over the years.

My biological father, Milton Frank, gave this project his blessing on the day he passed away.

Many thanks to William A. Tiller for supporting my scientific work (and thereby this work), for inviting me into the Stanford community. His latest book is Science and Human Transformation. There is a website about him at http://www.tiller.org

Aimé Ricci has worked tirelessly for several months to translate J-C Paquette MD's book Medicine of Hope from French to English.

I also thank SGA, M.D., who introduced me to IPT, starting this adventure.

Martha Green's financial gift paid for securing the IPTQ.com web address.

And finally I want to express my gratitude to Prem Rawat for his work and his inspiration over many years. It was at one of his conventions that I ran into IPT one warm Miami Beach night.

More thanks to:

Many other people have helped me and IPTQ along the way. I apologize to any that I have left out. (Remind me.) I do want to note the following:

Ed Niehaus gave me some time and helped me define IPTQ's positioning and voice.

Liz O'Connell of sipr.com has helped me with press releases.

Redmond Barnes of the National Library of Medicine found and sent a copy of Dr. Perez Garcia 1's original Revista Medica Militar article.