Many of you will remember Miss Mildred Horton, the centenarian of extraordinary vitality, who was interviewed by Gene Cohen, M.D., Director of the Center for Aging Health and Humanities, George Washington University, who was a visiting professor to the Huffington Center on Aging in October 1995. Dr. Cohen's interview with Miss Horton was the highlight of a program put on by the Huffington Center on Aging entitled, "Creative Minds and Successful Aging,".

The audience was transfixed by the perceptive responses Miss Horton made to Dr. Cohen's questions and her wide ranging interests in current events, both near and far from her, including her concern for the people caught in the war in Bosnia. However, like many of us, Miss Horton, reflecting on the interview, found so many things coming to her mind that she wrote us a letter about her feelings. I responded by telling her how brilliant we found her remarks to be and pointed out the long line of people who were so impressed with what she said.

We also sent her letter to Dr. Gene Cohen. He has been gracious enough to allow us to reproduce his reply here. We thought you might enjoy reading it. The Director

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