The research referred to was co-funded by Mind Science Foundation and
featured in September of 2006 in the premier scientific publication in the
United States, Science, as well as the Wall Street Journal and CNN.

"I regard the creation of the Mind Science Foundation as the most important
undertaking of my life … The human mind has tremendous unexplored potential
and I want to go about the discovery and development of that potential in a
scientific way." - Tom Slick

"Thomas Baker "Tom" Slick, Jr. (May 6, 1916 – October 6, 1962) was a San
Antonio, Texas based inventor, businessman, adventurer, and heir to an oil
business. Slick's father, Thomas Baker Slick, Sr., a.k.a. "The King of the
Wildcatters", had made a fortune during the Texas oil boom of the 1920s.
"During the 1950s, Slick was an adventurer. He turned his attention to
expeditions to investigate the Loch Ness Monster, the Yeti, Bigfoot and the
Trinity Alps giant salamander."

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The O’Neil Ford-designed Tom Slick house on Devine Road, San Antonio, Texas

Slick founded several research organizations, beginning with the forerunner
of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in 1941. His most well-known
legacy is the non-profit Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), which he
founded in 1947 to seek revolutionary advancements in technology. SwRI
continues to advance pure and applied science in a variety of fields from
lubricant and motor fuel formulation to solar physics and planetary
science. He also founded the Mind Science Foundation in San Antonio in 1958
to do consciousness research."

Tom Slick: Visionary philanthropist and entrepreneur.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Slick

Tom Slick Foundations:

Mind Science Foundation
117 West El Prado Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78212
http://www.mindscience.org/index.cfm

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
7620 NW Loop 410
San Antonio, Texas
http://www.sfbr.org/

Southwest Research Institute
6220 Culebra Road
San Antonio, Texas
http://www.swri.org/

Titles of interest:

'The Mystery of Consciousness'
By  Steven Pinker
Time Magazine Special Issue, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/3ck5qe

"This is a great dedication to a man unafraid to seek out those mysterious
creatures which may or may not exist. This book should also serve as a
bittersweet and stark reminder of how much progress crypto-researchers have
made since Slick's time."

'Tom Slick and the Search for Yeti'
by Loren Coleman
Faber & Faber, 1989

"The ending of the book and the stories of involvement with the CIA gave
great food for thought and I won't spoil anyone's enjoyment of the book by
going into more detail."

'Tom Slick'
True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology
by Loren Coleman
Linden Publishing, 2002

"...as Slick’s niece, she had rare access to family members for interviews,
letters, papers and photo collections. She is a Fellow of the Explorers
Club, based in New York, and like her uncle, has journeyed to remote
corners of the world. When not investigating new mysteries, she lives in
San Antonio, Texas."

'Tom Slick Mystery Hunter'
by Catherine Nixon Cooke
Paraview, 2005

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