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...were delighted to see our own Amos Alonzo Stagg on your Oct. 20 cover. Mr. Stagg is a vital part of the life of our association. He is idolized by the youngsters, and has become an example of the highest qualities of Christian character-which we have encouraged our older boys and young men to follow...
...reason of their strength-and '-' modern medicine-more and more Americans are living beyond the Biblical threescore years and ten, and beyond fourscore. What makes for a long life? What makes a long life livable? And useful? In this week's cover story on Nonagenarian Amos Alonzo Stagg, Medicine Editor Gilbert Cant reports on the medical progress that has prolonged human life. To supplement the story, TIME presents a gallery of U.S. elders, photographed by LIFE'S Alfred Eisenstaedt (who is only 59). "Eisie," who has probably photographed more famous people than any other photographer, carried...
What made this scene unique among thousands of similar spectacles on U.S. playing fields was the identity of the kicking coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg, who celebrated his 96th birthday on Aug. 16. It was extraordinary enough that Stagg, who was born seven years before college football (Princeton-Rutgers, 1869), had lived so long and punctuated his life with a series of brilliant firsts in several sports. But more remarkable yet was the state of his mind and body after almost a century of enormous activity...
When Amos Alonzo, fifth of eight children, arrived in 1862 (while Stonewall Jackson was busy at Manassas), the family was so poor that every penny counted...
...Spartan Stuff. To prepare for the oldsters whose sheer numbers will revolutionize not only the practice of medicine but also the world's social, political and economic structure, gerontologists turn both to their test tubes and to individuals like Amos Alonzo Stagg. From him and the men on nearby rungs of time's ladder they hope to learn what are the common denominators in longevity-and, more especially, in useful longevity. For they subscribe to the motto: "Not just to add years to life, but to add life to years...