Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Amy Purdy

American Actress, Snowboarder and Spokesperson for the Challenged Athletes Foundation. At the age of 19, she contracted Neisseria meningitis, a form of bacterial meningitis and lost both her legs below her knee

"You can do what you want to with your life. You’re not limited."