Yes Richard. My initials are HL-- Herbert L. Ennis, but it was not  
named after me. I was in the lab before HL5.

Herb Ennis

Quoting Richard Gomer <[log in to unmask]>:

> The first reference I can see to HL-5 is in the Cocucci and Sussman   
> 1970 paper, they simply describe a liquid medium "referred to   
> hereafter a (sic) HL-5"
> Was there someone in the Sussman lab with initials HL?
>
> Richard Gomer
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> I am in Dicty intro teaching mode and wondered if anyone knew who   
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> it HL/5) and what the HL stands for?  Bonus points for inaccurate   
> but humorous answers.  Cheers- Dave
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