Churchill Centre Archives - Richard M. Langworth

He Never Doubted Clouds Would Break: John H. Mather 1943-2020

8 December 2020

“Why are you buying expensive pills over the counter?” asked Dr. John Mather. We were in an elevator during a 2001 Churchill Conference. “Don’t you have an honorable discharge from the Coast Guard?” He was then a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service and Assistant Inspector General at the Veteran’s Administration. I’d never thought my four years with the USCG worthy of anything special, but I did have my DD-214. Mather said I was entitled: “We issue cheap pills.”

In the lift with us was Luce Churchill, married to Sir Winston’s grandson.…

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