IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM DURK J. PEARSON August 19, 1943 – October 26, 2024 By Scott C. Tips, NHF President I first met Durk Pearson and his new wife Sandy Shaw 55 years ago at a Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) convention in Saint Louis, Missouri. Durk and Sandy had just turned 26. It was August 1969, and while we were talking libertarianism, the Woodstock music festival was making history in New York. But Durk and Sandy, and all of us, were making a more significant history of our own as the … [Read more...] about In Memoriam: Durk J. Pearson

By Scott C. Tips July 17, 1965 – December 3, 2023 After a sudden and unexpected brief illness, NHF-Germany Executive Director Petra Weiß passed away in the local hospital on December 3, 2023. Petra became ill on a Friday, was rushed to the hospital, and was gone by Sunday. Throughout the Fall of 2023, Petra had been diligently working on staging an NHF event in Europe and just the previous month had met with NHF President Scott Tips to continue their planning for it. Petra Weiß was … [Read more...] about IN MEMORIAM — PETRA WEISS

Thomas Macaulay, the oft-quoted 19th-Century English parliamentarian and historian, once wrote, “The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and reflect the dawn.” NHF Board of Governors member Dan Kenner is one of those intellects, reflecting the dawn of a new era as individuals become increasingly aware of natural health, and we are fortunate to count him as one of us. From Plants to Rock, and Back Again Although born in Memphis, Tennessee, Dan grew up in … [Read more...] about Dan Kenner, Ph.D., L.Ac.