Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the origins, development and membership parameters of the Cryonics Society. The central purpose of cryonics is the preservation of the newly dead at extremely low temperatures until scientific progress allows them to be reanimated. Over a three-year period, the author attended all meetings of the Cryonics Society of South Florida. Notes were made continuously and were combined with data from the Log Book of this group. A description of the origin and subsequent development of the society was made, with emphasis on the interpersonal interaction among the officers and other major figures. Among the topics discussed in the present paper were attempts at recruitment, fund raising, legal arrangements, publicity, leadership, development of technical facilities, and future plans. Subjects were members of Cryonics Societies throughout the world. The total population is estimated to be 155 members. Detailed information was collected regarding specific recruitment programs, insurance arrangements, publications, inter- and intra-group relations, and legal developments. Recommendations were made for the improvement of cryonics group functioning and for further sociological study of the immortalists.

Extent

200 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.

Identifier

FADT11695

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