Saxey MD, Roderick

Growing up in the idyllic 1950s Pacific Northwest, Roderick Saxey was part of the Class of 1968, famously associated with Woodstock, drugs, and the anti-war movement. His conservative upbringing and teenage conversion to Mormonism guided him in a different direction that ultimately led to service in Austria as a missionary. There he learned to love his work, his companions, and the Austrians, who at that time were still suffering from the lingering aftermath of World War II and the postwar period. Meanwhile his older brother was serving in Vietnam and his parents were witnessing the turmoil of...