FOR MOST PEOPLE, the name Dr. Robert Guthrie doesn’t set their hearts aflutter, but as my brothers like to remind me, I might be a special case. In my mind, Dr. Guthrie is right up there with JFK Jr. and Idris Elba. Definitely on my short list for the “name any person, dead or alive, you most want to have dinner with” game. I don’t know if People magazine was around in 1961, but if it was, the development of newborn screening should have earned Dr. Guthrie a spot on the cover of the “Sexiest Man Alive” issue.
