Work has hardly slowed down for William R. Lowry, professor emeritus of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, since he retired in 2021. For the last two years, he has labored to complete and publish a book written by his dear friend, Michael J. Yochim, who died Feb. 29, 2020, after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for more than six years.