For a fortunate, capable few, life gets rolling sooner. Two of them, Kevin White and Jonathan Pritchard, both 37 and members of the Department of Human Genetics, have been singled out for getting ahead of the numbers.

The Monday, Nov. 3 issue of Crain's Chicago Business named White as one of its "40 Under 40," its annual snapshot of the area's up-and comers. He was the only person on this year's list from an academic setting.