“Fight over Springs woman’s head puts cryonics in a spotlight”
The Gazette – February 21, 2010
“If and when I die, of all the choices, only cryonics has even the slightest chance of preserving the body well enough so that new technologies in the future can bring me back to life,” said Richard Leis, of Arizona, who will have his body stored at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale.”
“Obama Futurama”
by Jimmy Magahern, Phoenix Magazine – April 2009
“But now, our collective vision of the future may be brightening in favor of cryogenics, says Richard Leis, an operations specialist for University of Arizona’s HiRISE Mars Orbiter imaging center. He signed up for cryonic suspension at Alcor a little more than a year ago.”
“With medical advances, many put faith in freezing”
by Kelly McGrath, Cronkite News Service – December 8, 2008
“But now, our collective vision of the future may be brightening in favor of cryogenics, says Richard Leis, an operations specialist for University of Arizona’s HiRISE Mars Orbiter imaging center. He signed up for cryonic suspension at Alcor a little more than a year ago.”
“As Richard Leis Jr. learns about the science of today to provide his livelihood, he’s counting on the science of tomorrow to give him a second chance at life if his is cut short.”
“Can technology and science add to our human existence? Transhumanists think so”
by Irene Messina, Tucson Weekly – August 14, 2008
“Sitting in his office at the UA on a recent afternoon, 35-year-old Richard Leis Jr. exudes a palpable inner peace. As an operations specialist, he downloads and processes images taken by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A man in control of his own destiny, he tells me what will happen when he dies.”
“Member Profile: Richard Leis, Jr.” [PDF]
by Jerad Kaliher, Cryonics Magazine – 2nd Quarter 2008, Volume 29:2, Page 16
“Richard Leis, Jr. has his eyes fixed on space. His pursuit of science has led him on a journey that is out of this world, Mars to be exact. At 35 years old he works as an Operations Specialist at the HiRISE Operations Center located at the University of Arizona in Tucson.”
“Mars probe lands safely; UA camera set”
by Nick Smith, The Arizona Daily Wildcat – March 20, 2006
“Richard Leis, from operations downlink for HiRISE on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, speaks at the Space Sciences building during a viewing party for the orbital insertion of the high-resolution camera onboard a Mars probe.”
“Anybody out there?”
by Erin White, Arizona Daily Star – April 07, 2005
“Another Tucson podcaster, Richard Leis, gets excited if 20 people listen to Radio Frontier Channel, the science-and-technology-based shows he started up in early February.”
Negative Mentions
The Martian Codex: More Reflections from Mars
by George J. Haas and William R. Saunders, North Atlantic Books (Random House) – September 22, 2009. Pages 26, 38.
After ineffectively critiquing my blog post about that mesa on Mars that silly conspiracy theorists insist is a “Face”, the authors of the book suggest that my real name might be fake. They allege that my name may have been created to insult one of the more vocal conspiracy theorists I renounce in the post. The authors’ assertion is based on a common mispronunciation of my last name. To people who embrace pseudoscience and relinquish their critical thinking skills, anything can become evidence of a conspiracy. What this suggests about the rest of the content in their book should be self-evident. At least mom got a big kick out of their ridiculous claim. 
For the record, “Leis” is pronounced “lease”, not “lies”. Dumb asses…
“Bionic Woman (2007): gender, disability and cyborgs“
by Margaret M. Quinlan and Benjamin R. Bates in Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Volume 9 Issue 1, Pages 48 – 58, Published Online: 3 Mar 2009