I would be remiss if I didn't at least note that today is the 100th anniversary of when father, Edward Elisberg, was born in Chicago. He passed away in 2016 at the age of 95. By the way, I was going to say, "Dr. Edward Elisberg," since he took massive pride being a doctor and would always -- always -- correct people when they referred to him as "Mr. Elisberg." However, since he didn't have his degree when he was born, I didn't want to be confusing. (Still, he came close. When he was a little kid, he wrote a long poem, "I Want to be a Doctor," when he was 10 years old. His dad (my grandfather Mike) was impressed enough to have it printed up. Here's what he wrote, back in 1931. As I noted, he did become a doctor. And he loved it, practicing for almost 50 years. But that doesn't describe it well-enough. Here's how much he loved being a doctor – when he had his quadruple bypass surgery late in his career, he said that outside of normal vacation days off, it was the first day of work he had missed in 39 years. He always went to the office, even if he wasn’t well, even if just for half a day. He loved being a doctor. Happily, he was a very good father, too.
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Myles Berkowitz
7/1/2021 11:09:14 am
Beautiful testimonial.
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AuthorRobert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Feedspot Badge of Honor
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