[Leica] My father

[nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)]

Peter,

My sincere condolences. Your father was a good man, and his story is a 
microcosm of Jewish immigration to and successful assimilation in America.

I don't know if you enjoy advanced math, but I do know that you enjoy 
music--now I know from where that came.

"Sterkte", as the Dutch say on such occasions!

Nathan

Peter Klein wrote:
> You haven't heard from me in a while, and here's why.  My dad, Milton 
> Klein passed away on Sunday, Jan. 22.   The funeral was Thursday.
> 
> These were the two pictures that stood by the guest book at his funeral.
> 
> Dad in 1951, photo by my Mom, Bolsey B2, Kodachrome:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/EmMiltHoneymoon/20MiltCar
> 
> Dad in late 2004, photo by me, M6TTL and V/C 50/1.5 Nokton, Tri-X:
> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/family/06Milt.htm
> 
> Dad was born in 1917 and grew up in the East Bronx, the son of poor 
> eastern European Jewish immigrants.  His father was a tailor who had 
> little understanding of the world beyond his job.  Dad was different 
> from the rest of his family.  When his father gave him money to fix a 
> hole in his shoe, Dad put cardboard in his shoe and used the money to 
> buy books.  No one else in my father's immediate family went to 
> college.  His two brothers and sister worked as a postal worker, a cab 
> driver and transit worker, and a secretary.  My father went on to earn a 
> bachelor's in chemical engineering from City College of NY, then a 
> master's in mathematics and a PhD in physics from NYU.
> 
> He worked for the U.S. Census, then at Langley air base in Virginia 
> during WWII.  His work on aerodynamics was considered important enough 
> that he was in and out of the military in six days, and reassigned to 
> his old job.  He later taught at NYU, worked for General Electric and a 
> couple of small companies, then spent most of the rest of his career as 
> a civilian scientist for the U.S. Air Force in the Boston area.
> 
> After he retired, one of his greatest pleasures was to sit in an easy 
> chair with the New York Times Book Review and a book of advanced math in 
> his lap, alternately reading about books and doing calculations that 
> interested him.  He also loved classical music, particularly chamber music.
> 
> --Peter
> 
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Nathan Wajsman
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