[Leica] My father

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

Very sad news Peter. My condolences.  It sounds like he had a really 
interesting and useful life and a fine family as well.  My best 
wishes to you and yours.


>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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Regards,

Dick