December 08, 2011
Baltimore Jewish Times - Dec 1968
Dr. Jeffrey Gottlieb, Baltimore doctor, in role of Russian physician, Chebutykin, will appear in Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" at Mount Saint Agnes College, Mount Washington, Dec. 5, 6, 12, and 13. Since his arrival in Baltimore in 1968, Dr. Gottlieb has given several recitals for patients at U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, recorded with Baltimore Chorale Arts Society of which he is a member, and joined Baltimore Symphony Chorus. Last year he was cast as Ezra Mannon in Mount Saint Agnes College production of "Mourning Becomes Electra."
November 23, 2011
Harvard Medical School - Essay - Sep 19, 1961
I like to compare myself occasionally to an illustrated calendar wherein each month of the year is represented by a correlating scene. Like these variations in theme, my personality consists of a wide variety of characteristics. To elucidate, frequently I enjoy the companionship of people (fortunately, I have been able to make friends readily, having the capacity, it seems, of putting people at ease); on other occasions, I appreciate solitude, with no around except the world of nature. I have an energetic sense of organization, a real drive to plunge into work, and a perseverance to see things through to a gratifying conclusion. My desire to keep active leads me to many new projects as the old ones are completed, but varied as my interests are, I have yet maintained a few steady, favorite ones, such as natural science and scouting.
My numerous activities have afforded me a wide range of experiences and opportunities to meet and to understand many types of people. In scouting and in high school I became acquainted with boys from different backgrounds, and found I could adapt readily to their world. They, in turn, accepted me and were willing to trust and to confide in me. (This is a kind of trust I have always valued.) This summer, while traveling through Europe as a member of the Smith-Amherst Chamber Singers, I had the good fortune of meeting people from many nations, and from them I was able to gain insight into their way of life to attain a new perspective of the different worlds in which we live.
As a senior at Amherst, I look forward to writing my thesis in a branch of bio-chemistry, and I feel that my enthusiasm and interest in this field will make my project a rewarding one. I shall also be engaged in other activities - - advising freshmen as their dorm proctor, and working with the Glee Cub as its manager. However, these interests will not affect the quality of my thesis, for it is my nature to produce best results when busiest and under pressure.
In analyzing the many facets of my personality, I do recognize that occasionally I am reluctant to seek advice, preferring to work things out my own way. I suspect that this might be termed a liability.
To outline my purpose in pursuing a medical education, emphasis must be made on my keen interest in science throughout all my high school and college years. While my pursuits include music, drama, and sports, my enthusiasm for the world of science is by far the greatest. This has led me to serve in the capacity of laboratory instructor at college for the past two years and to elect to write a thesis on bio-chemistry. I am confident I would be happiest in the field of medicine as a career, and my numerous relatives and friends who are physicians have encouraged me in this decision. While I am concerned with the theoretical aspects of science, I am also interested in the practical. I, therefore, hope to become a practicing physician, ultimately specializing in a particular branch of medicine.
Accomplishments:
Lodge Chief, Vigil Member - Order of the Arrow, BSA
Dormitory Proctor; Freshman Lacrosse team
Gilbert and 2nd Kellogg Speaking Prizes
Manager of Glee Club, Monitor of Choir
Member of Smith-Amherst Chamber Singers
Amherst College Masquers - lead parts
Fraternity V. Pres & Rushing Chairman
Member - Student Comm. to the Faculty
Program Director (three years) and Assistant Camp Director - Camp Waubeeka, B.S.A
Laboratory Instructorship in Advanced Sophomore Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis and Virology - Amherst College
Member and Monitor of Amherst College Chapel Choir
Laboratory Assistantship in Chemistry 25, Chemistry 26 & Biology 71
My numerous activities have afforded me a wide range of experiences and opportunities to meet and to understand many types of people. In scouting and in high school I became acquainted with boys from different backgrounds, and found I could adapt readily to their world. They, in turn, accepted me and were willing to trust and to confide in me. (This is a kind of trust I have always valued.) This summer, while traveling through Europe as a member of the Smith-Amherst Chamber Singers, I had the good fortune of meeting people from many nations, and from them I was able to gain insight into their way of life to attain a new perspective of the different worlds in which we live.
As a senior at Amherst, I look forward to writing my thesis in a branch of bio-chemistry, and I feel that my enthusiasm and interest in this field will make my project a rewarding one. I shall also be engaged in other activities - - advising freshmen as their dorm proctor, and working with the Glee Cub as its manager. However, these interests will not affect the quality of my thesis, for it is my nature to produce best results when busiest and under pressure.
In analyzing the many facets of my personality, I do recognize that occasionally I am reluctant to seek advice, preferring to work things out my own way. I suspect that this might be termed a liability.
To outline my purpose in pursuing a medical education, emphasis must be made on my keen interest in science throughout all my high school and college years. While my pursuits include music, drama, and sports, my enthusiasm for the world of science is by far the greatest. This has led me to serve in the capacity of laboratory instructor at college for the past two years and to elect to write a thesis on bio-chemistry. I am confident I would be happiest in the field of medicine as a career, and my numerous relatives and friends who are physicians have encouraged me in this decision. While I am concerned with the theoretical aspects of science, I am also interested in the practical. I, therefore, hope to become a practicing physician, ultimately specializing in a particular branch of medicine.
Accomplishments:
Lodge Chief, Vigil Member - Order of the Arrow, BSA
Dormitory Proctor; Freshman Lacrosse team
Gilbert and 2nd Kellogg Speaking Prizes
Manager of Glee Club, Monitor of Choir
Member of Smith-Amherst Chamber Singers
Amherst College Masquers - lead parts
Fraternity V. Pres & Rushing Chairman
Member - Student Comm. to the Faculty
Program Director (three years) and Assistant Camp Director - Camp Waubeeka, B.S.A
Laboratory Instructorship in Advanced Sophomore Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis and Virology - Amherst College
Member and Monitor of Amherst College Chapel Choir
Laboratory Assistantship in Chemistry 25, Chemistry 26 & Biology 71
A.B. Davis Graduation - 1958
Photo Caption:
Commencement speakers at the 81st graduation of Davis High School last night pose with Dr. Jordan L. Larson, superintendent of schools, and Dr. Howard G. Spalding, principal, before the ceremonies at Wood Auditorium. Jeffrey Gottlieb, left, highest ranking student in the class of 430, spoke on "Education for the Scientific Age - the Sciences." At right, Chichi Davis chose as her topic, "Education for the Scientific Age - The Humanities." - Schnoor Studio Photo.
Article:
Balance in Education
Davis Graduation Theme
Additional emphasis must be laid on the teaching of the sciences and the humanities, two student speakers of the 81st commencement exercises of Davis High School said last night.
The graduation, at which 430 seniors were awarded diplomas, took place in Wood Auditorium.
In a speech entitled "Education for the Scientific Age - The Sciences," Jeffrey Gottlieb, highest ranking student in the class, declared: "Education - particularly science education - in this country must be improved to meet the challenges of the missile age lest we fall behind in the technological race."
Chi chi Davis, the second speaker, warned that the humanities must hold equal rank with the sciences lest we have an "unbalanced society." Her speech was entitled "Education for the Scientific Age - The Humanities."
Dr. Howard G. Spalding, principal, awarded prizes and scholarships. He presented the class to Dr. Jordan L. Larson, superintendent of school, who in turn presented it to the president of the Board of Education, Sanford Solender.
Trustees Confer Diplomas
Mr. Solender and Carl C. Torisi, vice president of the board, conferred the diplomas.
Donald W. Hastings, class president, delivered the salutatory address.
The invocation was given by the Rev. Wilfried C.H. Tappert, minister of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, The Rev. John J. Coffey, pastor of St. Ursula's Church pronounced the benediction.
In his speech, Gottlieb said educators seemed agreed that the present U.S. educational system must be reappraised with one aim in view, "the stressing of science education."
In line with this, he offered a number of recommendations.
The youth recommended that the "productivity" of the American educational system be increased. Ways, he said, should be found "to give more and better education to more students without a direct corresponding increase in the size of our teaching force and school budgets."
Asks Use of TV
He suggested expanded use of educational television to supplement present classroom instruction. Television might take the most extensive facilities and the best teachers available to students in even the oldest and smallest of schools, he said.
He also recommended that the trend by which "soft courses" are replacing "solid basic courses such as mathematics and science" be stopped. Courses such as "life adjustment" are "fine - except when they detract from the more necessary fundamental subjects," he said.
Mr. Gottlieb further suggested that the prestige of the best mathematics and science students be increased to encourage more persons to enter these fields. "We must make them the social equals of the football and basketball stars," he said. And he praised the science fair held recently in White Plains, and sponsored jointly by the Westchester Country Publishers and New York University, as a step in this direction.
Educational standards must also be raised, he said, and students motivated toward mathematics and science in elementary school.
Educators Guide Future.
"There is still much hard work to be done as we encounter the many challenges of the missile age," he concluded. "And much of the responsibility for our future success or failure rests with our educators. The destiny of the United States is largely in their hands - to shatter or to shape."
In her speech, Miss Davis asserted, "We owe it to ourselves to raise scientific education to its zenith. We realize its importance but we must also realize that the humanities cannot be overlooked. In emphasizing the important of subjects as literature, art, music, language and history, she added:
"Students and educators alike have heard the outcry of scientists and rushed blindly ahead, taking any math or science courses open to them. If this one-sided education continues we will produce an over-specialized generation. The people will have less awareness of beauty and the finer things in life. We shall have a primarily materialistic society. Now we want a society in which the artists, musicians, authors and poets play an insignificant role? And yet if we continue our present plan we face the possibility.
'Rather than place the emphasis solely on scientific education, we must place more emphasis on education in general."
Education Begins at Home
Miss Davis said that a proper education in the humanities should begin in the home. A background in humanities will add to the personality and enjoyment of both those who end their education in high school and those who go on to college, she said.
"Now we have finally been awakened to the need for the sciences," she concluded, we must remain awake to the necessity for the humanities. We must avoid an unbalanced society. We must have one in which the sciences and the humanities hold equal and respected positions."
Both speakers were chosen earlier by the faculty in a competition among high ranking seniors.
A trombone solo, the "Largo" from Handel's Xerxes" was played by Perry Martin. The high school orchestra played the processional, the "Coronation March" by Meyerbeer, and the recessional, the "Rakocsy March" by Berlioz.
Commencement speakers at the 81st graduation of Davis High School last night pose with Dr. Jordan L. Larson, superintendent of schools, and Dr. Howard G. Spalding, principal, before the ceremonies at Wood Auditorium. Jeffrey Gottlieb, left, highest ranking student in the class of 430, spoke on "Education for the Scientific Age - the Sciences." At right, Chichi Davis chose as her topic, "Education for the Scientific Age - The Humanities." - Schnoor Studio Photo.
Article:
Balance in Education
Davis Graduation Theme
Additional emphasis must be laid on the teaching of the sciences and the humanities, two student speakers of the 81st commencement exercises of Davis High School said last night.
The graduation, at which 430 seniors were awarded diplomas, took place in Wood Auditorium.
In a speech entitled "Education for the Scientific Age - The Sciences," Jeffrey Gottlieb, highest ranking student in the class, declared: "Education - particularly science education - in this country must be improved to meet the challenges of the missile age lest we fall behind in the technological race."
Chi chi Davis, the second speaker, warned that the humanities must hold equal rank with the sciences lest we have an "unbalanced society." Her speech was entitled "Education for the Scientific Age - The Humanities."
Dr. Howard G. Spalding, principal, awarded prizes and scholarships. He presented the class to Dr. Jordan L. Larson, superintendent of school, who in turn presented it to the president of the Board of Education, Sanford Solender.
Trustees Confer Diplomas
Mr. Solender and Carl C. Torisi, vice president of the board, conferred the diplomas.
Donald W. Hastings, class president, delivered the salutatory address.
The invocation was given by the Rev. Wilfried C.H. Tappert, minister of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, The Rev. John J. Coffey, pastor of St. Ursula's Church pronounced the benediction.
In his speech, Gottlieb said educators seemed agreed that the present U.S. educational system must be reappraised with one aim in view, "the stressing of science education."
In line with this, he offered a number of recommendations.
The youth recommended that the "productivity" of the American educational system be increased. Ways, he said, should be found "to give more and better education to more students without a direct corresponding increase in the size of our teaching force and school budgets."
Asks Use of TV
He suggested expanded use of educational television to supplement present classroom instruction. Television might take the most extensive facilities and the best teachers available to students in even the oldest and smallest of schools, he said.
He also recommended that the trend by which "soft courses" are replacing "solid basic courses such as mathematics and science" be stopped. Courses such as "life adjustment" are "fine - except when they detract from the more necessary fundamental subjects," he said.
Mr. Gottlieb further suggested that the prestige of the best mathematics and science students be increased to encourage more persons to enter these fields. "We must make them the social equals of the football and basketball stars," he said. And he praised the science fair held recently in White Plains, and sponsored jointly by the Westchester Country Publishers and New York University, as a step in this direction.
Educational standards must also be raised, he said, and students motivated toward mathematics and science in elementary school.
Educators Guide Future.
"There is still much hard work to be done as we encounter the many challenges of the missile age," he concluded. "And much of the responsibility for our future success or failure rests with our educators. The destiny of the United States is largely in their hands - to shatter or to shape."
In her speech, Miss Davis asserted, "We owe it to ourselves to raise scientific education to its zenith. We realize its importance but we must also realize that the humanities cannot be overlooked. In emphasizing the important of subjects as literature, art, music, language and history, she added:
"Students and educators alike have heard the outcry of scientists and rushed blindly ahead, taking any math or science courses open to them. If this one-sided education continues we will produce an over-specialized generation. The people will have less awareness of beauty and the finer things in life. We shall have a primarily materialistic society. Now we want a society in which the artists, musicians, authors and poets play an insignificant role? And yet if we continue our present plan we face the possibility.
'Rather than place the emphasis solely on scientific education, we must place more emphasis on education in general."
Education Begins at Home
Miss Davis said that a proper education in the humanities should begin in the home. A background in humanities will add to the personality and enjoyment of both those who end their education in high school and those who go on to college, she said.
"Now we have finally been awakened to the need for the sciences," she concluded, we must remain awake to the necessity for the humanities. We must avoid an unbalanced society. We must have one in which the sciences and the humanities hold equal and respected positions."
Both speakers were chosen earlier by the faculty in a competition among high ranking seniors.
A trombone solo, the "Largo" from Handel's Xerxes" was played by Perry Martin. The high school orchestra played the processional, the "Coronation March" by Meyerbeer, and the recessional, the "Rakocsy March" by Berlioz.
November 12, 2011
November 3, 1953 - Traphagen School
This is a letter my father wrote to his father (age 13).
Dear Pop,
As I have already told you today is visiting day. You will see me doing just what I do every day at school.
I have been telling my marks in all my subjects when I get them. I hope you see I am doing rather well. I like science the best of all my subjects. Here we learn many interesting facts about things we knew little about before. Even though I consider math my best subject I get bored often. I guess it is because it is mostly review work. This year in social studies I am getting very good marks which surprisingly enough was my worst subject last year. I hope you can see by this letter how I am doing in English.
We in the eighth grade are now the big cheeses of the school. No more getting bossed around or the like. It's quite a job to get used to the name Traphagen but we are doing it.
Our class has a great deal of class spirit. In the recent Red Cross Drive, our class was the first eighth grade with 100% membership. We collected over thirteen dollars and had an average of almost fifty cents a person. Our class is also trying to cooperate with its officers and is doing quite well.
When you come this afternoon you will see our class in action. I hope you will enjoy yourself even if it does remind you of days gone by.
Your son,
Jeffrey
Dear Pop,
As I have already told you today is visiting day. You will see me doing just what I do every day at school.
I have been telling my marks in all my subjects when I get them. I hope you see I am doing rather well. I like science the best of all my subjects. Here we learn many interesting facts about things we knew little about before. Even though I consider math my best subject I get bored often. I guess it is because it is mostly review work. This year in social studies I am getting very good marks which surprisingly enough was my worst subject last year. I hope you can see by this letter how I am doing in English.
We in the eighth grade are now the big cheeses of the school. No more getting bossed around or the like. It's quite a job to get used to the name Traphagen but we are doing it.
Our class has a great deal of class spirit. In the recent Red Cross Drive, our class was the first eighth grade with 100% membership. We collected over thirteen dollars and had an average of almost fifty cents a person. Our class is also trying to cooperate with its officers and is doing quite well.
When you come this afternoon you will see our class in action. I hope you will enjoy yourself even if it does remind you of days gone by.
Your son,
Jeffrey
October 31, 2011
January 26, 1962 - Mark Lazerwith
Dear Jeffrey,
Congratuatlions! Boy, the ranks of us bachelors are sure getting thin. I'm really looking forward to meeting Margery (Midge for short). Before I go any further, let me say I accept your offer to be your best man with the greatest of enthusiasm. You know I've been an usher twice (2 Lutheran weddings), but this is my first time as best man. I'll try to do my best, considering the lack of prior experience.
It's great to hear you're going to Harvard Medical School. There's nothing like picking the best. I visited Harvard two summers ago and I still remember the student sitting against an old oak tree in the Harvard yard, slowing strumming a guitar. I left as if I had stepped back 300 years to colonial America - that really is some campus.
I'm first in between semesters now - only one more to go and then the bar if all goes well. I've just about had my fill of formal education for the time being and I won't be too sorry about getting out in the real world. For social life, I'm still playing the field as they say, going through numbers like mad.
Jeff, again, congratulations. Tell Midge that a 1st cousin says hello and looking forward to meeting her.
Sincerely, Mark
(Note Mark Lazerwith died May 25, 2007, he would not marry until 1968).
Congratuatlions! Boy, the ranks of us bachelors are sure getting thin. I'm really looking forward to meeting Margery (Midge for short). Before I go any further, let me say I accept your offer to be your best man with the greatest of enthusiasm. You know I've been an usher twice (2 Lutheran weddings), but this is my first time as best man. I'll try to do my best, considering the lack of prior experience.
It's great to hear you're going to Harvard Medical School. There's nothing like picking the best. I visited Harvard two summers ago and I still remember the student sitting against an old oak tree in the Harvard yard, slowing strumming a guitar. I left as if I had stepped back 300 years to colonial America - that really is some campus.
I'm first in between semesters now - only one more to go and then the bar if all goes well. I've just about had my fill of formal education for the time being and I won't be too sorry about getting out in the real world. For social life, I'm still playing the field as they say, going through numbers like mad.
Jeff, again, congratulations. Tell Midge that a 1st cousin says hello and looking forward to meeting her.
Sincerely, Mark
(Note Mark Lazerwith died May 25, 2007, he would not marry until 1968).
Houston Symphony Chorale - 1971 -1972
Jeff was part of the Houston Symphony Chorale 1971 - 1972 season:
August 10, 1971 - May 9, 1972
Signed J.A. Gottlieb, 12633 Memorial Dr. Apt 115, Houston, TX 77024
Beethoven: Mass in C
Christmas Concert
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Haydn: The Creation
Regular rehearsals, Tuesdays, 7:45 - 10:00 p.m, from August 10 through May 9, except December 21 and 28. Three Sunday afternoon rehearsals, one in September 19, others to be announced.
August 10, 1971 - May 9, 1972
Signed J.A. Gottlieb, 12633 Memorial Dr. Apt 115, Houston, TX 77024
Beethoven: Mass in C
Christmas Concert
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Haydn: The Creation
Regular rehearsals, Tuesdays, 7:45 - 10:00 p.m, from August 10 through May 9, except December 21 and 28. Three Sunday afternoon rehearsals, one in September 19, others to be announced.
February 18, 1969 - Department of Health, Educaiton, and Welfare
Dr. Jeffrey A. Gottlieb
Tumor Service
U.S. Public Health Service Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Dear Dr. Gottlieb:
On behalf of our patients and staff, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your recent participation in the musical program for our patients. The program was enjoyed thoroughly by everyone in attendance; - I am sure it added a new dimension to patient-doctor dialogue in our hospital.
We do thank you for taking time from your very busy schedule to make this significant contribution to our patients.
Sincerely,
Edward J. Hinman, MD
Director
Tumor Service
U.S. Public Health Service Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Dear Dr. Gottlieb:
On behalf of our patients and staff, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your recent participation in the musical program for our patients. The program was enjoyed thoroughly by everyone in attendance; - I am sure it added a new dimension to patient-doctor dialogue in our hospital.
We do thank you for taking time from your very busy schedule to make this significant contribution to our patients.
Sincerely,
Edward J. Hinman, MD
Director
August 29, 1966 - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Jeffrey Arnold Gottlieb, M.D. (Intern)
Barnes Hospital
600 South Kingshighway Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Dear Doctor:
It is my privilege to inform you that your appointment as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service and assignment to the Commissioned Officer Residency Deferment (CORD) Program, has been approved as indicated below:
Grade and category: Assistant Surgeon
Corps: Reserve
Serial Number: 27000
Effective Date: August 29, 1966
Once the enclosed forms, properly executed, have been received by the Office of Personnel, the Director, National Selective Service System, will be requested to place you in a deferred classification for a one-year period beginning July 1, 1967.
I congratulate you on your selection for the CORD Program and wish you a successful training experience.
Sincerely yours,
Kenneth T. Strauch, D.D.S.
Chief, Career Programming Branch
Division of Career Development
Office of Personnel
Barnes Hospital
600 South Kingshighway Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Dear Doctor:
It is my privilege to inform you that your appointment as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service and assignment to the Commissioned Officer Residency Deferment (CORD) Program, has been approved as indicated below:
Grade and category: Assistant Surgeon
Corps: Reserve
Serial Number: 27000
Effective Date: August 29, 1966
Once the enclosed forms, properly executed, have been received by the Office of Personnel, the Director, National Selective Service System, will be requested to place you in a deferred classification for a one-year period beginning July 1, 1967.
I congratulate you on your selection for the CORD Program and wish you a successful training experience.
Sincerely yours,
Kenneth T. Strauch, D.D.S.
Chief, Career Programming Branch
Division of Career Development
Office of Personnel
Jan 19, 1962 - Alfred S. Schwartz, M.D.
Dear Bunny,
Just heard from Andy about the various pieces of good news about Jeff and hasten to send you my congratulations. So -- our very best on his engagement and forthcoming marriage. And of course Harvard Medical School is no mean achievement -- in our opinion it's the very best of the medical schools (can't be chauvanistic about Hopkins or Washington U.). It does seem as if your son has a fine start and I am sure you are very proud of him. We also saw the college bowl program and were cheering your lad on even though Amherst was less than magnificant at that time.
Andy is very happy with Amherst as I knew he would be. Of course I never did push Amherst for my boys but I must say I am pleased that I do have one son going there. Actually Harvard happens to be just right for Steve who is doing intensive work in chemistry. Where my next son will go I don't know - - perhaps they have a graduate school in comic books and beat music somewhere - - he'll get in there for sure.
So again -- our heaviest congratulations and best wishes. One of these days we'll see each other - - perhaps at Amherst in the spring. Best to your wife.
As ever, Al.
(Note Alfred Schwartz was a 1st cousin to Bernard Gottlieb, Jeffrey's father)
Just heard from Andy about the various pieces of good news about Jeff and hasten to send you my congratulations. So -- our very best on his engagement and forthcoming marriage. And of course Harvard Medical School is no mean achievement -- in our opinion it's the very best of the medical schools (can't be chauvanistic about Hopkins or Washington U.). It does seem as if your son has a fine start and I am sure you are very proud of him. We also saw the college bowl program and were cheering your lad on even though Amherst was less than magnificant at that time.
Andy is very happy with Amherst as I knew he would be. Of course I never did push Amherst for my boys but I must say I am pleased that I do have one son going there. Actually Harvard happens to be just right for Steve who is doing intensive work in chemistry. Where my next son will go I don't know - - perhaps they have a graduate school in comic books and beat music somewhere - - he'll get in there for sure.
So again -- our heaviest congratulations and best wishes. One of these days we'll see each other - - perhaps at Amherst in the spring. Best to your wife.
As ever, Al.
(Note Alfred Schwartz was a 1st cousin to Bernard Gottlieb, Jeffrey's father)
October 30, 2011
July 23, 1975
We were so shocked when we received the news from Steve of your loss. We were totally unaware of Jeff's illness and the degree of pressure to which you both must have been subjected these past six years. I wish there was something we could have done to ease your burden during this time. On reflecting back, we now can appreciate and understand many of the decisions you had to make. How disappointed we were that you didn't come back to Boston either for Jeff's Pediatric Hematology residency or for the position at Harvard under Dr. Frei. Jeff must have felt that he could do more for humanity by his chemotherapy research there and you must have questioned uprooting your family.
How fortunate we were to have known Jeff and spent time with you in Watertown. Jeff was truly a remarkable person - not only was he brilliant but he was so in tune to reality that he could communicate on any subject with a wide variety of people. That's an unique quality.
Please keep in touch and whenever you are back this way we'd love to have you stay with us. We have plenty of room for all you and we'd love to have the children get together. It would be fun to have the girls see their "first friend" and the boys meet. If there is anything we can do for you, pleast let us know.
Love,
Walter and Jane
How fortunate we were to have known Jeff and spent time with you in Watertown. Jeff was truly a remarkable person - not only was he brilliant but he was so in tune to reality that he could communicate on any subject with a wide variety of people. That's an unique quality.
Please keep in touch and whenever you are back this way we'd love to have you stay with us. We have plenty of room for all you and we'd love to have the children get together. It would be fun to have the girls see their "first friend" and the boys meet. If there is anything we can do for you, pleast let us know.
Love,
Walter and Jane
Mrs. Edward J. Kovacs (Hilda) - July 9, 1975
It is always difficult to put into words the feeling that one has on the loss of a dear one.
Jeffrey will always be remembered by many. What a gentle man - - one who was considerate to everyone - - one who couldn't lay and take it easy even though he was aware of his condition. Yes, a wonderfully motivated and great guy.
Alan, Caryn and I join with you in your sorrow. We also join the many, many others who are proud to have known Jeffrey during his lifetime. He certainly helped make the world a better place in which to live.
With warmest and sympathetic regards to you, your children and parents from Alan, Caryn, and myself.
Affectionately,
Hilda
(Post note, Hilda Rothman Kovacs passed away on October 9, 2004)
Jeffrey will always be remembered by many. What a gentle man - - one who was considerate to everyone - - one who couldn't lay and take it easy even though he was aware of his condition. Yes, a wonderfully motivated and great guy.
Alan, Caryn and I join with you in your sorrow. We also join the many, many others who are proud to have known Jeffrey during his lifetime. He certainly helped make the world a better place in which to live.
With warmest and sympathetic regards to you, your children and parents from Alan, Caryn, and myself.
Affectionately,
Hilda
(Post note, Hilda Rothman Kovacs passed away on October 9, 2004)
October 29, 2011
David G. Nathan, MD - July 3, 1975
What can I possibly say to you but to tell you how much I admired and valued your husband. I felt I played a role in his development and I grew prouder of him every year.
I wanted him here so much and was only convinced to stop my pressure by the view expressed by many that important benefits such as insurance, etc. might be lost in the move. So I stopped my attempts and I suppose my advisors were right. But I so wanted him to return here in Pediatrics to perform just as I knew he could.
Midge it is so terrible to lose such a fine person. I hope you can find some solace in the realization that he was loved and admired by his colleagues and his teachers. The textbook chapter will be my fond memory of him. I'm so glad he saw it.
Sincerely yours,
David G. Nathan, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medial School, Children's Hospital Medical Center
I wanted him here so much and was only convinced to stop my pressure by the view expressed by many that important benefits such as insurance, etc. might be lost in the move. So I stopped my attempts and I suppose my advisors were right. But I so wanted him to return here in Pediatrics to perform just as I knew he could.
Midge it is so terrible to lose such a fine person. I hope you can find some solace in the realization that he was loved and admired by his colleagues and his teachers. The textbook chapter will be my fond memory of him. I'm so glad he saw it.
Sincerely yours,
David G. Nathan, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medial School, Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peter N. Rosenthal - November 18, 1975
I've tried for so long to compose a letter in my head, always without success, so finally I can put it off no longer. When I initially heard about Jeff from Ted Pincus it was very much a shock. Here we had lost touch over the past 7 or 8 years, yet still I had very strong and good memories of evenings together in Boston and Cambridge. I suspect it is almost superfluous to tell you how badly I feel at having lost Jeff. As you probably knew we were good friends at Amherst and we had a number of common interests. He was always a stimulating, creative and delightful person to spend time with, thus I'm particularly saddened to learn of his death.
I know these past few years must have incredibly difficult for you and I admire your fortitude in having been able to fulfill the multitude of roles which Jeff's illness must have cast you into.
So I begin to wonder why write? What can I possibly accomplish? I suppose it boils down to the fact that I wanted you to know that Beth and I are thinking about you and wish you to know that some small part of your sense of loss is also shared by others who knew and respected Jeff.
I hope sometime you can pay a visit to use here in Palo Alto, we could very much like to able to get together.
Love,
Peter
I know these past few years must have incredibly difficult for you and I admire your fortitude in having been able to fulfill the multitude of roles which Jeff's illness must have cast you into.
So I begin to wonder why write? What can I possibly accomplish? I suppose it boils down to the fact that I wanted you to know that Beth and I are thinking about you and wish you to know that some small part of your sense of loss is also shared by others who knew and respected Jeff.
I hope sometime you can pay a visit to use here in Palo Alto, we could very much like to able to get together.
Love,
Peter
Dean. J. Heitler - November 25, 1975
I was shocked and saddened to learn of your recent loss, although it has been years since I've seen you and you may not even remember me, I always considered myself a friend of Jeff at Amherst. I was fortunate to have been his classmate and to share so many good times with him.
He was always sympathetic to those like me, less gifted than he. I remember his friendly encouragement in organic chemistry class and the ease with which he learned and the glee club music. But most of all I remember how personable he always was and how much he always added to our times together.
I am now living in New York City with my wife Sherry and three year old daughter Jill, and we'd love to see you the next time you come to New York. Sherry is in her final year of Law School and soon she'll be off on her new career. As for me, I doing advertising for Nabisco and JB Williams.
You'll be pleased to know that my family has been extremely active in fund raising for Cancer Research. My father is a trustee of the Eleanor Rooosevelt Foundation and has helped raise funds for the construction of there work. We all pray that the dreaded disease will be diagnosed and cured. I know Jeff did his part. We will all miss Jeff.
Please give us a call when you come to New York.
Sincerely yours,
Dean
He was always sympathetic to those like me, less gifted than he. I remember his friendly encouragement in organic chemistry class and the ease with which he learned and the glee club music. But most of all I remember how personable he always was and how much he always added to our times together.
I am now living in New York City with my wife Sherry and three year old daughter Jill, and we'd love to see you the next time you come to New York. Sherry is in her final year of Law School and soon she'll be off on her new career. As for me, I doing advertising for Nabisco and JB Williams.
You'll be pleased to know that my family has been extremely active in fund raising for Cancer Research. My father is a trustee of the Eleanor Rooosevelt Foundation and has helped raise funds for the construction of there work. We all pray that the dreaded disease will be diagnosed and cured. I know Jeff did his part. We will all miss Jeff.
Please give us a call when you come to New York.
Sincerely yours,
Dean
October 28, 2011
Walter Kasell - Jan 13, 1976
It was with great shock and sorrow that I read Tom Woodhouse's article about Jeff in the Alumni News which only reached me today because of my year's stay abroad. Although I only knew Jeff for a short time, and hadn't seen him in many years, I was deeply saddened by the news of his passing. I still cannot get that lively image out of my memory. I am consoled, as you must be, by the thoughts that so many people who lives he touched will have written and spoken to you of the effected be had on them.
He was my dorm advisor, you probably remember, when I was a freshman at Amherst, 13 years ago, not long before he made up his mind to marry you. I remember the letters he sent off to the other admirers - the unlucky ones - tell them of his decision. I also remember double-dating, and a glorious evening with you and Jeff and Ellen, that would up over bagels and lox in the Village.
He will not quickly be forgotten, I am sure. Not by me, nor by the many people be affected and helped as a doctor, and most of all as a person. Please accept my expression of deepest sympathy, and convey my condolences to your family, & Ellen, and to Jeff's family.
Sincerely,
Walter Kasell
He was my dorm advisor, you probably remember, when I was a freshman at Amherst, 13 years ago, not long before he made up his mind to marry you. I remember the letters he sent off to the other admirers - the unlucky ones - tell them of his decision. I also remember double-dating, and a glorious evening with you and Jeff and Ellen, that would up over bagels and lox in the Village.
He will not quickly be forgotten, I am sure. Not by me, nor by the many people be affected and helped as a doctor, and most of all as a person. Please accept my expression of deepest sympathy, and convey my condolences to your family, & Ellen, and to Jeff's family.
Sincerely,
Walter Kasell
Robert. A Buchanan, MD - July 4, 1975
Dear Mrs. Gottlieb,
Although you and I have never met, I want to tell you how sorry I am about the loss of Jeff. He was both an Excellent scientist and a warm-hearted person.
Jeff performed some of the very first human studies with a new anti-viral drug, adenine arabinoside. His work was truly pioneering. Just a few days ago we learned that this drug will cure patients with herpes virus infections of the brain, patients who would otherwise die or be severely damaged. This news come too late to tell Jeff but his work will save countless lives in the decades ahead.
My deepest sympathy to you and your family.
Robert Buchanan
Park Davis & Co.
Although you and I have never met, I want to tell you how sorry I am about the loss of Jeff. He was both an Excellent scientist and a warm-hearted person.
Jeff performed some of the very first human studies with a new anti-viral drug, adenine arabinoside. His work was truly pioneering. Just a few days ago we learned that this drug will cure patients with herpes virus infections of the brain, patients who would otherwise die or be severely damaged. This news come too late to tell Jeff but his work will save countless lives in the decades ahead.
My deepest sympathy to you and your family.
Robert Buchanan
Park Davis & Co.
William Regelson, Professor and Chairman, Division of Medical Oncology - September 10, 1975
Dear Mrs. Gottlieb:
I have known your husband ever since we were both on a site visit at Duke University some three or four years ago. He impressed me then, but what really counts is the leadership role that he has played in the entire field of clinical cancer research, both as relates to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Jeff was important to all that we are doing and what everyone else is now accepting as standard therapy. He was ahead of the mob, and everything he did attested to his leadership! We recognized his value, and the loss is all the harder to bear because we really need good people in this business.
I write you this because even though I knew he was ill, it shocks me to see that we have lost him. I just had to tell somebody close to him how much I respected his ability and intelligence.
I know it is little comfort for you to get letters from total strangers, but I am upset, and sometimes it is a comfort to know that others are mourning with you.
My love to you and your family.
Sincerely yours,
William Relson, MD
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
Virgina Commonwealth University
MCV Station, Richmond, Virginia 23298
I have known your husband ever since we were both on a site visit at Duke University some three or four years ago. He impressed me then, but what really counts is the leadership role that he has played in the entire field of clinical cancer research, both as relates to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Jeff was important to all that we are doing and what everyone else is now accepting as standard therapy. He was ahead of the mob, and everything he did attested to his leadership! We recognized his value, and the loss is all the harder to bear because we really need good people in this business.
I write you this because even though I knew he was ill, it shocks me to see that we have lost him. I just had to tell somebody close to him how much I respected his ability and intelligence.
I know it is little comfort for you to get letters from total strangers, but I am upset, and sometimes it is a comfort to know that others are mourning with you.
My love to you and your family.
Sincerely yours,
William Relson, MD
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
Virgina Commonwealth University
MCV Station, Richmond, Virginia 23298
October 27, 2011
6/28 in Palacio de los Borbones
Hi,
All great. Madrid is thrilling. This tapestry seems so real that you think you can touch the meat. Saw some beautiful things. The National palace, the monastary of El Escorial, The Valley of the Fallen, a tremendous cross & grotto. We sing on Tu today. Been rehearsing at the American Embassy, feeling fine.
Love, Jeff
All great. Madrid is thrilling. This tapestry seems so real that you think you can touch the meat. Saw some beautiful things. The National palace, the monastary of El Escorial, The Valley of the Fallen, a tremendous cross & grotto. We sing on Tu today. Been rehearsing at the American Embassy, feeling fine.
Love, Jeff
7/29/61 in Venezia
Hi,
We sang here last night (Theater La Fenice in Venezia) great concert. Today in Venice. Gondolas, St. Marks, side streets & all. My bag did not fall in canal, happy to report. Spent today with a delightful girl from Smith studying in Florence. Really a great day, am awaiting start of concert in Dacal Palace. Take Care.
Love, Jeff
We sang here last night (Theater La Fenice in Venezia) great concert. Today in Venice. Gondolas, St. Marks, side streets & all. My bag did not fall in canal, happy to report. Spent today with a delightful girl from Smith studying in Florence. Really a great day, am awaiting start of concert in Dacal Palace. Take Care.
Love, Jeff
Monday Morning - 6/26/61
In 1961, my father sang with the Amherst-Smith Chamber Singers European Tour. He was one of the soloists. Here I post some of the postcards he sent home to his parents.
Hi,
Over Spain now. Great flight. Feel and felt fine. The food was absolutely fabulous. Breakfast was mixed grill, egg, danish, etc. Stopped at Gandor, near farmland last night where K/M treated us to a drink. Then had champagne back on the plane. I travelled in the 1st class compartment - in the back - very quiet and smooth. The K/M people really treated us nicely. The country side of Spain is below now. It's 11:15 in Spain, but 6:15 for you. Will have to get some sleep I guess.
Love, Jeff
Hi,
Over Spain now. Great flight. Feel and felt fine. The food was absolutely fabulous. Breakfast was mixed grill, egg, danish, etc. Stopped at Gandor, near farmland last night where K/M treated us to a drink. Then had champagne back on the plane. I travelled in the 1st class compartment - in the back - very quiet and smooth. The K/M people really treated us nicely. The country side of Spain is below now. It's 11:15 in Spain, but 6:15 for you. Will have to get some sleep I guess.
Love, Jeff
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