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Subject: [Leica] Re: My father
From: firkin at gexrp01.ncable.net.au (firkin)
Date: Sun Jan 29 21:20:27 2006
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20060129191600.00becec0@mail.2alpha.com>

Peter, sorry to hear of your loss. Best wishes to all the family 

Cheers
Peter Klein writes: 

> 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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Alastair Firkin
www.afirkin.com
www.familyofman2.com 

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