[Leica] My father

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

Given the background and hardship that your Dad underwent, to fulfill  
his desire to learn and understand, I am smitten by the first image  
of the cheerful, happy young man (your Mom also a dab hand with a  
camera).

The combination of the two images is a happy .............. maybe  
grim, reminder of life!

The pilgrim fathers are, once again, portrayed in the family history.  
Thank you for the reminder.

B.


On 30-jan-2006, at 5:14, 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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