Vietnam Purple Hearts
Our heart felt appreciation to Joel Novak for his heroic contributions.
Ditty of the Month
Don’t lose your head
to gain a minute
you need your head
your brains are in it. Burma Shave
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If you remember other Burma Shave signs.
Stuyvesant Golden Triangle 1957: Married Fifty Years
– with more than one wife
- Alan Grodsky 13 years with wife#1 & 37 years with Adele – Second
- Harold Zuckerman 20 years with wife#1 & 35 years with Connie (deceased) – Second
- Nick Bampwnakis 16 years with wife#1 & 34 years with Fran – Second
- Harold Weinberg 13 1/2 years with wife#1 & 38 years with Mary (since 1980) – Second
- Herb Silverman 9 years with wife#1 & 41 years with Joan (since December 29, 1977) – Second
- Milton Strauss 17 years with wife#1 & 32 years with Donna (since December 19, 1986) – Second
- Ken Frank 13 years with wife#1 & 41 years with Judy (since August 19, 1979) – Second
- Frederick J Zambito 17 years with wife#1 & 41 years with Maria
(since May 1, 1981) – Second - Joel Chanin (Deceased February 28, 2022) 10 years with wife#1 & 44 years with Sharyn (since 1978) – Second
- Robert Katz (Deceased March ,2025} 7 years with wife#1 & 48 years with Ida
(since Feb 8, 1975) – Second - Barry Milowitz 23 years with wife#1 & 38 years with Alva
(since Feb 14, 1987) – Second
Alumni Trivia
With a graduating class of approximately 635 – and about 74 PhDs and 26 MDs
there was only ONE graduate with both an MD and a PhD (MuD PHuD)
Congratulations to Henry Maltz – the Lone Achiever.
Great Grand Fathers
– Far from it!!
If you have any grandchildren younger than TWO years old let me know
include birthday – theirs not yours.
- Ron Pinkus a granddaughter born October 6, 2016
- Ron Pinkus a grandson born May 23, 2017
- Lee Grasheim a grandson born November , 2019
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How I Met My Wife
- Bert Stern: I went to the Poconos to meet women. I met a woman!
- Stan Silverberg: It was a blind date. I saw the woman I loved.
- Lenny Gootblatt: It was on a ski weekend, and I fell for her.
- Louis Meyer: I was a ski instructor, she fell for me.
- Phil Avruch: I was at a young adult discussion group, She talked me into it.
- Alan Grodsky: She was a friend of my ex-wife. If you don’t succeed at first..
- Hank Karpf: My 17 year old cousin introduced me his boss’s daughter. He was promoted.
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