Jack was born in Newark, N.J., and started at Princeton in 1943. His education was interrupted by service in the Army. He fought in France and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He returned to Princeton in 1946, joined Charter Club, and upon graduation went to Columbia Medical School, where he specialized in orthopedic surgery. He was in private practice until 1985, when he joined the surgical staff of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fresno, Calif. Upon retiring in 1997, he was chief of rehabilitation at the VA Center. He died Oct. 29, 2016.
Jack and his wife, Dorothy, were instrumental in founding the Tulare County Symphony in 1960. They owned a 40-acre walnut grove on their property, and farming kept them both busy. Jack’s hobbies included skiing, fly-fishing, sailing, photography, and wine.
On an extended trip to Europe with their four children in 1970, Jack spent time in London with the surgeon who had invented total knee replacement. Jack introduced the technology to the San Joaquin Valley, where he was president in the Sequoia Chapter of the Western Orthopedic Association. He became an instructor at UCLA and then a surgery professor at the University of California, San Francisco/Fresno while working at the VA.
Dorothy predeceased Jack. He is survived by their four children and their spouses, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, all living nearby.
The class joins in celebrating Jack’s outstanding life and the contributions to medicine that he made to the world.