After starting at Princeton in 1943, Ken found himself with the 28th Army division in northern France. He returned to Princeton with a Bronze Star and graduated in 1948. He went to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and did his residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He met Julia on a Friday the 13th in 1946 and said, “It was the luckiest day of my life.” They married Aug. 19, 1951, and moved to Detroit when he started his residency.
Ken contributed to the field of medicine for more than 60 years. He served as a pathologist at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, where they lived. He retired officially after 29 years, but continued another 40 years as a volunteer on the hospital tumor board and acted as teacher to many of his colleagues.
A modest man, he valued listening, learning, outdoor activity, classical music, art, nature, and family. He was an active man all his life. He walked regularly, backpacked, and continued yoga until age 90. He regularly played tennis at the Dearborn Racquet Club. For four years he was library coordinator at the Oakwood Common Retirement Community.
His wife, Julia Kathryn, preceded him in death. The class sends its memories of this outstanding contributor to the health of greater Dearborn to his sons Eric and Kurt and their five children.