Word: halberstam
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DIED. Michael Halberstam, 48, hard-driving physician, author and editor whose multi-faceted career led from Public Health Service assignments at the northern tip of Alaska and on an Indian reservation in New Mexico to a successful cardiology practice in the nation's capital; of gunshot wounds received when he surprised a burglar in his home; in Washington, D.C. Son of a New York doctor and older brother of Pulitzer-prizewinning Journalist David Halberstam, he edited Modern Medicine magazine, contributed to many magazines and newspapers, wrote books on medical subjects and published a favorably reviewed 1978 novel, The Wanting...
...VIOLENT MURDERS of John Lennon and Dr. Michael J. Halberstam '53 last week sent shock waves through the United States and the rest of the world. Their deaths received attention because of their prominent positions in the worlds of music and medicine, but the shootings were only two of thousands that take the lives of American men and women each year. These sordid statistics underscore the need to outlaw the manufacture and use of handguns in this country...
...Michael Halberstam did everything in his 48 years the same way he played hockey--intensely. A foremost physician, a noted author, and a determined athlete, Halberstam was the realization of an elusive ideal, the true renaissance man. "Nothing is wasted and every experience is used at least once," he once said; and the relish with which he approached the projects he worked on--including his practice as a foremost cardiology specialist and his well-received novel, The Wanting of A. L. Levine--put his credo onto practice...
What distinguished Halberstam above all, however, was his deep personal concern for the people he worked with: It is said that he never walked away from a situation that needed his attention. A man of extraordinary energy, Halberstam even drove himself to the hospital after a burglar pumped two fatal shots into his chest...
...Halberstam lived a life of many examples--as a doctor, he helped those in need; as a journalist and author, he articulated the subtle humor and pressing questions of his times; as a man, he proved that energy and motivation are compatible with thoughtfulness and care. His voice and his presence will be mourned and missed by many people in many places--not least here at 14 Plympton Street...