[T1S1] his birth in Wechsler Maternity Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA; parents' emigration from Russia; family background information; father's education, University of Pittsburgh, Pharmacy School; his grandfather's jewelry store in Lawrenceville, PA; early life in Lawrenceville; attending the synagogue there; his father's service as treasurer of the synagogue in Lawrenceville; family residences; education, McCandless School, McCleary School and Peabody High School; his religious education; high school activities; attending Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama; recollections of the outbreak of WWII in 1941; his enlistment in the Army Air Corps in 1943; his work as a meteorologist during the war; his involvement with Yiddish Theatre and other theatrical productions while in the Air Corps.
