[T1S1] parents' background in Poland; father's career as a concert violinist; family's immigration to the United States; mother's career as a professional singer; his birth in New York; father becomes dealer in wholesale egg business in New York; his siblings; their lives and professions; religious education; grandfather's influence in his life; discipline in the home; education, PS 87 in New York, Grover Cleveland High School, Queens City College, Louisiana State University; discussion of his service with the 99th Infantry during WWII; his capture and imprisonment from 1944 to 1945; courtship and marriage to Bernice Malkine; attends Julliard School of Music after his service in the Army; his graduation from Julliard in 1949 with a degree in instrumental music; his children; their lives and careers.
