[T1S1] information about his family background in Krevi, a small town near Vilna; grandparents' immigration to Pittsburgh in 1890; number of siblings in father's family; parents' marriage; father's grocery business; Jewish education; father's involvement with Zionism; mother's affiliation with Hadassah and Pioneer Women; their political activities; atmosphere in his parents' home in the East End of Pittsburgh; education, Herron Hill Junior High and Fifth Avenue High School, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work; employment as a social worker until retirement; his work with United Way and the University of Pittsburgh.
