[T1S1] parents' emigration from Russia in 1921; their marriage in 1925 and early life; his siblings; recollections of his early life in Coraopolis, PA, a small town near Pittsburgh; his teaching at Duquesne law school while serving as a judge; recollections of listening to the news with his father; the death of his relatives during WWII; visiting his remaining relatives in Russia in 1985; enrolls in Duquesne University Law School seven years after graduation from the University of Pittsburgh; marriage to Selma Finkelstein in 1949.