Caplan, Paul S. - 1998 - Tape 1, Side 2

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[T1S2] Respondent notes depression years: family comfortable. Respondent attended Schenley High School; played trombone, comments on Bar Mitzvah at Beth Shalom; attended University of Pittsburgh, decided to study medicine while in High School. Respondent discusses various friends; all active in Friendship Club, met at YMandWHA (now JCC). Respondent recounts applying to U. of Pittsburgh Medical School, accepted early, youngest in class; interned at Montefiore Hospital (now UPMC); applied to Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA for residency, joined ROTC, returned to Pittsburgh, took over practice of Dr. Eisenstein. Respondent discusses courtship and marriage to Gertrude Forman.