David L. Rosenbaum, M.D.: 103 Years of Stories

By Dr. David Lawrence Rosenbaum M.D.

About David L. Rosenbaum, M.D. 1920 was a big year. The Spanish Flu was over, the troops were back from World War 1, and the Roaring 20s were about to roar. In December 1920, Dave Rosenbaum, the youngest of six, was born to Louis and Rose. Dr. Rosenbaum was a pioneer in family practice medicine that touched the lives of thousands. After surviving the Great Depression and World War 2, Dave started a medical career that lasted more than 50 years, including delivering more than 2,000 babies. Introduction This book is a collection of stories that span 103 years of my life. I don't remember much about my first year, so I've left it out. This book focuses on the stories I remember best or that had the greatest impact on my life. One of my goals with this book is to provide a history for my extended family, including their fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, and cousins. For others, this provides an insight into a century of history they won't necessarily get from other books. The benefit of writing a memoir at the age of 103 is that all the people who could contradict me are no longer here. That is a dubious plus. I miss them all. At the Beginning My parents, Louis and Rose, were part of the great Jewish migration from Europe in the late 19th century. They met and got married in Minneapolis. While they may have spoken Yiddish while arguing, they wanted us to speak only English because we were Americans. As the last of six, I was born on December 12th, 1920, at Eitel Hospital in downtown Minneapolis. 1920 was one of the best years in a long time. In 1919, the troops returned from World War I, and the Spanish Flu ended. It was the start of prohibition, speakeasies, flappers, and the Roaring 20s. By the time I was nine, the stock market crashed, and the Great Depression started. Before I was twenty-one, World War II was in full swing. After one hundred years, I've seen almost everything transition fully. I could never have conceived that my 100th birthday party was a Zoom call with seventy-five guests. I couldn't have imagined that I posted on Facebook that I am now 101 years old, and I have no words of wisdom. The secret to living to one hundred? It's written on every page of this book. In the last 103 years, many of my memories have been shaped by family, starting with my three older sisters and two older brothers. I married my wife Joyce and had four children: three rowdy boys and one girl. Joyce and I have now been married for over 76 years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D3DPJ6KG
• ISBN13: 9798324830304
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"