Gene, after graduating from Columbia University with and Engineering Degree, felt the urge to become a Medical Doctor, and one of his uncles dared him to get accepted at Harvard, promising him to pay his tuition if he was accepted, the rest is history, Gene was accepted, became a Doctor and went to train as a Surgeon within the Harvard system. The other quality that he had was his innate ability to do fundraising, he always told me how he enjoyed doing it to help Jewish functions and organizations, and what made him so successful was his remarkable sense of humor . I always missed Gene after life separated us.