I was born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia. I attended Northeast High School and Temple University. My first job was as a research technician at the Institute for Cancer Research, where I met my wife, Eva. We both subsequently got jobs at the Merck pharmaceutical company. I started as a lab technician in Virology Control, followed by short stints in Environmental Control and Process Validation, before finding a home in Worldwide Product Safety, where I went on to become the Director of Adverse Event Information Management. After a 31-year career at Merck, I took an early retirement. After a short time doing some pharmaceutical consulting, I found a second career at the Sellersville Theater as house manager and volunteer coordinator, where I worked with many of my favorite musicians. I have since retired from that job as well, so I am free to do what I enjoy most- spending time with family, traveling, attending sporting events and concerts, hiking, and focusing on my health and wellness, including supporting prostate cancer awareness. Subscribe to my blog below to follow along as a write about my experiences living life in my “golden years”.
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“Watching T.V., the American showsWatching T.V.,with those super heroesWatching T.V., and I’m gonna be someone just like them somedayWell, I like T.V., ’cause it shows me what the…
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“I get up at seven, yeah, and I go to work at nineI got no time for livin’, yes, I’m workin’ all the timeIt seems to me I…
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“I’ve got to admit it’s getting better (Better)A little better all the time (It can’t get no worse)…Getting so much better all the timeIt’s getting better all the…
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“Everybody’s a dreamerAnd everybody’s a starAnd everybody’s in moviesIt doesn’t matter who you areThere are stars in every cityIn every house and on every streetAnd if you walk…
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“Well, we were reelin’ and rockin’ all through the nightYeah, we were rockin’ at the opera house until the break of lightAnd the orchestra was playin’ all Chuck…
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“I’m in a lockdownI’m in a lockdownAin’t nobody else aroundI’m in a lockdownLockdown Got no feverGot no shakesGotta watch my backWhatever it takesGot a face maskAnd some rubber glovesI’m washing my clothesIn…
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