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Dr. Irving Kushner
By Diana Colson
Clinician, Teacher, Researcher Irving Kushner and his wife moved to The Landings four years ago. Originally from NYC, Dr. Kushner did his undergraduate studies at Columbia University before going to medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, where he was introduced to clinical medicine and biomedical science. Half way through his internship at New Haven (Yale) Community Hospital, he married Enid, who was a first year student in Social Work. Dr. Kushner looks upon his long medical career as being a 3-legged stool: patient care, teaching, and research. He spent two years doing research at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. After that, he spent one year as a medical resident at the Boston City Hospital. In 1958, he was given the opportunity to move to Cleveland where he could combine clinical work with research. With Enid’s encouragement, he jumped at the chance! He became a research fellow in immunology at what was then Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, a major teaching hospital of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine. Shortly afterwards he became a specialist in Rheumatology. Except for two years along the way, the couple stayed in Cleveland for the
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Town Hall Meeting Fills LRC Photos by Trebor Britt
Nearly 100 Landings residents packed into the Racquet Club for the recent LMA Town Hall meeting. See additional photos on page 9.
Gazebo Dedication
rest of Dr. Kushner’s medical career, raising two sons and a daughter. In 196263 he took his family to Paris where he worked in a research lab. At the time, his children were ages 2, 3, and 6. The family rented a home to the south of Paris where the children went to local schools and temporarily conquered French. (That unforgettable year enhanced Dr. Kushner’s professional career. Later, for 5 years in the 1980s he was to serve as President of Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche sur les Marquers de l’Inflammation in Lyons, France.) Continued on page 12
LMA Decal Verification
Letters have gone out to owners of properties in Carriage house I notifying them that the decals registered to them will be suspended on April 1st unless they take action before that date to re-validate them. Owners can avoid suspension by re-validating their decals before April 1, 2015. Owners who will be gone for the month their decals are scheduled to be deactivated may go to the Main Gate before they leave to complete the verification process. The form will be available on The Landings website and from the Main Gate.
New LMA President, Don McMurray, Gaye and Rudi Blohm. Photo by Robert Manteiga. Although the weather caused the ribbon cutting for the gazebo dedication to be postponed to February 7, the organizers were rewarded with a wonderful attendance. 70+ residents along with some furry friends stopped
by at various times during the event to enjoy the refreshments and the beautiful day. Special thanks to Rudi Blohm and Jack Jost for their leadership in organizing the event. See additional photos on page 28.
Landings History Part 6 - See page 26