Béla Schick, 1877-1967, a Gracious Man
In his tenderly written eulogy in the February issue, Dr. Hodes calls attention to Dr. Schick's warmth and friendliness towards others. Although I was not a close personal friend, I was the recipient over the years of a number of neatly, hand-written letters from this great man. These letters always had a gracious tone reminiscent of a bygone era. An example of this is the following written to me in 1964 when Dr. Schick was in his eighty-seventh year: Oct. 23, 1964 I Just returned from Israel two days ago and found your kind letter of October 10th awaiting me. As much as I would like to attend your meeting Monday evening I feel that it will be impossible for me to do so at the present time.