This part of life is mostly from 1965 till 1990, about Felix and Ben. There are so many more and had to be added later in "addendum".
In 1965, I went to this huge medical center and worked as a Straight Medical Intern. Your mom was working at Overlook hospital in Summit, NJ, 40 miles away. We got married Nov. 20 that year, but lived together only after July, 1966 in Bronx, NY, when I worked at Montefiore Hospital Medical Center as a Junior Resident.
Uncle Charles came from Europe in 1965, after finishing International Relations at Paris University, lived in NYC, looking for work. He landed in a government job later. He was proficient in 5 languages. Uncle Chris was still pursuing his PhD in North Carolina at that time.
We took this picture the night before marriage inside mom's apartment.
Mom was very pretty!! No one doubted it!!
The young lady sitting next to me was Martha Griffin, the bride's maid. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Griffin (standing right behind her). The couple standing at the far left were Mr. and Mrs. Kimble. They took Mom in like their daughter! Mom did not have any relatives from Taiwan to attend the wedding then. The tall couple standing in the certer were Mr. and Mrs. Louden. These 3 couples helped and paid for our wedding and treated us as their family members. They were angels from heaven.
Grandpa wrote down the address of the Kimble's where the wedding took place.
Since mom was all alone, Mr. Kimble acted as the giveaway. The tall young couple behind mom were Dr. and Mrs. Bill Mroczek, the medical student working with me at JCMC at that time. A senior resident, Dr. Oliver Lawless (far left) from Ireland also came. Dr. Bob Sidel could not attend. Dr. Steven White couple (also medical student), Dr. Ma (馬作忠), Dr. Shih (施哲三), my fellow interns from Taiwan, and Uncle Chris' friend Peter Pan (潘英世) also attended.
The three angel families asked the Mayor of Summit, Mr. David E. Trucksess, to preside the wedding. We exchanged Xmas cards till several years later. The scrolls in the back were gift to us from my uncles.
My first automobile, a stick shift.
Our first apartment in Bronx, NYC. On my 29th birthday.
It was a furnished apartment.
Travel to North Carolina to visit Uncle Chris. This was in Duke Univ.
This is the only group photo taken during my working years in the US. The Second row, 3rd. from the right.
You can imagine how happy grandpa and grandma were when they saw their first grand child!
The day of discharge. Mom was hospitalized for the delivery for 5 days without my visit! I had to take 5 days off to take care of Felix at home. He seemed to understand how nervous I was taking care of him alone, and never cried once. When mom was coming home, I had to ask an aunt Shu-lih in NYC to come with me to the hospital lobby. She had to take care of Felix in the lobby while I entered. I still remember how he watched me disappearing into the elevator, and how he looked relieved when I and mom came out!!
We went back to Taiwan for the first time after staying abroad for 6 years. The plane tickets were extremely expensive, $1600 one way, per person!!
Felix was bitten by a mosquito on the right eye lid!
Grandpa liked those flowers. Our house was full of them in our back yard. This pic was taken in National Taiwan University campus, near Ching-Tien Condo.
1970-09-03 (above) My classmates Chang CS and Khan YC visited us in Fairlawn, NJ apartment. Their wifes are sisters.
Grammar Schoolmates and Medical Schoolmates, Drs. Chan TS and Lu WH.
1973. the first class reunion in Chicago. Grandma has passed away, and grandpa was in the US then.
When we revisited NYC, in ?? year, we went to the hospital where Ben was born.
Both practiced Tae-Kwon-Do early. Second degree blackbelts before the college years.
Piano lessons stopped when mom's hearing was lost.
Mom graduated from the College of Engineering, Northwestern University, despite her total hearing loss!!
Felix graduated from the College of Engineering, Northwestern University. Kai-lin and Kai-wei came with Aunt Mia and Uncle Chris!
Hey, Ben, you look very handsome!
Blackbelts in the Mr. Hong-Sup Kim's TKD class. I was working in Taiwan already. I returned home 2-3 times a year for the first several years, then every two months, for 2 weeks each, till 2007. I was third degree blackbelt by then.
Mr. and Mrs. Kim. TKD is the only activity that I never regretted participating.
We three were all blackbelt then.
After Ben's graduation from the 7-year course of the Medical School, NU.
Invited participant in 1983 National Developement Seminar in Taiwan. Many invitees were actually KMT party workers given free trip back from the US to Taiwan. Whole family could return to Taiwan at government expense. Felix and Ben also came along.
Premier Sun Yun-shuen was the most respectable person in the KMT government.
1983 National Development Seminar. Evening Party at Taipei Bin-Guan(台北賓館).
This picture was taken just before attending an award dinner from the Leukemia Research Foundation, Inc. in Chicago, 1977. There were hundreds of people attending the dinner meeting. Twenty some awardees had the dinner on the podium. It was my third award from the Foundation. By their rule, one researcher could be awarded only twice, but I had minimum award the first time. So they did not count it, I guess. I did not go with mom the first two times (1974, 1975).
Nissan Maxima was our car. This picture was probably taken in 1990's.
Grandpa was elected the president of the Taipei West Rotary Club at age 75! I heard him deliver a great speech that every one was so impressed. He was a champion in speeches when he was in school. The following is a brief biography of his. I do not remember who wrote this piece.
許媽瞈先生傳 (1911-1999)
許媽瞈先生，字公望，號一峰。1911年生於當時日本屬地台灣、鹿港景福里米商堂號“謙和”之家。父親26歲早逝，由慈母撫育這遺腹子。許先生自幼聰慧過人，過目不忘，在鹿港公學校都名列前茅，畢業後考入台中一中。曾得過台中州演講比賽第一名。(當時的演講比賽，是演講前十分鐘才給予講題，因此不容易)。1925年，一中之住宿生向校方控訴一名日本工友行為不檢，佔居宿舍。因為校方坦護日本人，他以三年級班長身份，和其他數位同學皆被勒令退學。1927年，他赴日本東京，插班到赤坂中學，畢業後考入早稻田大學經濟科。學成歸台，由留日時前輩好友暨鄉友丁瑞軮先生介紹，就職基隆顏家之台陽礦業公司。他因工作努力、誠實、聰明、機智、品性高尚，又本著“任人之職，忠人之務”的敬業精神，先後在台陽公司任職四十五年，深受顏家之信任與重用。1962年他奉命前往美國考察，歸國後擔任台陽公司旗下三陽企業公司常務董事，代理日本汽車、輪船、礦用器材及瑞士航空業務。
他於1942年由基隆遷居台北後，即與鄉友施學習(市女中校長)、洪炎秋(國語日報創辦人)、丁瑞漁(醫師)、黃烈火(味全公司董事長)等常相往來。時黃洪炎秋先生發起“樂老小集”(諧音“鹿老”之意)，由蔡東嶽先生擔任總幹事，每月聚餐一次。參加者皆為鹿港旅北之鄉友。如許鈞(醫師)、葉榮鐘(作家)、施玉斗(印刷)、施江西(醫師)，林燈(企業家)、黃烈火(企業家)、蘇閘(企業家)、郭乞(醫師)、侯明輝(醫師)、王飛龍(市府民政局長)、黃奇正(市議員)等，每月相聚談天，彼此聯繫鄉誼、互通訊息。後由王重興先生擔任總幹事兼聯絡人連續三十餘年。
1952年，他和當年台北社會賢達，辜振甫、辜偉甫、郭金塔、徐千田、顏欽賢、張園等人創始台北西區扶輪社，為當時台北最早創立之社團組織，以服務人群，造福社會為主旨，每年經常性定期性地舉辦活動，以濟困助貧，振興文化，交換經驗等為主旨。他對公益更是積極熱心。1984年，以七十五歲高齡，擔任第三十屆台北西區扶輪社社長，就職時又以口才之佳，風度從容，受本社及國際會友之激賞。他之例會出席記錄更是數一數二，在國內國外從不缺席，到病重時為止。此外他也加入士林許氏宗祠，擔任許氏宗親會常務理事、副會長之職務。每年參與祭祀及獎學，救濟活動，盡一份許氏子孫之義務。許先生自台陽礦業退休後，在台灣通運公司擔任監察人及常務董事。
許先生之夫人，玉珠女士，為彰化和美望族陳滿盈先生長女。陳先生，字虛谷，為聞名之詩人，也是詩人賴和之摯友，早年活躍於應社及台灣文化協會。許夫人畢業於彰化高女，一生努力養育三子，又勤奮自學，孩子長大獨立後向多位當年國畫名師學習，又畢業於密爾頓英文學校，深受一族親友敬佩景仰，不幸1973年因淋巴瘤早逝。
許先生夫婦之長子清秋，留學法國巴黎大學，獲得國際關係畢業文憑，精通日、英、中、法、義等國語言，服務美國中央情報局，退休後居住美國，著有一書 “NOC，CIA見えざる情報官”，於2005年去世。二子清曉，台灣大學醫學院醫科畢業，赴美接受內科臨床訓練及淋巴球免疫學研究之後，進入芝加哥西北大學感染科，獲終身職，二十五年後隻身返台服務，多為台灣衛生署、疾病管制局、醫院評鑑出力，批評台灣醫師數十年來怯用抗生素以致病人枉死，導致政策的改變；又率先指導醫院病歷書寫的改善；並協助建立感染控制制度；擔任衛生署發行之“感染控制雜誌”總編輯十六年，2007年退休，居住美國，著書“微生物學史”。三子清陽，畢業於台灣大學心理系後赴美，在北卡州獲得哲學博士學位，先進入通用汽車公司，後就職美國國防部，到退休年限，之後翻譯資料，現居美國。
許先生為人守法、公正，做事謹慎、細心徹底，大學時期後開始收集新聞剪接、郵票、錢幣、當時名人書畫，又喜歡旅遊，每天寫日記。平生最愛品賞中外名酒，並收藏酒瓶。
許先生有男孫四人、女孫一人，其中兩人為律師，一人為電腦專家轉任自由業，一人為醫師，一人作曲並設計傢俱。現有曾孫十人，但生前只見過大曾孫女。1999年9月16日因高血壓、腎衰竭、尿毒症去世。
