Herb had a life full of accomplishments and adventures.  The adventures started with his birth:  his mother Rose did not know she was pregnant when she traveled to visit her mother in the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe! At 12, he lied about his age and got a job as a camp counselor in North Carolina, where he discovered the as yet unknown southern range of the ring-necked snake, and this find was verified by and still on display in his name at the Bronx Zoo. He learned to drive in one day by reading a book.  After he broke his right hand, he won the New York City Ping-Pong Tournament playing with his left! From an early age, he was dedicated to improving his  knowledge and his abilities, which is the distinguishing characteristic of his life.

Herb graduated from the Bronx High School of Science at 16 and matriculated that year at the University of Michigan on a track scholarship.  He transferred to the University of Chicago and earned his Bachelor of Science at 20. At 23, he received his MD from the University of Chicago School of Medicine.  He completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Boston's New England Center Hospital and the University of Colorado Medical School.  He worked as Chief Resident of Medicine at Denver General Hospital, and then served as Captain in the US Air Force during the Korean War era.  When he returned to Denver, he joined the faculty and the clinical faculty of the University of Colorado Medical School; educating medical students and residents both in the classroom and in his practice was a great pleasure to him. He was known as a "doctors' doctor," and he was recognized by his peers with teaching awards, election to the American College of Physicians Colorado Governor for 5 years, and later was given Master status in the ACP.  At that ceremony, one of his colleagues said of him "Herb is the kind of physician all physicians should be.  He practiced medicine with total dedication and his ethics and integrity were beyond question." Herb always said that his major contributions as ACP Governor were the development of the Internal Medicine Teaching Program at Rose Hospital and serving on the Board of Directors of Denver Opportunity for "War on Poverty" where he chaired the Health Committee which developed the Denver Neighborhood Health Program.  Providing excellent medical care was his credo and his raison d'être.

Herb was passionate about helping people.  Even after managed care altered the delivery of medicine in this country, he continued to practice as he always had, taking night calls and making house calls.  He was especially concerned about those whose road in life was difficult.  He was well aware of the role luck had played in his circumstances, knowing that many members of his family were murdered by the Nazis, so he felt it was his duty to help others. He was appointed by the Governor of Colorado to serve on the Board of CUHIP—Colorado Uninsurable Health Insurance Program, which became Cover Colorado-- to provide insurance to state residents denied private coverage; he eventually became a member of the Colorado Commission for the Medically Underinsured. He volunteered at medical clinics for migrant workers in the San Luis Valley several times a year, and he was given the 2007 Immigrant Liberty Award for his work with refugees seeking asylum on medical grounds from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).  He was a guide in the Winter Park program for blind skiers.  He spent months in medical clinics during the Kosovo war, returning to provide resources to re-establish their medical school.  Some of his favorite trips were traveling with the AMA and the World Health Organization to the Soviet Union, East Africa, and Cuba as an evaluator of their medical care.

His can-do spirit led him to exotic places and challenging activities.  He began heli-skiing as soon as Canadian Mountain Holidays started, eventually racking up 5 million vertical feet.  He was an avid and talented tennis player and, later in life, enjoyed playing golf.  Over the course of their 65-year marriage, he and Doris traveled extensively, including to Bhutan as soon as it was opened to tourists.  They explored every country in Europe, many of them several times over, traveled to North Africa, and the Far East, and enjoyed frequent trips around our country.

He loved and supported classical music, theater, and the arts. He read voraciously, both for his profession and for pleasure.  He made sure his children learned how to enjoy the sports and musical instruments they liked, understood how to travel abroad with respect for the cultures they visited, and experienced plays, museums, musical performances and cultural events.

Herb was pre-deceased by his wife, Doris, his sister Jocelyn, and his parents Rose and Leo.  He is survived by his three children, Molly (Jon), Norrie (Becky), and Michael (Carol) as well as his two adored grandsons, Nathaniel and Benjamin.  We are all so grateful to have had him in our lives.  He taught us curiosity, independence, integrity, a strong sense of community, and the value of humor—he was hilariously witty.  We owe him so much, and we hope that his spirit lives on in us.  Always uncomfortable with any praise, Herb would have responded to this brief recap of his accomplishments by saying "I have to go now, as the doorbell is ringing."

There will be no funeral service, but those who are so moved may wish to donate in his memory to the ACLU , the Friends of Chamber Music , or other charity.  A memorial in honor of his life will be held within a year of his passing.