Len Hertzberg attended Tufts Medical School and graduated in 1965. He interned for one year in Baltimore and had a three-year psychiatric residency at the University of Maryland. He married Elaine in 1964, and they have now been married for 60 years. They’ve lived in Baltimore continuously since 1965 and since the pandemic he has provided treatment via telehealth three days a week and performed independent psychiatric evaluations in his office or via Zoom. Len practices general psychiatry, specializing in forensic psychiatric issues such as criminal responsibility, competency to stand trial, appropriateness of conditional release, placement of individuals who have been adjudicated not criminally responsible, psychiatric disability assessment, fitness for duty and similar issues. The work remains interesting, and his health remains good (which Elaine and he both attribute to her ongoing care and their loving relationship). For now, he does not plan to retire.
They have two sons, Marc and Scott. Marc is a 1989 graduate of Lehigh and a financial planner with an office in Baltimore. He and his wife Randi have three sons, all of whom graduated college, and a daughter in her junior year of high school. Scott lives in southern Vermont with a full-time consulting position with the Justice Department and with his wife, Tanya, has an organic farm which keeps them busy. They have a son who is a senior in high school and a daughter who is a freshman.
Len and Elaine have enjoyed a good life in Maryland, knowing no one when they arrived but having developed meaningful friendships. They greatly enjoy celebrating special events with family and visiting their grandchildren, who now live in California, Vermont, Chicago and England.
His fraternity, Tau Delta Phi, became defunct many years back and Len has lost contact with his fraternity brothers.
Toby James writes that he is still active in the community and still working, which people our age can’t believe. He works four days a week as a tax accountant for a local CPA firm. Besides processing returns, he is the “lucky” person in the office who deals with IRS and state issues. They prepare about 500 personal and trust returns a year and about 75 partnership and corporation returns. He’s not sure about retirement, but it is beckoning.
Toby moved into a very nice independent living retirement home in St. Louis last year. He has a voice that is deep and well heard, and he wasn’t in his new home long when he was asked to become the “caller” at the two monthly Bingo games. He just transitioned out of being the parade starter which he did for 45 years for one of the largest July 4th parades in the country, begun in St. Louis in 1880. He also ran Super Bowl, World Series and Stanley Cup victory parades!
He has enjoyed summer vacations in northern Wisconsin – much nicer weather than summer in St. Louis! He is looking forward to a Canadian tour next summer with his girlfriend.
Remember – you don’t wear out – you rust out! Keep moving!