In Memory

Lou Heilberg (Teacher)



 
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06/03/19 05:50 PM #1    

David Leavitt

Perhaps my favorite teacher..quirky, humorous and colorful...his sarcasm was famous..but never met to injure..a lasting memory in my mind...may God rest your soul in peace Mr. H...heaven became a more humorous place by his wit and laughter! David Leavitt


06/09/19 02:47 AM #2    

Linda Smith (Bradley)

Definitely my favorite teacher at CP.  Loved his wit and humor. As I recall, I made a senior dedication to him. I didn't always understand him, but I know he was first-rate (his classroom joke)... 


06/09/19 07:49 AM #3    

David Leavitt

If the information I found on the net is correct, Mr. Heilberg was born Louis Max Heilberg in Cologne Germany on April 23, 1936. He and his family escaped Nazi Germany and were spared the holocast as so many fellow Jews where not. He arrived from Rotterdam to the United States to Manhattan on August 10, 1948. He became a naturalized citizen on August 26, 1954. He died so young at age 53 on June 8, 1989. Thinking back, I wish he might of shared his family's story of survival. Perhaps his horrible wartime experiences and his family's exodus from Europe manafested in his wit and humor, as a coping for all he experienced. May he rest in peace, and even though I am writting these words thirty years after his passing, there was so much more to Mr. Heilberg then what we could see as youngsters.


08/20/19 12:49 AM #4    

Harmon Brody (Brody)

I truly loved Louis Heliberg.  We used to stay after school to joke with him.  When I attended the Unversity of Miami I ran into Lou one day who was taking grad courses at night .  We sat and talked and met occasionally for a cup of coffee on campus.

Years later I came back to Coral Park to see if I could visit with Lou.  Rosemary Ferry who was the librarian then told me that he was at Larkin General Hospital and in a bad way,  I visited him and may have been one of his last visitors.   He had gotten Epstein Barr and advanced Lymphoma.  We took a while to get talking and reminisced a bit about students we knew.....then he began talking about all the music he wanted to still listen to and hwo he hoped there was some help.  We talked about the Cleveland Clinic which might have had a more advanced approach.  I do not think there was much they were able to do . 

When I left, it was the last time I saw him...I ave always been sorry I did not go back.  He was fond of his students at Coral Park .  He was a dear...special human being.   I would love to have at least one more visit with him.   To this day he impacts me and my sense of humor.

 

 


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