EDWARD WASSERMAN ’42

EDWARD WASSERMAN, M.D., 86, a retired specialist in internal medicine, died Nov. 20, 2007. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in biology. He received his medical degree from Yale University and then served in the U.S. Army. The author of scientific papers as well as newspaper columns about medicine, he practiced in Bridgeport, Conn., for 45 years. He was the first volunteer physician at the AmeriCares Free Clinic in Bridgeport. In 2005 he was named Physician of the Year by the Greater Bridgeport Medical Association. Predeceased by his cousin Albert Weinstein ’54, survivors include his wife, Helen Bernstein Wasserman, two sons, and three grandchildren.