REUBEN K (“Ken”) KENIGSBERG ’51

REUBEN K (“Ken”) KENIGSBERG, M.D., a pediatric surgeon, died Sept. 27, 2016, at age 87. The brother of Nathaniel Kenigsberg, M.D., of the class of 1934, he received his degree with high distinction in biology, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi. After receiving his medical degree from Harvard University, he served in the U. S. Army Medical Corps. A pediatric surgeon in private practice for 40 years, he was chief of pediatric surgery at North Shore University Hospital. He performed one of the first successful separations of conjoined twins in the United States, and he received a patent for a gastroesophageal reflux diagnostic tool. He also researched the causes of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and treatments for Crohn’s disease; and he initiated the push for legislation mandating the installation of safety glass throughout New York State. A poet and a lover of the outdoors, he enjoyed skiing, diving, sailing, bird-watching, and fly fishing. During the Yom Kippur War in Israel in 1973, he volunteered in the Israeli medical corps. Among those who survive are his wife, Abby Bogin Kenigsberg; three sons, including Matthew B. Kenigsberg ’89; seven grandchildren; a nephew, Richard Lopatin ’70, M.D.; a nephew, Daniel Kenigsberg ’74, M.D.; a great-niece, Rebecca A. Lopatin ’01; a great-niece, Alison M. Lopatin ’03; and a large extended family.