ALVIN SILVERMAN

SILVERMAN--Alvin, died at age 93 on December 28, 2016. Husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle,

father-in-law, and friend, he knew how to love and be loved. Born an only child in Brooklyn, he attended Erasmus Hall High School and Cornell University, where his education was interrupted by service in the field artillery in WWII. After he was graduated from Cornell, he attended Harvard Law School. He began his career as an attorney in the law firm led by the late Lawrence A. Wien and spent more than six decades as a cherished partner and sought-after mentor. He was as beloved for his personal qualities as for his legal skills. A founding member of the American Jewish Committee L.I. region, he also served for 36 years on the Roslyn School Board, including as president. For 63 years he was married to the late Selma Bakst Silverman, with whom he experienced the deep pleasures of family and friends in Roslyn and Sagaponack. He loved playing tennis and was an avid New Yorker who appreciated and relished the best the city had to offer. He frequently advised family and friends to "carpe diem" and he lived that advice to the fullest. He is survived by his family who loved him beyond words: his children, Barbara Berke, Andrew Silverman and his wife, Molly Paul, and Nancy Silverman and her husband, Benjamin Nathans; his eight grandchildren (Jessica, Sally, Jennifer, Nicholas, Will, Gabriel, Ilana and Dora) and three great- grandchildren (Caroline, Emily, and Charlie). We will all miss him greatly and will cherish his memory forever. Services will be held on January 1 at noon at the Riverside-Nassau North Chapels, Great Neck, NY. His memory can be honored by donations to two organizations he whole-heartedly supported: Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.