Ernest H. Rosenbaum

Dr. Rosenbaum was integral in my success as a Clinical Psychologist and Oral Historian. I interviewed over 400 terminally ill cancer patients in a project he created called "The Life Tapes Project". It was one of the most significant parts of my professional life and I will always be so grateful he asked me to participate. He was really way ahead of his time in terms of giving supportive care to cancer patients and a true pioneer in the field. I will always be grateful to him for my...

When my wife Anne Marie was dying of Lung cancer, Ernie helped us and her to accept the idea that life went on after diagnosis.

The fact that there was a person who understood and cared about what was happening to us made it easier. It is hard to exaggerate the importance of this. Even when there was no hope, Ernie brought something to our problem. May he rest in peace.

Peter Waller

I met Ernie in 1945 when we both arrived at Mercersburg. Ernie was a year ahead of me, a Junior, called an Upper Middler then, I was a Lower Middler. Our roommate was Carl Markel from Great Neck, N.Y. who was in Ernie's class, graduating in 1947. My home was the closest in Baltimore.
My most lasting memory of Ernie, through all these years (we last saw each other at his graduation in 1947) was that of his sincerity and honesty. I sensed that he was a rare person, especially at that...

I met Ernie at an oncology conference early in my career, when I presented my dissertation findings on nutrition and cancer chemotherapy diet and drug interactions in breast cancer patients. He asked me what I really wanted to do and made it happen. He brought me to SF that summer to begin writing our book on nutrition for chemotherapy patients. It was 1984 and we watched the Olympic torch run by Mt. Zion Hospital on its way to LA. Nutrition for the Chemotherapy Patient book was published...

I met Ernie at an oncology conference early in my career, when I presented my dissertation findings on nutrition and cancer chemotherapy diet and drug interactions in breast cancer patients. He asked me what I really wanted to do and made it happen. He brought me to SF that summer to begin writing our book on nutrition for chemotherapy patients. It was 1984 and we watched the Olympic torch run by Mt. Zion Hospital on its way to LA. Nutrition for the Chemotherapy Patient book was published...

I met Ernie as a graduate student. He connected me with funding that allowed me to pursue PhD research with Laura Esserman at UCSF. He is a big reason I am now a faculty member at UCSF. As everyone who met him knows, he was a national treasure.

I came to know Ernie through a colleague of his from the LA area who also had been a colleague of my father. In short, I always felt that Ernie and my dad were taking care of me together. You were always special to Ernie, he was full of warmth and you always felt safe in his care. He was such a great, loving soul, a true healer. I know that he passed on this wisdom to so many and he will live on. Missed for sure. Your dad was a very special person and such a gift. Izzie and he together did...