DR. RICHARD ROLAND GRAYSON M.D.

Dear Birgit Orgeldinger, We have a "Jennie Mandelbaum" in the family tree. She's the daughter of Baruch Mandelbaum and Theresa Schild. She married Maurice Finkelstein and had two children with him.

He was my father. I owe him everything for getting me started on my career as a mathematics professor and a mathematician. He taught me to add and subtract with spoons on the living room floor when I was 3. He got me into third grade math when I was in first grade. He was always asking what we kids wanted to be when we grew up. I saw a high school algebra show on WTTW, the educational station in Chicago, at the age of 11, and told him I was going to be a mathematician. I stuck with it.

Dear Mr. Grayson.
I´m from Germany and i search for a Mrs. Jeanette Mandelbaum. Maybe Jeanette Mandelbaum lifes bevor the teribble War in Stuttgart. Please sorry for my bad english. Hope, you understand. I have found a old book, and on the end of this book a Jeanette Mandelbaum have wright her name with a pencil. The Name of the book is "Verborgene Ketten" and other Geschichten, "Heimatlos" is one of the other. I want give the book back to her or to her children. Maybe this book are...

Our friendship started back in 1970 on my return home from Vietnam. It was a strong and lasting friendship that I still hold in my heart today . We shared many laughs together through the years. It was my pleasure to interview Dr Grayson and put his life's story on cd for him and his family to enjoy for many years to come. I'm sure when his family members listen to that interview today, it's going to bring back memories just like it was yesterday. A special note to the Dick Graysons...

I was a nurse for June and Dr. Grayson in 1984-86. They were very caring people, often very worried about their patients. June asked me to bake birthday cakes for their patients on their birthdays. Dr would sit by his computer & phone in the evenings in case patients needed him. He was an excellent diagnostician, finding & confirming an AIDS patient in early '80s. The world will miss them both.

Perryville, Missouri is a small town - population of 5000+ - way too small for the brilliance of Dr. Grayson. As a junior high student, I headed with my parents to our small town ER in the middle of the night. having severe pain and suspecting appendicitis. Never have I heard the word before or after, but "middleschmerz" (sp?) is a painful gaseous condition caused by ovulation - which became my life for several years. I didn't have to go to doctor after doctor, have test after test, but...

The Lord's tapestry of life is woven with the threads of many lives. I never had the opportunity to meet Dr. Grayson except through his loving and brilliant daughter, Kristin. I am grateful to Dr. Grayson for instilling in her his love for learning and love for mankind. I am grateful to the Lord that Dr. Grayson was able to know that she is now Dr. Kristin Grayson. I know he is very proud of her for her hard work and personal ministries with less fortunate children. Her life is a testimony...

My sympathy to Dr. Grayson's family and friends. Dr. Grayson was a very intelligent and active person. In 1953, while he and June lived in Perryville, MO, he removed my appendix. Otherwise, I would not be here. I was 15 at the time. My appendix was ready to break. My parents took me to his house at night, where he examined me and said he would meet us at the hospital. He pressed on my abdomen and released quickly. I went through the ceiling in pain. He knew it was my appendix and removed...