MARK HALPERN

I am so sorry for your loss. I knew Mark when he attended Montreal University for the summer. He was quiet and very thoughtful. My school mate Brad Redrick and I were US students attending French immersion classes. He and Hellen and many of the other students helped me to adjust to life in another foreign place. I will always remember his thoughtfulness

Mark was funny and smart and caring and generous and very perceptive. We met in law school and stayed friends. He led a fulfilling life, full of curiosity, travel, music, love. Gone far too soon.

Fellow longtime Tokyo resident Mark was my best friend of nearly three decades here in Japan. He was my cousin-in-law, my inspiration, my sounding board in times of distress, and supported my entrepreneurship as my pro bono (at his insistence) lawyer. I will miss his wit, his kindness, his scintillating intellect, and his friendship. Such a generous soul. Life will not be the same without him.