JERROLD BECKER

BECKER--Jerrold, MD, died August 1, 2021. Born in the Bronx and graduated from James Monroe High School, Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine at 22 years old. He progressed to internship and surgical residency at Bellevue Hospital where he received the Surgical Medal in his third year. His training continued with surgical residencies at Montefiore Hospital, NYC, Children's Medical Center, Boston and Children's Hospital, Philadelphia where he was Chief Surgical Resident. Following service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Jerry became an attending in charge of pediatric surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital and began his affiliation with Long Island Jewish Hospital. A respected educator, he was a Clinical Professor of Surgery at NYU College of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Additionally, he served as Visiting Professor of Surgery in Jerusalem, Jaipur, Cairo, Beijing, Nairobi, Athens and Guatemala City. He was predeceased by his wife of 73 years and childhood sweetheart, Rae Becker and his son, David, and is survived by Phyllis (Michael), Norma (Robbie), Marc (Leslie), seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and his sister Adele Lobel (Sheldon). He was always available to his Great Neck neighbors for medical questions and had a huge heart. He lives on in the lives he touched, including the thousands of children upon which he operated. Donations in his memory should benefit Israel, a country he loved and visited 12 times.