Personal and Family

With hundreds (probably thousands) of photos to pick from, it's hard to know what to choose to show here! The combination of Michael being one of the family archivists, plus his and David's both being photographers means there is a lot of material.

Some family history (Latvia and South Africa)

Hobbies and interests

Jessica's memorial tribute web site (also by David)

A small selection of family photos

Michael leaving Cape Town by ship for Bristol, Sept 1952.

Jessica and Michael at the Cloisters
(New York City), 1957.

Jessica and Michael with Ruth, Hirsch, and Rose,
at the Wilderness Hotel along the
Garden Route, South Africa, 1959.

Jessica and Michael wedding portrait (candid)
(Mount Vernon, NY, near New York City),
July 1958.

Michael and family including his father, Hirsch
on top of Table Mountain, Cape Town, Jan 1970.

Rachel and Michael at Wash U Commencement, May 1982.
(Same day as photo used for obituaries.)

Michael and family at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, May 1983.

On Friedlander Street in De Aar (South Africa), a railroad town founded by his grandfather and great uncle in 1902. July 1997 photo.

Jessica & Michael 40th wedding anniversary, with
David & Sheryl, Rachel & Neil, July 1998.

Michael with infant Noah, June 1999.

With family including all three grandsons, Glen Echo, MD, Feb 2005.

With Jonathan at his 5th birthday, Feb 2005.

Reading with Rafael, March 2010.

Jessica & Michael 60th wedding anniversary,
St. Louis, July 2018.

David and Michael, November 2019