The Bill Schwartz I Knew

I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now

W e have all probably felt that way at some point in our lives, whether in our personal matters, in business, or in our medical profession. This statement seems to apply to the story of Sandy Koufax, one of the best all-time pitchers in the history of professional baseball. Sandy Koufax was forced to retire in 1966 during the peak of his career due to severe elbow pain. He has reportedly said t...

George Rosen as I knew him.

T was a gray Baltimore morning in April 1942 when I first met George Rosen in the Johns Hopkins Institute. We 'clicked' immediately. Being both devotees of medical history we talked for hours almost exclusively about our adored subject; strangely enough neither about our careers (as it behooves colleagues) nor about world politics, though at that moment it breathed heavily down all our necks. I...

If I only knew then what I know now.

For eleven years I begged my obstinate elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother, who needed full-time care after a massive heart attack. But he adamantly insisted on taking care of her himself. Every caregiver I hired lasted about three days and then I'd get the familiar call: "Jacqueline, I just can't work with your father. His temper is impossible to handle. He sc...

Norman Borlaug: the man I worked with and knew.

Much has been written about Norman Borlaug the agricultural scientist and humanitarian whose achievements are recognized with many accolades; to add to those writings is a difficult task. This brief paper is an attempt to provide a personal perspective on Norman Borlaug that can come only from someone who has worked closely with him throughout his professional life. I have endeavored to recolle...

"I Never Knew I Was a Bilingual": Reimagining Teacher Identities in TESOL