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Husband Donald recruited as a neurologist from USA toUBC 1981, was 'The Belzberg Family Professor of Medicine' at UBC. The family funded the chair for at least 5 years,maybe 10. Sam was a wonderful host. We were invited to some functions at their Vancouver Home and we met 'Lil'. She was beautiful and gracious.

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Thank you for staying with the search. These women’s stories evoke memories of my mother, of that same generation. She wrote so many similar autograph-book entries while growing up in small-town Saskatchewan in the 1920s. Mom died in 2021, at age 101. She would have loved your post today. I so wish we could read and chuckle over it together. xo.

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Oh, wow. That's amazing, thanks, Susan. My partner's family is from Calgary - Lil and Sid were good friends of my brother-in-law's parents -- this is getting very intricate! -- as I've just learned. Appreciate this, thanks a lot. B

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