Dr. Roger Charles Breslau

Dr. Roger Charles Breslau died at his home in Fallbrook, Calif. on August 9, 2016 at the age of 84. Roger was born on July 14, 1932 in Bronx, New York, to Ruth and Harry Breslau.

He was an honor student and varsity basketball player at the Bronx High School of Science, class of 1950. He graduated with honors from Columbia University in New York, and then enrolled at Cornell University Medical School, graduating first in his class, earning his M.D. and his commission as a First Lieutenant in the Reserve Medical Corps in 1957.

He began his residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center,...