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1929 - 2008 (79 years)
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Name |
Bernard Dorin |
Born |
8 Nov 1929 |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
16 Dec 2008 |
Torrance, CA |
Notes |
- Bernie Dorin's notes:
I was the fourth of the five boys, and I grew up on Chicago’s northwest side. I learned to play the saxophone while in high school, and played with local dance bands and small combos for the next ten years. It was an excellent source of extra income for a poor student and then a newlywed, as well as a lot of fun.
After high school I went to the University of Illinois at Navy Pier in Chicago. But after a year as a pre-med, I knew I had made a mistake. I was following the path that Bob and Hal had taken, instead of finding my own path. Fortuitously, just at that time the U.S. Navy offered a one year enlistment (with a reserve obligation). The thought of going away for a year seemed like a wonderful opportunity to think things through independently. When I arrived at boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, I learned that most of the others in the company I was assigned to were there for the same reason.
That one year in the Navy, July 1948 to July 1949, turned out to be a great adventure. After twelve weeks of boot camp, I was assigned to the USS Midway, the newest and largest aircraft carrier in the fleet. During the next nine months we went to the Mediterranean, with ports of call in Europe. Later in the year we went to Panama and Cuba. Not a bad year for a kid who had never been very far from Chicago until then.
The high point of the year for me came when we went to Cannes, France. The Navy had arranged for a dance for the Sixth Fleet at one of the luxury hotels across from the beach. The band from the Midway was to provide the music. As luck would have it, good for me, bad for the other guy, one of the saxophone players became ill, and I took his place, which meant extra time ashore for rehearsal and the dance.
After the Navy I went to Wright Junior College for a little more than a year to ease back into studying and to decide where to continue my education. I got a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Northwestern University, and later an MBA from the University of Chicago.
I met Mary Ellen Johnson in May 1955, and we got married on New Year’s Eve that same year. Gregory, Mary’s son from her first marriage, was two years old, and I legally adopted him early the next year. Elizabeth (Beth)4 joined the family on October 19, 1956.
My job with Gulf Oil took us from Chicago to Houston. TX in 1960. We moved again in 1963, this time to the Los Angeles area for a job with Tidewater Oil. The very next year they wanted me to move to New York. I opted to accept a position with Union Oil, and stayed at Union in the Los Angeles area until my retirement in December 1990. I also taught a couple of courses in the Marketing curriculum in the UCLA Extension Program, on and off for about 17 years, just for the fun of it.
When the children got to high school age, Mary Ellen went back to school. What started with a couple of courses in art history ended up as a Master’s degree in psychology and an MFCC license. Mary Ellen split her career between private practice and work in Chemical Dependency at Kaiser Permanente. She is now retired. We live in Torrance, CA.
Greg has a daughter, Katie, from his first marriage. He is now married to Denise Bornino, who brought three daughters to the family: Twins Christina and Nina, and Angela. Greg is president of a small international pet food company. He and Denise live in Carlsbad, CA and Franklin, TN.
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Person ID |
I623 |
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Last Modified |
26 Dec 2008 |
Father |
Isadore Dorin, b. 15 Jun 1896, Poland , d. Sep 1976, Torrance, California (Age 80 years) |
Mother |
Florence Horwitz, b. 25 Sep 1896, Horwitz Family Residence, Rezekne, Latgale, Latvia , d. 16 Feb 1967, Inglewood, CA (Age 70 years) |
Married |
25 Nov 1917 |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
Photos
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| Isadore and Florence Dorin- Wedding Photo
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| Florence & Izzy Dorin with sons Hal (younger)- and Bob (standing).
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| Florence & Isadore Dorin family- sans 1- 1939.
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| Florence- Izzy- Jack and Bernie Dorin. Visitors' day at boot camp. Bernie notes that there was no hair under his hat.
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| Florence Horwitz Dorin family photo- 1966.
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Family ID |
F383 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 8 Nov 1929 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
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| Died - 16 Dec 2008 - Torrance, CA |
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