| Obituary |
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Paperman Funeral Chapel for Dr. Reuben Rabinovitch, widely known Montreal neurologist who died suddenly Thursday. He was 57. Dr. Rabinovitch was assistant neurologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal Neurological Institute; senior neurologist in charge at the Jewish General Hospital, and assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University. He was also consultant to L'Hopital des Laurentides at L'Annonciation, Quebec. He was the author of a text book "Diseases of the Inter vertebral Disc and Its Surrounding Tissues ", which was published in 1961. Born at La Macaza, Que, of Russian immigrant parents who were pioneers in the district, he was educated m Montreal schools and took his BA at New York University in 1934. He received his MD at the University of Paris in 1940 and his M.Sc. at McGill University in 1947. Dr. Rabinovitch was in Paris when war broke out and remained through the collapse of France, disregarding his own safety in his efforts to aid injured airmen when they parachuted over the German-held territory. He continued to aid the allies even after he was interned by the Nazis, giving fellow prisoners of war the benefit of his medical experience. He was interned after the Germans caught him working for the French underground and he spent 15 months in a prisoner of war camp in Germany. In 1946 he was awarded the United States Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm for saving the lives of allied airmen in Nazi-occupied France. Dr. Rabinovitch is survived by his wife, the former Denise Genatzy of Paris; three sons, Dr. Alex, interning at the Royal Victoria Hospital; Steven, Canadian Olympic swimmer; and Albert 18; and a daughter Sylvie, 15. His mother, Mrs. Bella (Rabinovitch) Rakita also survives. Shiva will be private. |
