on lower east side. he was a jobber. his customers were all in new jersey. i would come with him on springfield avenue in newark. we would go to pattison in passaic. after the second world war, all the army and navy stores. i really got to know new jersey. my first wife was from bayonne new jersey. her classmate in high school was barney frank. who i got to meet when he was 16 years old. i always knew he would be a politician i m here to talk about something that can happened to me, happen to you. it can happen to your sons. it can happen to your nephews. it can happen to your husbands. i was on top of the world. i was 76 years old. i just retired from harvard after teaching there for 50 years without a single complaint ever leveled against me. i had highest teacher rating for many years. i mentored many students. i taught 10,000 students all together. i was being honored. i got honorary degrees. i got all kind of honors. it was a time in my life to sit back and really reflec