This book is concerned basically with Marilyn Grib’s biography, who became the author’s wife in 1964 and passed away in 2020. If anyone wants to read the author’s life’s story, he has written a book entitled ‘All Was Not Lost, ‘ by Tranquility Press, Marietta, GA. Marilyn was 82 years old when she passed away, and Anatoly, her husband was 85; and he started writing this story a year ago, on March 21, 2021. Marilyn suffered from her illness, Parkinson’s Disease, because of her Belorus ancestry, who brought this disease to America. She Suffered from this illness for 8+ years, which is a long time most of its patients pass away 2 to 5 years after diagnosis. Her uncle has lived for four years. And professorial colleague. Dr. Gavrilin from Riga University died two years after diagnosis. So the Lord allowed Marilyn to live much longer, thanks be to God for His gift! Marilyn’s adopted mother, her uncle’s sister from the same family, did not get this awful disease and died in the upper 90’s without inheriting it. Incidentally, neither Marilyn nor Anatoly were aware of the fact that her family had Parkinson’s’ genetics.
About the author
Anatoly Bezkorovainy was born in Riga, Latvia in 1935, of Russian parents, who had left Russia in the early 1920s following the Bolshevik revolution. They were married in Riga in 1930. In 1944, the Bezkorovainys left Latvia for Germany, where, after the war, they stayed in a refugee camp, where Anatoly graduated from its Latvian elementary school and attended a German high school. In 1951, the family emigrated to the U.S., settling in Chicago, Illinois. In 1953, Anatoly graduated from a Chicago public high school, then from the University of Chicago in 1956. He then entered the University of Illinois Graduate College, graduating in 1960 with a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry. He then worked at Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, then at the National Animal Disease Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. In 1962, he became an Assistant Professor at Chicago’s Rush University, where he stayed until his retirement in 2004. There, Anatoly achieved the rank of full Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, served as an Associate Chairman of the Department and director of its educational programs. He now carries the rank of Professor Emeritus. He has listed Marquis Who’s Who in America as a medical educator. He has (co)authored 6 books and numerous research papers in the areas of iron metabolism, bacterial physiology, and science history in Imperial Russia. In 1992, he co-authored a book on the history of Chicago’s Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox parish. Throughout his life, Anatoly has been a member of various Orthodox parishes and has participated in the activities of the Russian immigrant community in Chicago.In 1964, Anatoly married Marilyn Grib. They have two sons, Gregory and Alexander. Anatoly and his wife live in retirement near Galena, Illinois. Occasionally, he gives lectures on biochemical topics at Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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