Harry Greenwald, 89, has died. He was the husband of Lisa Hauser. He would have celebrated his 64th anniversary in August. Born in Vienna, Austria, he was the son of Zoltan and Lottie Grunwald. He survived the Holocaust by relocating in 1938 first to Poland and then settled in Tashkent, Russia, with his mother, his maternal grandparents and two aunts who helped raise him. After the war, he returned to Vienna where he was reunited with his father and stepmother, Kate. He came to America in 1951, settling in New York City’s east side. He was later reunited with his birth mother who was still living in Russia in 1964. In 1952, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving as an interpreter in Germany during the Korean War. After leaving the army, Harry worked in a factory during the day and studied mechanical engineering at City College of New York at night for both his undergrad and graduate degrees. His first engineering position was at the Ideal Clamp Company, designing high-speed automation machines. In 1974 he took a job at Bic corporation and moved to Milford, Conn. In 1987 he took a position at Emson Corporation, where he worked until retiring.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Linda (Mark) Caplan, Michael (Robin) Greenwald, and Tom (Lynda) Greenwald; his grandchildren, Matt, Hannah and Leah Caplan, Emily, Jacob Anna, Tyler, Brayden and Spencer Greenwald.