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One day I was working at CRC on a Saturday. It was my first internship with Dr. Abe. He showed up in his weekend dress and worked in his office. I shared some Hershey bars with him. I knew then that he was very devoted to his work. I had never had a chance to get to know him yet. I would learn over the years, that he kept no working hours, he worked all the time! Emails would still be flying into my inbox at 10pm with questions about projects.
Vacations didn’t mean he quit working either! I called him a few times while he was on vacation to ask him questions. He always took my calls and emails. I was in the lab doing experiments while he was directing me from California!
One memory that sticks out for me was walking into the lab and finding my work to have disappeared. That meant one thing; Dr. Abe had beaten me to it! I would walk to his office to discover he was observing it. We would discuss the results and I would walk away laughing to myself.
On the mornings that I would beat Dr. Abe to the lab, he would come into the lab to say “Good Morning, Jacki”. “What are you working on today?” Then he would say hello to each of my girls that were working on the bench nearby.
They loved to visit his office and ask him about his paintings. He patiently would tell them about each one and why he painted it. They also got excited about taking his artwork to be displayed in the art contest downtown. The next day, we went and looked at all the displays and voted for Dr. Abe’s work! They really enjoyed his kind and gentle ways.
There are too many memories of working with Dr. Abe to summarize in a few paragraphs. He has touched so many people in so many ways. Happy 95th Birthday, Dr. Abe.
Jacki KianMehr with Daughters:
Ariana KianMehr
Ayla KianMehr
Vacations didn’t mean he quit working either! I called him a few times while he was on vacation to ask him questions. He always took my calls and emails. I was in the lab doing experiments while he was directing me from California!
One memory that sticks out for me was walking into the lab and finding my work to have disappeared. That meant one thing; Dr. Abe had beaten me to it! I would walk to his office to discover he was observing it. We would discuss the results and I would walk away laughing to myself.
On the mornings that I would beat Dr. Abe to the lab, he would come into the lab to say “Good Morning, Jacki”. “What are you working on today?” Then he would say hello to each of my girls that were working on the bench nearby.
They loved to visit his office and ask him about his paintings. He patiently would tell them about each one and why he painted it. They also got excited about taking his artwork to be displayed in the art contest downtown. The next day, we went and looked at all the displays and voted for Dr. Abe’s work! They really enjoyed his kind and gentle ways.
There are too many memories of working with Dr. Abe to summarize in a few paragraphs. He has touched so many people in so many ways. Happy 95th Birthday, Dr. Abe.
Jacki KianMehr with Daughters:
Ariana KianMehr
Ayla KianMehr