Daily News | Henry Litvin, family doctor, psychiatrist, and decorated veteran and advocate, has died at 99
Henry Litvin, 99, of Jenkintown, former family doctor in Levittown, psychiatrist emeritus at Jefferson Abington Hospital, and decorated veteran and advocate, died Monday, Feb. 20, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home.
for the rest of his life about his lack of combat training, frustration and anger over the horrendous working conditions, the loss of life, and other issues associated with the war.Dr. Litvin turned those anxieties into action after he retired from Abington in 2001. He voluntarily counseled veterans and active service members and their families by sharing his military experiences and the ways he had learned to cope and thrive.
Henry Litvin was born March 20, 1923, in Philadelphia. He grew up in the Wynnefield neighborhood and graduated from Overbrook High School. He met Joanie Meiman on a house call to her sister, and they married in 1953. “It was love at first sight,” she said. They had daughter Lisa and son Joel, and lived in Levittown and Jenkintown.
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