311- AMERICA'S HEROES #4...And FUNCTIONAL AGE VS. NUMERICAL AGE?....

A) GERALD WALPIN!!!
Gerald grew up in the Bronx within a poor setting. When he was admitted to Harvard, he had to decline, not being able to come up with the money. He then was accepted at Yale, using scholarships and loans to graduate in 1955.
He and his wife, Sheila, have been married for 52 years and have three children.
Gerald was first a 1st Lt. in JAG, as a special U.S. prosecutor and took on the toughest cases. He helped to indict Nixon's top two Cabinet members. He went after Roy Cohn, council to an aide of Sen. McCarthy. He represented Mia Farrow in her case against Woody Allen.
And his three children love him! He has served his family and his government with the utmost care and energy, and THIS is the way we, the White House treats him?

B) By the way, Inspector Gerald Walpin was fired recently by our White House claiming that Walpin was "confused, disoriented and unable to answer questions." The real reason? The White House wanted him gone, making up a dastardly claim, a lie! That's called using "dirty power". Maybe America should "put out to pasture" all of those in our society who are "over the hill" according to chronological age???

C) FUNCTIONAL AGE....as a sociologist, this term is better used to describe a person, no matter the chronological age. NUMERICAL AGE has little to do with how well a person can function within many situations. Wait, the physical abilities could enter the picture. My dear grandmothers did reach a physical time when they simply could not move like they once did, but their functional age was, with a vast background of experiences, far superior to many people I knew. I think many of you will agree...right?