—Ljiljana
by Stan Epstein At a dealership on Pope’s Island near the Fairhaven Bridge, my dad picked out a new car he liked. When the owner suggested they draw up papers inside the showroom, my dad balked. He had a more pleasant approach. He took a couple of folding chairs out of his trunk, and they walked across the street, sat in the sunlight in the waterfront park, overlooking the harbor, chatted casually, then hammered out a deal. Then they went and signed the papers. That was my dad’s way of doing business. In fact, it was his way of doing everything. He thought about how he wanted to do something, then did it on his own terms. He was shrewd, but fair. Always upfront and honest. His word was his bond. This year would have been his 100th birthday. He died in 1993 at 86. The centennial of his birth, coupled with Father’s Day, unleashed a flood of memories. He was his own man, but he was also everyman. Oscar Edward Epstein was a study in contrasts and contradictions, easy to approach, but hard to know. Although he chose to be a loner with few close friends, everybody seemed to like him. Thoroughly honest and decent, intensely private, his good nature and skill in telling jokes and anecdotes made him a magnet for his peers. Continued on next page
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I’ve decided to reprint the following article from three years ago because it best demonstrates the man that Stan Epstein was: smart, kind, reverent, witty and engaging.
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But second, and most importantly, because Stan was a very private person and I feel honored to have gotten to known him not just as a contributor, but as a friend.
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I cannot really express how fortunate I feel to have known Stan Epstein. First, because he contributed to The Insider for years and played an integral role in imbuing the publication with its current personality.
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