The Herb Mendelson Story

In Part 2, we hear from Herb's great grandchildren Arielle & Jacob Cohen, and from his grandchildren Shira Mendelson, Miriam Levine, Zoe Mendelson, and Hannah Levine about their favorite memories of "Zadie Herbie", what they learned from him, and what he meant to them.

In this episode, we hear from Herb's grandchildren about their favorite memories of "Zadie Herbie", what they learned from him, and what he meant to them.Part 1 features Ben Mendelson, Carl Levine, Ella Mendelson, and Faye Mendelson.

Herb Mendelson was an unconventional person, an unconventional physician ... and an unconditional dad. In this episode we explore Herb's unusual approach to parenting, and what it was like to have Herb as a dad.

In Episode 3, Herb begins to find success and grows his practice. But challenges abound: the devastating death of Herb and Phyllis' second-born son, Richard ... Herb's first partner, Dick Hall, being racked by illness ... and new partners causing all sorts of trouble and heartache. 

In the second episode of The Herb Mendelson Story, Herb goes to medical school ... Herb and Phyllis get married and start a family spend a year in Ann Arbor and start a family ... Herb meets Dick Hall, who introduces him to the working world of orthopedics and becomes a friend, mentor, and eventually partner ... Herb moonlights at several small, "one-horse" hospitals until he lands a staff position at St. Mary's Hospital, in Livonia ... Herb and Dick start their own practice.

Episode 1 of The Herb Mendelson Story focuses on Herb's boyhood years growing up in the Dexter-Cortland section of Detroit. Faced with an unsettled family life and constant financial stress, Herb develops an incredible work ethic, discovers a love and aptitude for all things mechanical, begins dating his wife-to-be, Phyllis, and as a muscular, powerfully built young man earns a reputation as a guy nobody wanted to mess with.