Dr. Radford Chapple Tanzer was a world-renowned, pioneer plastic surgeon.
Dr. Radford Tanzer in 2002 after receiving Hanover’s Boston Post Cane.
I treasure the times we spent with this amazing man. I first met Uncle Rad and his wife Velma at Lake Pleasant, New York, where his family spent at least a week each summer. Many times before and after his first wife’s death, I would take trips to lovely Hanover, New Hampshire, to visit with him. We would sometimes go canoeing, to a football game, and other times out to lunch. We’d chat mostly about family, the weather, and what was new at Dartmouth College. Upon meeting him, you would never know Uncle’s Rad’s ground-breaking past–he was such a humble man. The book shelves in his study contained not only medical journals, but hand-signed books from both Ted Geisel (“Dr. Seuss“) and Robert Frost, who were his friends. Continue reading
