Dr. Jeff

From the age of 7, and as a native of Flushing, New York, Richard determined that his real mission in life was to work at the United Nations and meet “all the great people in the world.” This goal was strengthened when he heard the great NY Yankee broadcasters, Mel Allen and Red Barber, interview Branch Rickey, one of baseball’s legendary pioneers and innovators, who said that he had the greatest job in the world, since he “gets to see the greatest baseball players in the world every day.”