Welcome to the personal web page of CHRIS FRIEDRICHS My various names: Toffy (1947-1949) Dick (1949-1955) Christopher (1955 to present) Chris (early 1960s to present) Shalom ben Orah (1985 to present) For my University of British Columbia web page, click here For the text of my only published poem, click here For my remarks at the Courant Institute, April 2004, click here For some recent travel reports, click on these links: Israel and India 1997 Europe 1998 Russia 2002 India 2003 |
2004 Photo by Elie Dolgin |
THE FRIEDRICHS FAMILY WEB SITE Contact: Marty.Friedrichs@Gmail.com |
Here are some IMPORTANT MOMENTS in my life: 1947 Born in White Plains, NY 1952 Began kindergarten at Mayflower School in New Rochelle, NY 1958-61 Attended Albert Leonard Junior High School 1961-64 Attended New Rochelle High School 1963 Became editor of the 'Huguenot Herald' 1964-68 Attended Columbia University 1967 Became editor of the 'Columbia Daily Spectator' 1967 Met Rhoda Lange 1968-73 Went to Princeton University 1970 Married Rhoda Lange 1970-71 We went to Europe to work on our dissertations 1973 Got my PhD and began teaching at the University of British Columbia 1974 Bought house at 54 West 23rd Ave., Vancouver, B.C. 1975 Ellen born 1978 Jonathan born 1979 My first book published 1979-80 We spent a year in Frankfurt, Germany 1985 Jeremy born 1986-87 We spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ 1995 My second book published 1995 Taught at the University of Augsburg, Germany 1996 Promoted to full professor at UBC 1996-97 Travelled around the world: Israel--India--Hong Kong 2000 My third book published 2000 Became a Canadian citizen 2003-04 Spent three months doing research in India 2004 Spent a semester as a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University 2006 We became grandparents: Clementine born in New York City 2009 Second grandchild: Rocco born in New York City 2014 Death of my beloved wife Rhoda Lange Friedrichs 2015 Third grandchild: Leonie born in New York City |