04/28/2026
Happy Birthday to our Bold Mr. Brian! 🎉Today we are celebrating a man with a big laugh, a great sense of humor, and a life full of
stories worth telling.
Born in 1954, in the Philadelphia area and raised in Havertown, Mr. Brian grew up surrounded
by two sisters Lynn and Gail, family, fun, and the kind of childhood memories that stay with you
forever. He was raised by his mom Doris, who clearly passed down her laughter and joy for life,
and his dad Josef, an engineer and naval inspector for Navy yards. A family loving, lively, and
full of personality.
Mr. Brian has always had a gift for enjoying life and for making other people laugh. He
remembers his childhood fondly, especially spending time with his friends and just having a
good time. That same spirit followed him to Penn State, where he studied business, joined a
fraternity, made lifelong friends, and apparently treated college with a level of creativity that
deserves some recognition. He and his friends would buy one book for the whole group… then
somehow not be able to find it when they needed it. They missed exams, claimed they were on
the football team, and managed to retake them. Not exactly a model for academic excellence,
but definitely a model for confidence.
After college, Brian moved to New York and started working at Sears. Later he worked for
Burlington Industries in textiles, and that career took him all over the country — from Philly to
New York to Florida to Missouri and finally to Georgia.
And then he met Mr. Carol, who was working as a secretary for a law firm, at a party. They
talked all evening, and that was it — love at first sight. Somewhere in the middle of all that, they
made a bet, Mr. Brian “lost,
” and had to buy her a White Castle hamburger (he only bought one,
and as many of you know, they are tiny) . Conveniently, that gave him an excuse to see her
again. Smart man. Happy Birthday Mr. Brian we love having you in our group and making us smile and laugh! 🎂🎉