Dr. Arthur L. Waldman passed away on March 26, 2018 at age 81.

Born and lived in Brooklyn, NY, he was a Ford Foundation Scholar at the University of Chicago from which he was graduated in 1956. He received his medical degree from NYU medical School in 1960 and post graduate training at The Ohio State University, Bellevue Medical Center and Clinical Fellow at Yale. He was Board Certified in Neurology and Psychiatry and a Fellow at the Academy of Neurology. He was a Captain in the Army and served as a neurologist at Ft. Belvoir VA. He was the first Neurologist in Middletown CT, and served as the chief of Neurology at Middlesex Hospital for 31 years. He was Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School where he was on the committee to organize a curriculum for teaching Neurology. He taught both on campus and at its affiliated Family Practice Residency at Middlesex Hospital. After retiring from clinical practice, he became a medical consultant for Disability Determination Services of Social Security; a position which he held both in Hartford, CT and later in Miami.
He was a lifetime member of Adath Israel Synagogue in Middletown, CT, where he served as High Holiday Prayer leader, Ritual Committee member, and Board of Education co-Chairman. He was also a member of Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest, FL.

Arthur's hobbies included renaissance and baroque music, daily crossword puzzles, history, baseball, traveling with his wife and partner in life Phyllis, and spending time with his grandchildren.

He is survived by his loving wife Phyllis, his children Brian (Alison), Jeffry (Barbara), Stuart (Tracey), his grandchildren Rebecca, Jason, Samantha, Jacob, Ethan, Eli and Andrew, his sister Sheila (Daniel) Schiffer and many nieces and nephews.