Shopkeeper's Son

Stories and Recollections of Iriving L. Fink (1920-2015), edited and prefaced by his son Dale Borman Fink. Composed of humorous and sometimes poignant vignettes from childhood and adulthood. Irving L. Fink was born in 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio and grew up in nearby Newton Falls. After graduating from Northwestern University, he served in World War II. He married Beatrice Borman of Toledo and they raised their five children in Indianapolis. Fink, who practiced law from 1949 until shortly before the end of his life, earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and was a founder of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. Fink was an avid storyteller, poet, songwriter, musician, joker, and sportsman.