Arthur Glick

Arthur Glick was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Alexander and Irene (Greenberg) Glick. Mr. Glick’s father was a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service. His mother was a housewife. Mr. Glick grew up in the Brighton Beach Section of Brooklyn. Attended Brooklyn College receiving a B.A. in Science and NYU receiving a Masters Degree in Science. He went to work for the New York Medical Examiner while going to NYU. In 1953 he moved to Danbury, Connecticut and went to work for Davis & Geck, having wed his first wife, Gisela Pales. In 1974 he was transferred to Davis & Geck de Puerto Rico, as Director of Quality Control where he met his second wife, Angeles Glick. They married and he was transferred to Davis & Geck do Brazil. In the Fall of 1976 he was transferred back to Danbury, Connecticut. The family settled in New Milford, where they raised their children. He was an avid golfer and was a member of Davis & Geck’s golf league. In 2005 he and his wife moved with two children to Palm Coast, Florida, where he lived until his death.Mr. Glick leaves behind his widow, Angeles (Hernandez) Glick and six children. Elizabeth Schlecter of Tucson, Arizona; Lawrence Glick of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Victoria Kotrotsios of Keene, California; Arlene Rhodenbeck of Orlando, Florida; Joseph Glick of New Fairfield, Connecticut; Sukhwa Glick of Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Glick was predeceased by two of his children – Myung Glick and Sunghoon Glick. He also leaves behind 12 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. While at Davis & Geck Mr. Glick, as team leader, was instrumental in the development of the company’s most significant contribution to the surgical field in the invention of the synthetic absorbable suture in the 1970s. Its Dexon brand of sutures was made with a man-made organic material called polyglycolic acid. He would go on to seek approval for, and granted approval of, twenty-two patents while working at Davis & Geck until his retirement in 1992.In early 1980 he and his wife founded, in Connecticut, Healing the Children, an International Organization that provides critical medical care to children all around the world. He served as Treasurer until 2005. In 2006 he was named Treasurer to the organization in Florida and served until his death. The family will receive friends on Wednesday,(this evening) from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in the chapel of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home, 511 Old Kings Road S. Flagler Beach. For online condolences go to :www.craigflaglerpalms.com.Donations in his memory may be made to: Healing the Children, PO Box 608432, Orlando FL, 32860 or to a charity of one’s choice.