Harry R. Brady
Published: 2018-07-20
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A New Lens on Life is the colorful, true story of Harry Brady.Growing up on the Northside of Pittsburgh with an alcoholic father and rats in the basement, the scrawny little kid with glasses developed an Irish wit and hilarious storytelling style.A childhood peppered with classroom misbehavior, sandlot baseball exploits, misadventures with fireworks, miscues as an altar boy, and practical jokes was tempered by an endearing innocence and compassion for others.As a college senior, Harry was the lone survivor of a tractor-trailer accident that killed three classmates. "Why save me?" he asked as he began losing his Faith.Still mourning their deaths while sitting next to classmate Antonin Scalia at graduation from Georgetown, Harry questioned the existence of God. Inspired by the love of his life, Harry finished medical school, started a family, and wound up in the Army.During his M.A.S.H.-like service as a Captain and surgeon in Korea at the height of the Vietnam War, Harry's mischievous and creative stunts shocked his superiors as he served those in need.Later, as a Professor of Ophthalmology, he led residents on mission trips to serve the blind and the vision-impaired in Haiti.He established the Brady Clinic at Saint Louis University, which has provided free service to more than 11,000 medically disenfranchised people.After living 64 years with a spiritual vision impairment, Harry finally sees that Faith and Reason are two compatible expressions of one universal truth.