“Lennard Bernstein” was born on May 10, 1910 in Montreal, Quebec to a Jewish family. His father, Dr. David Bernstein, was a general practitioner and his mother Sarah Bernstein, a professional writer and editor. Leonard’s parents, Polish natives, immigrated to Canada. Leonard spoke of his father very much and when Dr. Bernstein died in 1921 at 38, Leonard’s mother encourage him to “follow in his father’s footsteps” and become a physician. Ten years later, Leonard graduated from McGill University with a doctorate degree in medicine and surgery in 1935. After completing his Doctorate he continued with a residency in psychiatry at Yale University, where he studied psychoanalysis for two years. In 1938, Bernstein became an American Citizen and
