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to decrease disability progres-
sion.
In 1999, he began working
at Millenium/Takeda, where
he was a leader of the clinical
team that in 2014 was able
to achieve marketing autho-
rization and patient access
for Entyvio, a treatment of
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative
colitis.
Although he retired in 2018,
he began consulting for some
companies, including Takeda.
Shortly after moving to New
England, he and Gloria
became U.S. citizens.
JEWISH ROOTS
In his memoir, Fox who was
born and raised in Montreal,
delves into his personal life
and strong Jewish roots. His
parents, Phyliss and Nathan
Fox, were devoted parents
— Nathan, his father, aspired
to be a doctor, but because
there was a quota on Jews, he
went to pharmacy school and
became a pharmacist. They
maintained a Jewish house-
hold for Fox, his younger
sister, Rosanne Ain (now a
retired teacher and IT leader
living in Toronto) and young-
er brother, Allan Fox (now a
renowned Canadian neurora-
diologist).
At that time in Canada
there was no separation of
church and state, and Fox
went to a Protestant school
where he had to recite the
Lord’s Prayer and sing hymns.
But to reinforce his Jewish
identity, he went to Hebrew
school five days a week, had a
bar mitzvah and joined B’nai
B’rith. “My neighborhood was
predominately Jewish and
70% of our class was Jewish,
even though it was a Christian
school,
” he says.
Retired, much of Fox’s free
time is spent traveling, taking
classes at a local community
college and his temple, and
enjoying his three daughters
and seven grandchildren.
His eldest daughter Caroline
Fox (an endocrinologist and
a biotech company senior
executive) lives in Boston with
her husband and their three
children. His daughter Sharon
Fox Spielman (a partner at a
private equity company) lives
in Westchester, New York,
with her husband and their
two boys. And his youngest
daughter, Joanna (a principal
in a Sephardic day school in
Toronto) lives in Toronto with
her husband and their two
boys.
All three daughters, who
became bat mitzvahs in
Ann Arbor, earned their
undergraduate degrees at the
University of Michigan.
Fox hopes that his book is
an inspiration to people who
face adversity. “For people
who experience a calamitous
event in their life, I want them
to know that they, too, can
get through it. This book is
dedicated to them, and to give
them hope for recovery.
”
The Flashing Light: A Medical Mystery
Memoir can be found on Amazon and
Barnes & Noble.
“FOR PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE
A CALAMITOUS EVENT IN THEIR
LIFE, I WANT THEM TO KNOW
THAT THEY, TOO, CAN GET
THROUGH IT.”
— IRVING FOX
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