PRINCETON… Saul Singer, also known as Chef Saul MD, age 81, passed away June 19, 2018, in Newark after a life well lived and also a day after celebrating his 59th anniversary. Born on June 9, 1937, in Brooklyn, he was the son of the former Rose (Renee) Leviloff and Jack Singer. After graduating from James Madison High School, where he was class president, he attended Princeton University, where he was a member of Court Club, majored in biology, rowed lightweight crew, and managed the marching band. A week after graduating, he married Susan Greenhauff, with whom he’d been set up after seeing her cheerleading for Jamaica High at the New York City High School basketball championship. Saul trained in medicine at SUNY Downstate and did his internship and residency in general and pediatric surgery at Columbia Presbyterian, where he was also chief resident. He then served as a major in the Air Force in Teheran, Iran, and Wichita Falls, Texas.
Saul and Susan lived for many years in Hollywood, Florida, where he established a thriving surgical practice specializing in trauma surgery; he was chief of surgery at Memorial Regional and Biscayne hospitals; he also practiced at Doctors Hospital. After retiring from medicine, he trained as a chef at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), where he subsequently endowed a scholarship. While in Florida, he was deeply involved with Jewish philanthropic initiatives including the Jewish Federation of South Broward; he served as a national vice chairman of the United Jewish Appeal and helped raise funds to open the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Hollywood/Davie and established its Saul and Susan Singer Early Childhood Center. Over the course of an astonishing 44 trips to Israel, his fundraising efforts helped Bar Ilan, Technion, and Hebrew universities, and Hadassah Hospital. Through Project Renewal, he helped to develop Hod Hasharon, now a thriving suburb of Tel Aviv. Saul also helped establish the Center for Jewish Life at Princeton University. He and Susan moved to Princeton five years ago.
Saul is survived by his loving family including his wife, Susan Singer; his children Sharon, Sara, and Steven Singer; their spouses Alan Schoening, Gordon Bloom, and Barbara Sacks Singer; his four grandchildren: Clare Singer, Audrey Bloom, Jason Bloom, and Dylan Singer, his granddog Socrates as well as his niece, nephews, and their families. Appreciated for his outstanding wit, generosity, and eccentricities, he was truly larger than life.
Funeral services were held June 21 at The Jewish Center in Princeton, with burial at Washington Cemetery in Deans.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in memory of Dr. Saul Singer to the Center for Jewish Life – Einstein Fund, 70 Washington Road, Princeton NJ 08540.