Today, despite her heavy workload, Westheimer still makes sure to save time for music.

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Westheimer moved to Palestine in 1945 and lived for two years on a kibbutz.

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At the end of her tour of duty, Westheimer moved to Paris to study psychology at the Sorbonne.

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When the Allies emerged victorious, Westheimer discovered that both of her parents had been killed in the Holocaust.

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Born to a Frankfurt Jewish family in 1928, Westheimer fled to Switzerland as a child when the Nazis came to power.

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Westheimer herself was almost killed during her army stint when Arab militants fired a cannonball into the barracks in which she was staying.

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Mr. Westheimer reminded the audience, a quarter of which acknowledged their NYTM newbie status, that questions about business models and revenue streams are forbidden.

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After receiving her doctorate in 1970, Westheimer began working at Planned Parenthood, where she was inspired to further pursue her studies of human sexuality.

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Mary Westheimer, 57 and a business manager for her sculptor husband in Phoenix, says they compete to see who can "spoil" the other more.

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In 2001 he teamed up with Westheimer Corp.

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But in the inimitable way that could only be the result of a life so deeply mixed with tragedy and joy, Westheimer finds a way to make light of the shrapnel wounds her feet suffered during the attack.

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