Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....RABIN , Daniel J.  January 9 2004
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"The Davis Enterprise," Saturday, January 24, 2004
Daniel J. Rabin

Daniel J. Rabin of Fresno died in an auto accident on Jan. 9, 2004. He was 36.

He was born in Woodland on July 5, 1967, and grew up in Davis. He attended North
Davis Elementary School, Emerson Junior High School and Sacramento Country Day
School, and graduated from Davis High School in 1985.

He earned his bachelor's degree at California State University, Chico, where he
met his wife Michelle. While at Chico he also volunteered at a battered women's
shelter, participated in the Jewish Student Union and taught at a local Sunday
school. He spent his junior year abroad in Israel, studying at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.

After graduating from college, he worked in Sacramento for a year at the St.
Patrick's Home for seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents. He went on to
attend Chicago Medical School, from which he graduated in 1997. He received a
grant from the National Health Service Corps and in return agreed to serve an
underserved population. Recently he had decided to extend his term of service
for an additional two years.

He took his residency in family practice in Fresno, as part of a University of
California at San Francisco program. He became board-certified in family
practice in 2000, when he joined Sequoia Community Health Centers in Fresno. He
also served as a physician at Community Hospital in Oakhurst.

UCSF appointed him a preceptor to younger doctors and students, and he found
this teaching role stimulating and rewarding. In the words of a colleague, Dr.
Eric Kunkel, Rabin "exemplified what it means to be a doctor."

Dan loved the outdoors and often went camping and fishing with his family. He
was an accomplished skier, and went skiing with his family only a week before he
died. His family said he was a man of great energy and enthusiasm for life - a
highly respected physician, a loving family man, a teacher, an outdoorsman, an
active member of Beth Israel Temple in Fresno and a loyal friend to many.

Although his life was tragically cut short, he filled it with love of family and
service to others.

He is survived by his wife, Michelle Rabin; their two children, Jacob, 7, and
Eliana, 4; his parents, Jane and Edward Rabin of Davis; and his sister and
brother-in-law, Rebecca and Robert Kaplan of Norfolk, Va., and Newton, Mass.

He also became a well-loved part of his wife's extended family, which included
her grandmother Dorothy Meyers of Fresno; her mother and stepfather, Susan
Meyers and Michael Oshan of Gilroy; her father and stepmother, Chester and Nancy
Winton of Lincoln; her brother Jeffrey Winton of Santa Cruz; and many others.

A funeral was held in Fresno on Jan. 13.

A fund has been established for the benefit of his children, Jacob and Eliana.
Contributions in Dan's memory may be sent to The Michelle Rabin Fund, c/o Fresno
Jewish Day School, 6622 North Maroa, Fresno, CA 93704. Checks should be made
payable to "The Michelle Rabin Fund."


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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