It's crap unless I'm looking at two different things here.
Wiki says: Lown was born in Utena, Lithuania as Boruch Lac, on June 7, 1921, the son of Nison and Bela (Grossbard) Lac. His family was Jewish, and one of his grandfathers was a rabbi. They emigrated to Maine when Lown was 14, and he attended Lewiston High School, graduating in 1938.
So dates don't add up at all. Grad in 38 and the claim is he was in India in 36?
It's crap unless I'm looking at two different things here.
Wiki says: Lown was born in Utena, Lithuania as Boruch Lac, on June 7, 1921, the son of Nison and Bela (Grossbard) Lac. His family was Jewish, and one of his grandfathers was a rabbi. They emigrated to Maine when Lown was 14, and he attended Lewiston High School, graduating in 1938.
So dates don't add up at all. Grad in 38 and the claim is he was in India in 36?
Here is an obit by Harvard.
Looking through a synopsis of his book it doesn't seem like it fits.
I call BS