It was the early 1940s when Bill, the son of Russian immigrants, graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

As an excellent student, he matriculated directly to Temple University School of Chiropody, beginning his lifelong work in podiatry. However, like many from the Greatest Generation, Bill's education was interrupted when he joined the United States Army as a medic in Texas with several podiatry classmates. Fortunately, Bill and his comrades returned and graduated from Temple as lifelong friends.

Bill opened a private practice in December 1948 in the growing suburban Philadelphia community of Bristol, Pennsylvania.

He became an active member of the Pennsylvania Podiatric Medical Association ("PPMA"), later serving as its president. Bill was a visionary and zealous advocate of the podiatric community. He authored Podiatric Service Reporting Manual with Relative Value Guides, published by the PPMA in 1974, and was instrumental in having podiatric services recognized and paid for by insurance carriers. In addition, he dedicated a significant portion of his career to podiatry education. He was known for conducting an annual educational seminar, the "Hershey Seminar," to allow his colleagues and graduates to become board certified.

Bill was also a dedicated husband to his wife, Lorraine, and father to his children, Richard and Shelley, who viewed their father as a genuinely larger-than-life figure.

As adolescents, Bill's children fondly recall his frequent trips to Harrisburg and the day Bill's portrait was raised in the halls of the PPMA headquarters in Camp Hill.

Bill's son-in-law, William S. Lynde, DPM, and grandson, Michael J. Lynde, DPM, also attended Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, continuing Bill's legacy to this day at their private practice in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Bill's daughter became a schoolteacher, while his son, Richard M. Goldfarb, MD, FACS, became a surgeon and continues his father's dedication to the betterment and service of the medical community. He would have been so elated to see the success of his four grandsons. Richard's son is in pharmaceutical marketing and advertising, and Shelley's sons are in finance, podiatry, and an attorney.