Fact Check: This is not a widowed professor carrying his baby to class
Fact Check: This is not a widowed professor carrying his baby to class
Several Twitter users have shared a collage, claiming that these are pictures of a professor who lost his wife during childbirth and is taking care of his child while taking classes. AFWA probes the truth.
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The images going viral on social media.
Many a time, we come across inspiring stories of how single moms and dads have conquered their parenting journeys. Now, an adorable picture collage of a man carrying a baby on his chest while teaching is viral on social media with the claim that he is a college professor who lost his wife during childbirth. The claim says he is looking after the baby and taking classes at the same time.
January 14, 2021
Caleb González, MD, professor emeritus of ophthalmology and visual science, passed away on January 10, 2021, in Lancaster, SC. He was recognized as a pioneer in the field of strabismus, a condition in which the eyes appear to be looking in different directions, including writing one of the first textbooks on the subject. He was also a prolific researcher, a world-renowned speaker, and a passionate educator.
González was born on May 1, 1929 in Humacao, PR, where he received his elementary and high school education in public schools. He received his BA from the Interamerican University of PR (1949) under a scholarship program for children of Evangelical Ministers. He then studied at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine where he received his MD in 1954 as a member of its first graduating class. He was among the top three students in his class and was selected for membership to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the American Association for t