Dr. Stanley Bernard Corwin passed away on January 3 after three months in the hospital due to complications from surgery. He was also suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83. Born April 23, 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Corwin was the eldest of two sons of Lillian and Michael Corwin. In 1943, during his senior year in high school, the Corwin family moved to Beverly Hills, and he graduated from Hamilton High in June 1944. Upon graduation, Corwin entered the U.S. Navy, and was assigned to the USS Ross DD-563, a Fletcher-class battle cruiser. After graduating from USC in 1950, Corwin earned his DDS degree from UC San Francisco’s dental school in 1954. He went into private practice with his father, Michael, in Beverly Hills. He opened his own dentistry in Mar Vista and later moved his practice to the Westside. He retired in 1993. Corwin was married to his first wife from 1962 to 1967. During this time, he moved to Pacific Palisades, where the couple had two children, Scott (born in 1963) and Leigh (1966), both graduates of Palisades High School. Corwin met the love of his life, Libby Zubernick, in 1975. They married on September 18, 1977 and moved to Woodland Hills. They later relocated to Westlake Village. An avid artist and sculptor, Corwin was also a drummer, having played drums in high school and in the military. He and his grandson, Joshua, loved to play drums together. Corwin also loved to play golf. He taught his son to play and they enjoyed golfing together. Corwin is survived by Libby, his wife of 32 years; his son, Scott (wife Susan) of Pacific Palisades; his daughter, Leigh Rose of North Carolina; step-daughter Susan Barron of Texas; grandchildren Joshua, Gregory and Joanna; and step-grandson Daniel.
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