Summary: UNC’s oldest living baseball or basketball alum, Bobby Gersten, shares his secrets to aging healthfully and wisely.
Air Date: 6/2/15
Duration: 10
Host: Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Guest Bio: Bobby Gersten
Bobby Gersten is the oldest living UNC basketball and baseball alumnus. At 94 years old, he walks and plays tennis and golf. This year, his passion for walking helped him conceive lead the first Walk for Health in Chapel Hill, NC. Walk for Health is a 2 1/2 mile event that illustrates the benefits of physical activity, walking in particular, on health.
Bobby Gersten holds the record as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s oldest living baseball or basketball alum.
At 94, he still walks every day and plays tennis and golf.
Gersten joins Dr. Darria to share his secrets to aging.