In Memoriam

Below you will find a listing of members of the American Psychoanalytic Association whose deaths we have been recently notified.  Members are invited to post their tributes and memories on the Members listserv. If you do not see a recent death, please let us know. To notify APsA about the death of a member, contact [email protected].

Stephen R. Atkins, M.D.
October 25, 2024

Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, M.D.
October 26, 2023

Earle W. Baughman, M.D.
December 4, 2024

Robert J. Campbell, M.D.
August 24, 2023

Robert De Young, Ph.D.
January 16, 2025

Stephen K. Firestein, M.D.
March 9, 2024

Maida J. Greenberg, Ed.D.
September 4, 2024

Douglas B. Hansen, M.D.
November 5, 2024**

B. Bernie Herron, M.D.
August 30, 2024

Lester Isenstadt, M.D.
September 29, 2024

Merton J. Kahne, M.D.
August 17, 2024

Peter Kotcher, M.D.
December 26, 2024

Ira Lable, M.D.
September 16, 2024

Rudolf F. Laveran-Stiebar, M.D.
August 2, 2017

Linda A. Martin, LCSW
September 12, 2024

Lore Reich Rubin, M.D.
February 24, 2024

Paul E. Sapir, M.D.
December 24, 2024

Herbert J. Schlesinger, Ph.D.
September 16, 2022*

Cynia B. Shimm, M.D.
December 28, 2018*

Daniel S. Shrager, M.D.
June 15, 2024

Hillel I. Swiller, M.D.
May 10, 2023

Stuart Wolfe, M.D.
July 11, 2024

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*only notified

**just notified, exact date of death unknown

Seymour Baxter, M.D.
June 5, 2023*

Harold P. Blum, M.D.
March 27, 2024

V. Frank Cody, M.D.
January 25, 2023*

Betty Ann Ottinger, Ph.D.
April 13, 2023*

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*only notified

**just notified, exact date of death unknown

Salomon Alfie, M.D.
February 25, 2023

Rolf Arvidson, M.D.
November 27, 2023**

Athanasia Balkoura, M.D.
May 2, 2023

Sharon Bassett, Ph.D.
April 6, 2023

Harvey B. Bezahler, M.D.
November 21, 2023

Rita W. Clark, M.D.
August 18, 2023

Ariel S. Compton, M.D.
February 27, 2018*

Alan J. Frisch, M.D.
December 3, 2019*

Erik Gann, M.D.
July 20, 2023

Ellie Gelman, Ph.D.
January 27, 2024

Murray A. Goldstone, M.D.
July 18, 2022

Richard K. Hertel, Ph.D.
January 1, 2024

Don R. Lipsitt, M.D.
December 12, 2023

Mary Main, Ph.D., Honorary
November 27, 2023**

Marvin Margolis, M.D., Ph.D., APsA President 1996-98
August 22, 2023

Bennett F. Markel, M.D.
September 10, 2023

Julio Morales, M.D.
August 26, 2023

Dora J. Ostrowski, M.D.
December 7, 2023**

Joseph Palombo, M.A., Honorary
June 10, 2023

Kathryn F. Prescott, M.D.
April 18, 2016*

Warren R. Procci, M.D., APsA President 20110-11
September 1, 2023

Cynthia Rose, M.D.
July 9, 2023

Arthur L. Rosenbaum, M.D.
August 18, 2023

Henry Rosner, M.D.
2020*

Albert M. Sax, M.D.
July 7, 2022

Daniel P. Schwartz, M.D.
October 31, 2023

Isaiah A. Share, M.D.
March 27, 2023

Nathan M. Simon, M.D.
July 4, 2023

Joseph William Slap, M.D.
May 9, 2022

Gordon Anderson Tripp, M.D.
January 25, 2022

Robert L. Tyson, M.D.
September 15, 2023

Steven Varga-Golovcsenko, M.D.
October 12, 2023

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*only notified

**just notified, exact date of death unknown

Marvin H. Berenson, M.D.
May 15, 2021

Saul L. Brown, M.D.
February 22, 2019*

William Baird Clotworthy, M.D.
February 24, 2020*

Laurie E. Curtis, M.S.W.
May 9, 2023

Barney M. Dlin, M.D.
December 17, 2008*

Sylvia L. Ginsparg, Ph.D.
May 29, 2022

Michael A. Grodin, M.D.
March 1, 2023

Afaf Mahfouz, Ph.D.
May 15, 2023

Lawrence H. Rockland, M.D.
January 26, 2023

Moisy Shopper, M.D.
April 15, 2023

Richard C. Simons, M.D., APsA President 1986-88
April 24, 2023

David S. Spira, M.D.
December 27, 2021

David Stagner, M.D.
May 28, 2023

William Stark, M.D.
February 8, 2023

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*only notified

Gerald Jay Aronson, M.D.
March 19, 2022

Leon Balter, M.D.
April 14, 2022

Michael Bohnert, M.D.
May 1, 2022

Dan H. Buie, Jr., M.D.
November 8, 2022

Norman Decker, M.D.
November 6, 2022

Robert N. Emde, M.D.
July 20, 2021

Ruth S. Garfield, M.D., M.S.W.
May 22, 2022

Renee L. Gelman, M.D.
June 23, 2022

Jack L. Graller, M.D.
December 4, 2022

Caroline S. Koblenzer, M.D.
December 9, 2021

Maimon Leavitt, M.D.
April 9, 2021

Burton A. Lerner, M.D.
December 4, 2022

David Y. Levine, M.D.
January 2, 2023

Frederick L. Meisel, M.D.
January 14, 2023

James Naiman, M.D.
December 22, 2020

Arnold Rothstein, M.D.
September 28, 2022

Samuel E. Rubin, M.D.
September 14, 2022

Virginia C. Saft, M.D.
November 21, 2022

Andrew J. Sanchez, Jr., M.D.
August 28, 2022

Erika Schmidt, LCSW
December 30, 2022

Edward T. Schnoor, M.D.
December 7, 2022

Leonard L. Shengold, M.D.
January 16, 2020

Earle Silber, M.D.
June 21, 2022

Mark F. Sorensen, M.D.
January 16, 2023

Henry C. Weinstein, M.D.
May 17, 2022

Hannah Weiss, LCPC
October 26, 2022

Jeffrey Yost, M.A.
August 5, 2022

Barbara Young, M.D.
September 28, 2022