Obituaries 24

Obituaries

Roosevelt Moisés Smeke Cassorla

I will start by the end: during the beautiful and reassuring funeral service, the Rabbi highlighted one verse from the Torah, from the book of Devarim/Deuteronomy (30:19) “I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life.

Wanda Pessoa

De parte de nuestro Directorio que con profundo pesar queremos informarles del fallecimiento de la Sra. Wanda Pessoa. Analista didacta, supervisora y docente del instituto. Una persona muy querida e importante de nuestra asociación.

Mario Torres Pereyra

Mario Torres was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, member of the Uruguayan Psychoanalytical Association. He worked intensely as an analyst in his clinical practice and also participated actively in institutional life.

Augusto Escribens Trisano

It is with great sadness and regret, on behalf of the Peruvian Society of Psychoanalysis and the family of our dear Augusto Escribens, that we share the news of his passing away on Sunday, June 9, 2024.

Dana Birksted-Breen

It is with great sadness that I write to let the international psychoanalytical community know of the passing of our dear colleague Dana Birksted-Breen on the morning of Saturday 1st of June.

Sudhir Kakar

Sudhir Kakar (1938 - 2024) His calm, even-tempered, and balancing presence will be sorely missed in India's cultural landscape.

Jean Claude Rolland (1941-2024)

Jean Claude Rolland fue medico, psiquiatra, psicoanalista. Fue presidente de la Asociacion Psicoanalitica de Francis y co-editor junto a Catherine Chabert de la revista Libres Cahiers pour la psychanalyse (2001-2017).

Dr. Asher Wilner

On Saturday April 20, 2024, surrounded by his family, after a long struggle with dementia.

Harold P. Blum (1929 - 2024)

IRED Committee and IRED Contributors deeply mourn the passing of our distinguished senior member of the North American and Inter-Regional Editorial Boards, an esteemed colleague and a dear friend.

Olga Panopoulou - Maratou (1943 - 2024)

It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Olga Panopoulou -Maratou, training analyst, and former director of training of the Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society in Athens.

Eduardo Gastelumendi (1957 - 2024)

It is my duty to inform you with great sadness and regret, on behalf of the Peruvian Society of Psychoanalysis and the family, that our beloved Eduardo Gastelumendi passed away today at 8:00 am. He left us in peace and enlightenment.

Baljeet Kaur Mehra (1929 - 2023)

Baljeet Kaur Mehra was one of the most outstanding psychoanalytic clinicians and teachers of her generation. She was also a wonderful person.

Marvin Margolis

Marvin Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. was the heart and soul and leading light of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, Society and Foundation.

Irma Brenman Pick

Irma was born and raised in South Africa and graduated with distinction from the Social Science Faculty at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where she had a brief involvement in radical student politics.

Jim Henderson

August 7, 1940 - May 2, 2020 Jim passed away peacefully on May 2, 2020 at the age of 79 after a long struggle with complications due to Parkinson's disease, and then COVID-19.

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