Esteemed psychologist/psychoanalyst. He was, for some 50 years, in private practice; professor and supervisor in both the doctoral and post-doctoral programs in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at New York University. He founded the postdoctoral program. Handsome beyond reason, brilliant and curious, witty, charming, elegant, beloved, respected and admired by all who knew him, he was the analysts' analyst. A Jew, an atheist, he studied at Yale Divinity School for eight years after he retired. An officer in World War II, he designed tests to determine who was best fit to fly bombing missions. He leaves Rachel (Fast), his wife of 26 years; Joan (Sampliner), his first wife, of 34 years; and their three children, as well as four grandchildren.
Esteemed psychologist/psychoanalyst. He was, for some 50 years, in private practice; professor and supervisor in both the doctoral and post-doctoral programs in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at New York University. He founded the postdoctoral program. Handsome beyond reason, brilliant and curious, witty, charming, elegant, beloved, respected and admired by all who knew him, he was the analysts' analyst. A Jew, an atheist, he studied at Yale Divinity School for eight years after he retired. An officer in World War II, he designed tests to determine who was best fit to fly bombing missions. He leaves Rachel (Fast), his wife of 26 years; Joan (Sampliner), his first wife, of 34 years; and their three children, as well as four grandchildren.
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