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Fam Proc 6:276-277, 1967

OBITUARIES
James L. Framo

Jerome E. Jungreis 1921-1967

One of the key founding members of the Family Institute of Philadelphia and an important early contributor to the family
therapy field, Jerome E. Jungreis died on May 10, 1967 of complications following major surgery. Jerry leaves behind a
wife, Ruth, and three children, Michael, Katherine and Abby. He touched the lives of those of us who knew him in a way
that makes acceptance of his death painful and difficult.
Jerry was one of the authors of Psychotherapy for the Whole Family and wrote chapters on case histories, "The Active
Role of the Family Therapist," "TheSingle Therapist in Family Therapy," and he was one of the authors of the paper which
by now has become a classic in the field, "The Absent Member Maneuver as a Family Resistance." He has other articles
still in press related to two subsequent projects at PPC ("Family Counseling for Sexual Behavior Problems of Adolescent
Girls" and "Comparison of Three Treatment Models of Delinquency") in which he contributed as practicum training
coordinator and therapist. In 1965 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic.
Jerry was an able, dynamic person who managed to crowd much into his life. He was not just a family therapist, although
he was sensitive and creative in treating people; his professional interests were broad and ranged from the study of
intrafamilial processes to cultural values, community networks and social institutions and their dynamic integration. The
field of family process has lost a gifted individual; a person whose promise has been so tragically checked as he was about
to come into his own and reap the fullness of his creativity.
Mourning has been described as a process of experiencing a series of little hurts in order to be able to accept a big one.
For those of us who cared for him, Jerry's death has created that curious alternation of sadness and disbeliefthe denial
being pierced on occasion by reminders which surge the memories forward with full force. Perhaps each personal loss that
we experience fuses with all those we lost before; perhaps we mourn our own eventual death. For now, we mourn the loss
of Jerry Jungreis, colleague, partner, and friend for whom we do sing sad songs.
On behalf of the Family Institute of Philadelphia,

Alice R. Cornelison 1919-1967

A life long investigator and consultant in psychiatric medicine and one of the early family investigators, Alice Cornelison
died of cancer in June of this year. Originally from Somerville, New Jersey, Alice received her B.A. from Vassar and her
Master's Degree in Social Work from Smith. She was a crucial member of the family research group at Yale, co-authoring
a series of articles with Theodore Lidz and Stephen Fleck on the family of the schizophrenic as well as their book,
"Schizophrenia and the Family." She left Yale in 1965 and at the time of her death was senior psychiatric social worker at
the Berkshire Mental Health Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Alice was also a consultant to the Family Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, whose members
feel a deep sense of personal loss at her passing. Her ideas and her tolerance will be missed in the family field.