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Dr. John E. Edelstein died in New Jersey on January 15, 1957, at the age of fifty-two. His colleagues mourn the passing of a good friend and respected co-worker.
Dr. Edelstein received his Bachelor of Science degree from the College of the City of New York in 1925 and his M.D. from the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1929. In addition to his medical and surgical residencies, he served a psychiatric internship at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He was Supervising Psychiatrist from 1932 to 1941 at the Harlem Valley and Pilgrim State Hospitals. From April, 1941, to March, 1946, he served with the Armed Forces and was commissioned a Major in the Medical Corps. In addition to his routine army duties, Dr. Edelstein served as consultant and did rehabilitation work with patients with anxiety neuroses. During his military service, he prepared several comprehensive reports on treatment and follow-up of soldiers with anxiety reactions in the 8th Air Force (England) and in the United States. He was also the author of several papers on schizophrenia. For many years Dr. Edelstein was Assistant Director in charge of the Male Division at the Rockland State Hospital; he was also associated with the Bureau of Child Guidance in New York City. In the last few years Dr. Edelstein devoted himself exclusively to the private practice of psychoanalysis.