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On July 7, 1959, Dr. Emil A. Gutheil died in New York from a heart attack. He was born in Czerlany, formerly part of Poland, on January 21, 1899, and graduated from the University of Vienna Medical School in 1930. He was a principal pupil and private assistant of Wilhelm Stekel, one of the first pupils of Freud. Stekel later split from Freud and created his own system of “active analysis”. Dr. Gutheil translated Stekel's works into English and edited his autobiography. After his arrival in New York in 1937, Dr. Gutheil devoted himself mainly to the creation of a forum on which all schools of psychotherapy could meet and exchange their thoughts and experiences. This was a bold idea in 1939, when a small group of Freudians still dominated the scene. With the help of a group of colleagues, Dr. Gutheil in 1939 founded the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy which now has 411 members. He was president of this Association for many years. He was also founder and chief editor of the “American Journal of Psychotherapy” since 1947. The journal won many acknowledgements and subscribers here and abroad. Dr. Gutheil was also very active in the creation of the Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy in New York, where he had been Director of Public Education, Supervising Psychiatrist, Lecturer and former Chairman of its Professional Board. Among his many publications, the best known are “The Language of the Dream” and “Handbook of Dream Analysis” . He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He leaves a widow, Lilian, nee Heitlinger, and two sons, Thomas Gordon and John Gordon.