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Dr. Emy A. metzger, born in Mainz, Germany, was one of our earliest members. She devoted her entire life to service. First, as a nurse, she saw active duty during World War I with the German Army. She then attended the University of Munich Medical School and graduated with high honors in 1923. She practiced in Frankfurt until 1935 during which time she studied neurology under Wagner von Jauregg in Vienna. She also worked with Kurt Goldstein with brain-damaged patients. Shortly after her arrival in the United States in 1935 she became acting-physician-in-charge of Stony Lodge Sanitarium, Ossining, New York. Later she became an assistant physician at the Mental Health Clinic of Lenox Hill Hospital.
A graduate of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis, she actively participated in the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, the American Psychiatric Association, the Academy of Psychoanalysis, the Schilder Society, and the Virchow Society. She lectured both to professional and lay groups at the American Institute for Psychoanalysis, the New School for Social Research, the Academy of Medicine, and the Auxiliary Council to the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. She had a great interest in, and a profound understanding of the schizophrenic process and psychoanalytic technique. Her papers on these subjects have appeared in The American Journal of Psychoanalysis.
On April 4, 1966, at the age of 71, she died after a long illness. As Dr. Morton B. Cantor, President of the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, wrote: “Her kindness, dedication, energy, and wisdom played an instrumental role in the growth of our organization. She was an inspiration to us all.”