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The sudden and unexpected death on January 1, 1969, at age 48, of our friend and colleague, Dr. Melvin Boigon, left us shocked and grieved. An active participant in so many aspects of the work of our associated organizations, his efforts, stimulation and thoughtfulness will be sorely missed.
Born in Toronto on May 9, 1920, he was graduated from the University of Toronto and from there received his medical degree in 1945. After an internship in London, Ontario, and a residency in psychiatry at Central Islip Hospital in New York, he completed his psychoanalytic training at the American Institute for Psychoanalysis.
A member of the Institute, Dr. Boigon served as Secretary of the Board of Trustees, lecturer and training analyst. He also lectured at the New School for Social Research and at the New York Academy of Medicine before the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. He served the Association in many capacities—as president, secretary, councillor and chairman of numerous committees. For many years he was on the Medical Board of the Karen Homey Clinic, and he was a staff member from its founding.
Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry, he was a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He was also a Fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, and served on a number of its committees.
Dr. Boigon died of a brain hemorrage. He is survived by his wife, our colleague, Dr. Helen W. Boigon, and their two children. His life-affirming spirit was expressed in his wish, fulfilled by his wife, that his heart, kidneys and corneas be donated to those in dire need.
“The tragedy of the passing of so vital a young person, in the prime of his creative productiveness is beyond description,” said Dr. Helen DeRosis, secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Institute. “In addition to the professional man, there was a devoted family man, the esthetic lover of beauty, dreamer of future worlds and one who could find pleasure, humor and fun in the most mundane.”
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