Paul Lussheimer, M.D.: 1898-1973

Mingled with a profound respect for all mankind was Dr. Paul Lussheimer's constant kind regard for his students, patients, friends and family. These qualities were perhaps no more in evidence than in his courses, where his actual personal association with the subjects of his lectures invested the material with a special vitality.

Dr. Lussheimer was born in Germany, on January 6, 1898, was educated at Heidelberg University and received his early psychiatric training and experience in Berlin. In the late twenties and early thirties, he held positions in Public Health and Public School systems in Germany.

Arriving in the United States in 1937 with his constant companion and loving wife, he became immersed as a pioneer in the fields of psychiatry and psychoanalysis. This work was accompanied by a flow of scientific writings throughout his long career. A thirty year association with the Karen Horney Center began in the 1940's with his certification in psychoanalysis, and continued with his positions as faculty member, training and supervising analyst, trustee, President of the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, editorial staff member of The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, first Medical Director of the Karen Horney Clinic, and finally consultant to the Medical Board of the Clinic.

In the early years of the Karen Horney Clinic, Dr. Lussheimer's gentle but decisive leadership saw the organization through many of its trials. The many facets of his personality were variously revealed and his grounding in religion and literature, together with his love of music, enriched his work there as well as all his associations. He was one of the first to see the need for enlarging the Clinic's services through a series of departments to render service for specific problems, and he gave his time to organize and administer the first Department of Marriage Consultation in 1955. Soft spoken and unassuming, Paul Lussheimer had a sharp wit and his interests covered a wide ran