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BOB, OR “BOBBY,” as his wife Grazia and dearest friends were inclined to address him, was born in Syracuse, New York, to Albert Lakoff and Freda Avrith and died in Ottawa in 2013, following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He was a member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, graduating in 1978 from the Institute and for the past ten years a member of the Ottawa branch, where he served as chair of the Ethics Committee for two years in the mid-nineties. He completed his training in psychiatry at the McGill teaching hospitals in 1977, at which time he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Bob will be remembered for his contributions as service chief both at St. Mary's and the Allen Memorial hospitals. His special interest at that time was the treatment of chronic pain from its emotional origins. He played a key role in the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, Quebec English branch, as chair of the Scientific Program from 1981 to 1983. In 1987 Bob took his family to Edmonton, where he was appointed associate clinical professor of psychiatry. During this time he was a member of the western branch of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and served as secretary-treasurer, vice-president, and president. He returned east in 1992 to settle in Ottawa.