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I. Jay Dunn, one of the founding members of the Society of Jungian analysts of Southern California, died quite unexpectedly and suddenly last spring. Jay, as he was known to all of us, was intense, demanding, definite yet gentle, gracious, and gifted with a wonderful sense of humour. To know him was to be tested because the strength of his character forced one to clarify one's own position. Jay's tremendous vitality and capacity for organization were instrumental in the growth of the Society of Jungian Analysts of Southern California, in which he held, at various times, the offices of president, director of the clinic and member of the certifying board. He had just accepted the post of chairman of the fund-raising committee for the recently founded C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, prior to his death.
Jay's love of teaching found outlet as assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the California College of Medicine; senior attending at the Los Angeles County Hospital and training consultant at Pacific State Hospital. A recent appointment as Regional Chief of the South Bay Mental Health Service, offered Jay the opportunity to carry his interest in Analytical Psychology to the schools, the clergy, the law enforcement agencies and the general public in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
The early death of Dr Dunn—he was born in 1917—interrupted his professional career at the moment when his creative potential was beginning to be realized.