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Dr Leopold Stein—‘Simon’, as he was affectionately known to his friends— died at the age of 74 on May 24 1969. He was a professional member of the Society of Analytical Psychology, and his death will be mourned by many, for the range of his knowledge as well as his character made him an outstanding and unforgettable personality.
Simon had come to England from Vienna in 1939. He soon became Hon. Speech Therapist to the Tavistock Clinic, where, from 1948 until his retirement eleven years later, he was a medical consultant. My knowledge of him goes back to 1951, a year before he became a member of our society, of which he was at one time Chairman.
Simon was a scholar. His studies and training started with philosophy and philology, whence to abnormalities of language and speech disorders, followed by medicine and specialization in ear, nose and throat surgery. He became Director of the Speech Department at the Vienna Polyclinic, then studied dynamic psychology under Alfred Adler. With such a background it is not surprising to see the list of learned societies to which he belonged and who benefited from his contributions:
Founder Member of College of Speech Therapists and once Chairman; Fellow, and one-time Chairman of the International Association of Phoniatrics and Logopaedics;
Member of the British Psychological Society, Medical Section; Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Society; Member of the Philological Society.
Fifteen publications on psychological topics appeared since 1948. Of those which were published in this Journal, I regard the following as particularly valuable:
‘What is a symbol supposed to be?’ 1957. J. analyt. Psychol., 2, 1.
‘Analytical psychology: a “modern” science’. 1958. J. analyt. Psychol., 3, 1.
‘In pursuit of first principles’. 1966. J. analyt. Psychol., 11, 1.