Obituary Notice

Lotte (‘Lola’) Paulsen, née Fulda, was born in Mannheim, Germany, on 28 June 1902. She died at Hove on 29 June 1994, one day after her 92nd birthday which she had celebrated in good spirits with her only daughter and son-in-law, Ursula and Trevor Craker who lived near her.

Lola was a founder member of the Society of Analytical Psychology and much appreciated as a training analyst, as others who she trained and became training analysts, like Mary Welch, Rosemary Gordon and myself can attest.

In 1925 Lola married Dr Andreas Paulsen, who later became a professor of economy and Rector of the Freie Universität, Berlin. They divorced in 1937 and that year Lola emigrated to England where she became an analysand of Michael Fordham's. She had previously been analysed by Ruth Benedict of Leipzig where Lola had also taken her Ph.D. degree, ‘summa cum laude’, as Ursula told me.

The outstanding characteristic of Lola Paulsen was the authentic connection between her work and her life. Being an analysand who after many years became a friend and having moved, so to speak, with her from Swiss Cottage to Chelsea, to Mayfair, Marble Arch, Bayswater and St John's Wood, one could not be unaware of the significance these moves had in her life. Those who knew her well were deeply impressed by the dignity and self-containedness with which she faced suffering. Yet she remained able to enjoy such pleasures as came her way. Her participation in the fortunes of her analysands as well as of her family and friends remain unequalled in my recollection. She bore the decrepitudes and limitations of old age with the same courage and dignity she had shown in earlier years which makes me proud to remember Lola as a great human being, friend and analyst.

The cremation took place at Brighton. Bishop Simon Phipps officiated. He and his wife, Mary (Welch) who lived nearby had been good friends for a long time. The S.A.P., conscious of losing yet another founder member, had sent representatives. Living too far