Editor's Farewell

With this issue, I end an eight-year editorship of one of the most important psychoanalytic periodicals, The Psychoanalytic Review—the oldest continuously published psychoanalytic journal. I feel privileged that under my tenure the journal in 2013 celebrated its centenary. On this occasion I felt extremely proud to emphasize that for 100 years the journal had an important role in promoting and reflecting almost the entire evolution of psychoanalysis. At the same time, we paid tribute to the Review's co-founders, the two giants William Alanson White and Smith Ely Jelliffe, and the other six subsequent editors, some of whom I have known personally and admired. I am honored that I followed in their footsteps and have been a part of the development of the Review.

During my service, I was determined to maintain the excellence of the Review by continuing the mission of its prior Editors, publishing scholarly papers from all schools of thought by both new and established authors who brought knowledge and creative ideas forward, stimulating and advancing our thinking. In the process, I valued the professional contact with these colleagues, whose manuscripts were rich sources of information on the latest and most innovative developments in theory and practice. This enabled me to put together the most interesting journal issues.

As Editor, I feel particularly fortunate to have had many generous and hard-working people helping me to produce the journal. In this regard, I have many to thank. I am extremely grateful to all the members of the Editorial Board, who tirelessly utilized their professionalism and expertise to carefully read (perhaps a few times over) and edit manuscripts in order to give their evaluations and constructive suggestions. Similarly, my appreciation goes to the Book Review Editors, who have provided our readership with reviews of the most worthy new books pertinent to psychoanalysis from stacks of such books. By the same token, I want to thank the active mem