Chairman of the board on Professional Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association, died on August 31, 1990, from a massive cerebral hemorrhage suffered the day before. At the memorial services for Dr. Krent, President George H. Allison, M.D., said “No one in my long experience in the American exceeds Jay in his devotion to the American Psychoanalytic Association and to the Board on Professional Standards. His absolute integrity, sincerity, and determination to work for the organization and for its high standards have been unquestionable…”