This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0RB.2ACI/607 Message Board Post: Albuquerque Journal - January 5, 2003 Alex T. Quenk, loving husband and father, and well-known clinical psychologist and Diplomat Jungian Analyst, died peacefully in his sleep on Friday morning, January 3, 2003. He was born on April 7, 1929, in New Britain, Connecticut, the youngest of nine children of John and Bertha Quenk. He received his BA (1951) and M.A. (1953), both in Philosophy from the University of Connecticut and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, respectfully. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Germany where he was (appropriately) assigned to the Intelligence Unit. He earned his Ph.D in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964. Prior to accepting a position as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico Medical School in 1967, Alex was a Staff Clinical Psychologist at the San Francisco Day Treatment Center, and then at Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco, where he also s! erved as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of California Medical School. At the UNM Medical School, he was also Attending Clinical Psychologist at the newly established Bernalillo County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center. In 1976 he entered independent clinical practice but continued his affiliation with the medical school as Clinical Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry. He completed his Jungian training in 1978. Alex was well-recognized by his psychotherapy patients, professional colleagues, family, and friends for the depth and wisdom of his insights, his original thinking, and his remarkable ability to make complex ideas understandable and useful in people's everyday lives. In addition to a number of articles and his highly original monograph,"Psychological Types and Psychotherapy," he co-authored two books with his wife, Naomi L. Quenk,"Dream Thinking," and"True Loves." He had a life-long devotion to photogra! phy, applying his originality and insight to his professional-quality photographic work. Alex was preceded in death in 1962 by his first wife, Patricia. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Naomi L. Quenk; daughter, Karin Sparks and husband, David of Bryan, Texas; son, Kaleb A. Quenk of Albuquerque; daughter, Rachel A. Quenk and partner, Kevin Davis, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; brother, Henry Quenk of Sarasota, Florida; sisters, Helen McBride of Monroe, Connecticut, Ceil DeMalta of Lake George, New York, Sue Lehr and husband, Marvin of Akron, Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 2:00 p.m., at Congregation Albert, 3800 Louisiana Blvd. NE, with Rabbi Joseph Black officiating. Interment will follow at Congregation Albert Cemetery at Fairview Memorial Park. The family requests no flowers. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Myers & Briggs Foundation, 2815 NW 13th St., Gainesville, Florida 32609; The Southern P! overty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, Alabama 36104; or American United for Separation of Church and State, 518 C Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002. Arrangements by French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd, NE.