Remembering Anne Alonso

The following was sent to the AGPA membership from President Elizabeth Knight and CEO Marsha Block honoring the memory of Anne Alonso. Below the message you will also find links to additional obituaries in Anne's Memory. On September 29, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. in Memorial Church, at Harvard University, Ramon Alonso and family plan to host a memorial service in Anne Alonso's memory. There will also be a memorial service in Dr. Alonso's memory during the 2008 AGPA Annual Meeting, in Washington D.C., February 18-23.

Dear AGPA Members and Friends,

An Icon is gone.  On Sunday, August 26th, Anne Alonso, Ph.D., CGP, Distinguished Fellow, Past President of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and Past Chairwoman of the Board of the Group Psychotherapy Foundation died following a three-month long illness.  How can we mourn someone who has meant so much to our organization?  We would like to order our flag at half mast and a grand procession with all the pomp and circumstance deserved for her life-long achievements for the education and training of mental health clinicians and our organization and its members in particular.  Can any of us forget Anne’s stirring metaphor in her Presidential address of AGPA on “The Village Well”?  Her heart, humor, wisdom and generosity remain as her legacy.  All our sympathy goes out to her husband, Ramon, her two daughters, Marjie and Sarah, and her grandchildren, Jacob, Max and Lucy.  There will be a private family service this week and a memorial service sometime in September, details will be forthcoming.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to either:

The Group Psychotherapy Foundation (marked for the Anne and Ramon Alonso Endowment Fund), 25 East 21st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010; 888-808-2472
http://member.agpa.org/scriptcontent/index.cfm?gpf=1

or

The Massachusetts General Hospital, Endowment for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 600, Boston, MA 02114
www.advancepsychotherapy.org

Expressions of condolence can be sent to the family at 17 Lakeview Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3325.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth B. Knight, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA
President

and

Marsha S. Block, CAE, CFRE
Chief Executive Officer
American Group Psychotherapy Association

AGPA Obituary: Thursday, August 30, 2007, Sunday, September 2, 2007 Boston Globe and the Sunday, September 2, 2007 New York Times

Boston Globe Obituary: Sunday, September 2, 2007

Mideast Youth.com Tribute: Wednesday, August 29, 2007