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J. Thomas Ungerleider

1931 - 2016

J. Thomas Ungerleider obituary, 1931-2016, Los Angeles, CA

J. Ungerleider Obituary

March 3, 1931 - September 19, 2016 Tom left us this week but with an indelible memory of his pioneering work and endearing sense of humor. As Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA for 4 decades, he treated countless patients with drug abuse problems, pioneered early research on medical marijuana, served on President Nixon's National Commission on Marijuana, and wrote extensively on LSD and other psychotropic drugs. He was adored as a husband to Dorothy, father to John and Shoshana, grandfather to Jacob, Isaiah, Simcha, David, Aidenne, and Yaakov, and great-grandfather to their 14. Funeral services will be at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park at 2 p.m. on Thurs. Sept. 22. A memory sharing event will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept 25 at the family home in Encino. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the programs of your choice for Alzheimer's Disease research.

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Published by Los Angeles Times on Sep. 21, 2016.

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October 13, 2016

My condolences on the passing of Tommy.

Tommy's father Harold was my Dad's law partner on Miami Beach.

I met Tommy only once when I was a young boy.

As a child, my Dad would take me to his law office. I remember a picture of Tommy that was in Harold's office.

Harold would go on and on about Tommy and how proud he was of him and the work that he was doing in California.

David Winton

John Friedman

September 30, 2016

I met Tom when I entered the University of Michigan as a pre-med student in 1949 and we became good friends as Brothers of Zeta Beta Tau. We both attended summer school in 1950 living in the ZBT house and we made frequent trips to Toledo where I met his mother, grandfather , aunts and uncles. After our senior year we borrowed his mother's Nash sedan, with seats that reclined to become beds, and traveled throughout the west and it was my first trip to Arizona where I have lived for more than 48 years. After graduation we each went to medical school in Ohio (he in Cleveland and and I in Cincinnati). We kept in touch and eventually we moved west and Carolyn and I often saw Dorothy and Tom in Encino and Phoenix.
Tom was a brilliant and innovative physician, a person who always had a smile on his face as the attached photo shows, a loving husband and father, grandfather and great grandfather. It was sad to learn of his final years as he sank into dementia but he will always be remembered by me as my very best friend in college who enhanced my enjoyment of my time at the University of Michigan and as a great friend thereafter.

fred diamond

September 21, 2016

our friendship began in 5th grade at central beach elementary flamingo park was our 2nd home tom at the tennis courts me on the team playing fields, football, bnasketball and baseball we even lived directly across the street from one another 5th thru 12th grades onl;y saw each other at couple reunions over past 60 years---fred diamond

Cheryl

September 21, 2016

I would like to express my deepest sympathies for the loss of your dear loved one. Our heavenly Father invites us to pour out our hearts to Him in prayer. May He grant you peace, strength, and comfort during this time of distress.
---Psalm 65:2

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22

Funeral service

2:00 p.m.

Mt. Sinai Memorial Park

CA 90012

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25

Memorial Gathering

1:00 p.m.

at the family home

Encino, CA 90012

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