Dr. Julian S. MYERS

MYERS . Dr. Julian S., age 87, of Cincinnati, founder and chairperson of the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Counseling at Boston University and at the University of Cincinnati, died Friday, April 22, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Dr. M.H. Scott Myers, Cincinnati; daughter and son in law, Dr. Melanie F. Myers and Joel Domoe, Atlanta; son and daughter-in-law, Barry Scott Myers and Alyssa Luke, Cincinnati; daughter, Julie Ann Myers, Washington, DC; sons and daughters in law, Dr. Alan and Linda Myers, Andrew and Miluska Myers, all of Nevada; grandchildren, Nicole and Jordan Domoe, Atlanta, Ariel Luke, Cincinnati, Alan Stewart and Hannah Myers, Nevada. Dr. Myers was born in Hartford, Conn., raised in Brooklyn, NY and received his Ph.D. from New York University. He had a wide-ranging career that included founding the University of Cincinnati Rehabilitation Center (renamed the IKRON Rehabilitation Center in 1983), publishing community involvement, and teaching rehabilitation counseling for five years at Boston University followed by twenty years as professor of clinical psychology at the University of Cincinnati. He retired from the University of Cincinnati with Emeritus standing and continued as part-time clinical director of IKRON. Julian Myers was also a veteran of World War II, serving as a Captain in the US Army. Dr. Myers, also known as the father of psycho-social rehabilitation, pursued his interests in milieu therapy and its application to psycho-social rehabilitation in a community-based setting for adults with problems of mental health and substance abuse. His primary research interest was depression; prior to his passing, he was working on several articles related to causes and treatment of depression. Beginning in 1961, Dr. Myers served for five years on the State of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and was instrumental in developing rehabilitation services for adults in the state's mentalhealth hospitals. Dr. Myers also consulted about the application of rehabilitation and milieu therapy with the affiliated mental health center of Harvard University. He was the first rehabilitation professional in Cincinnati to offer community-based services in 1967 to adults confined previously at Longview State Hospital (Lewis Center). The program he developed for this population became a prototype for other rehabilitation services in the Greater Cincinnati Area and throughout Ohio as well as Massachusetts. Julian Myers was the recipient of numerous awards including National Rehabilitation Association, New England Region award for outstanding life time achievement for contributions to the field of rehabilitation. The family will receive guests and friends at the visitation on Sunday, May 1, 1-2 P.M. at the Cedars of Lebanon Chapel, Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Avenue followed by a funeral service in the Chapel at 2 P.M. Interment will be in the Spring Grove Cemetery. Immedately following the services, friends are invited to gather at the home of the Myers family, 3919 Leyman Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45229. 513-751-1358. Memorial donations may be made to IKRON, 2347 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229. Vielhauer-Clepper is handling arrangements.