J.-Ungerleider-Obituary

J. Thomas Ungerleider

Los Angeles, California

1931 - 2016

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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,...

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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

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...

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

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