MARTIN NASS

NASS--Martin L., died on February 16 in La Jolla, CA at the age of 96. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Marilyn after 69 years of marriage. Loving father of Eric (Nina Friedman) and Marjorie, and grandfather of Daniel (Jessica Chan) and Jay. Marty enjoyed a long and rich life as a psychoanalyst. He was the first graduate of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, a professor of Psychology at Brooklyn College and NYU, and was faculty and a training analyst at the Contemporary Freudian Society. Marty was a WWII Navy combat veteran who served on the USS Topeka (CL-67). An alumnus of the High School of Music and Art, Marty was a passionate and lifelong violinist who played in chamber quartets until a few weeks before his passing. Donations in Marty's memory can be made to the Composers Conference, where Marty served as a board member for 25 years, the Contemporary Freudian Society, and to the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis.