[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E27]
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                      TRIBUTE TO FRIEDY B. HEISLER

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 27, 1998

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a woman 
who continually worked to nurture and to heal, not only the human body 
but the human spirit and soul as well. Dr. Friedy B. Heisler passed 
away last July in her Carmel Highlands home.
  Born, Sept. 16, 1900, in Switzerland, she graduated from the College 
of Neuchatel before immigrating to Chicago in 1924. Studying at the 
University of Illinois Medical School, Dr. Heisler finished her medical 
residency in psychiatry before opening a private practice in Chicago.
  Upon meeting her husband Francis, a civil rights and trade union 
attorney, Dr. Heisler moved to Carmel Highlands in 1948. She soon 
became active in the local mental health field, establishing again a 
private practice which continued until 1984. During this period she 
served as a mental health consultant to Carmel Unified School District 
and as an instructor in the Extension Division of the University of 
California at Berkeley and at Santa Cruz. Dr. Heisler was active in 
numerous psychiatric and mental health congresses, and she visited 
mental health institutions. Her vast memberships include: the American 
Medical Association, International Mental Health Association, Monterey 
County Mental Health Society, Northern California Mental Health 
Society, and Mid-Central Coast of Northern California Psychiatric 
Association. She was honored as a life fellow of the American 
Psychiatric Association in 1993. Dr. Heisler was instrumental in the 
founding of the psychiatric department of the Community Hospital of the 
Monterey Peninsula, where she was a former chairman.
  Dr. Heisler was truly a woman of impressive stature. Her involvement 
in mental health and well being was substantial, as was her love for 
her family and friends. It is at this time that I recognize Friedy B. 
Heisler's accomplishments and her involvement. She will be missed by 
the many people she touched during her lifetime.

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