Author: Jane Thayer
Born: 17 June 1930
Died: 11 October 2016
Bio: Jane Hillis Thayer, Psychotherapist, was born in New York, New York. She graduated from Cornell University in 1952 with a major in psychology, and went on to get a master’s degree in psychology in 1959 and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1969, both from George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Dr. Thayer operated a highly respected private clinical psychotherapy practice in Washington, D.C., from 1959 to 1999, and on Martha’s Vineyard from 2001 to 2014. Dr. Thayer was a member of many Professional and Honorary Societies, and was included in *Who’s Who of American Women* since the 1980s. She published and presented papers in professional journals, and co-authored a book, *Elderescence: The Gift of Longevity*, with her daughter, Dr. Peggy Thayer, in 2005.

She was active in and past president of the Martha’s Vineyard Mediation Program, Martha’s Vineyard Unitarian-Universalist Society, Massachusetts Conflict Resolution Organizations, and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of Washington, D.C., Boston, and Martha’s Vineyard.

Source: [The Vineyard Gazette](https://vineyardgazette.com/obituaries/2016/10/11/jane-thayer-psychologist-president-mediation-program)