SOURCE_DOCUMENTS/journal_022_2.txt

JOSEPH B. FABRY 1909-1999 
Joseph Fabry ( 1909-1999) 
Joseph Fabry, the founder, the former Executive Director and President of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, and Editor of The International Forum for Logo therapy, died on May 7, 1999 of congestive heart failure. 
Joe was born in Vienna, Austria where he earned his law degree from the University of Vienna. Being Jewish, he had to flee from persecution of the Nazis. He reached Belgium where he was placed in a detention camp. From there he went to England and then came to the United States in 1938. During World War 11, Joe lost his family in Nazi concentration camps. 
Shortly after his arrival In New York, a mutual friend introduced him to Judith, who became his wife two months after they met. Joe worked as a scriptwriter for the Office of War Information (later the Voice of America). Joe and Judith moved to Berkeley in 1940 at the invitation of Max Knight, a childhood friend and a senior editor at the University of California Press. At UC Berkeley, Joe worked as an editor on several university publications until his retirement in 1972. 
Joe and Max collaborated for many years under the joint pen name of Peter Fabrizius. The story of this collaboration is told in their Book One and One Make Three. 
Attending a lecture by Viktor Frankl at the Unitarian Church of Berkeley in 1965 changed his perspective and resulted in Joe's second career. Fascinated by logotherapy, Joe studied and worked in close harmony with Viktor Frankl, establishing a close friendship that lasted until Frankl's death in 1998. According to Joe's son, Richard, logotherapy gave Joe a new focus. He began not asking, "Why has this happened to me?" but "Now that it has, what should I do about it?" 
Joe became the spokesman for logotherapy in North America, eventually establishing the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy and editing the International Forum. Joe wrote and translated many books and articles on logotherapy, including The Pursuit of Meaning, which was translated into nine languages. He edited Logotherapy in Action and Logotherapy in Sharing Groups. With his wife, Judith, Joe translated Viktor Frankl's autobiography Reflections. For this work and the promotion of logotherapy, which became known in Europe as "The third Viennese School of Psychotherapy," Joe was awarded the Golden Cross of Honor by the Republic of Austria. 
Joe was particularly interested that logotherapy become available to the layperson. With that in view, he subsequently wrote Guideposts to Meaning, a way of "discovering what really matters." 
Joe's contribution to both the theoretical and practical aspects of logotherapy was manifold. He helped bring together interested people from around the world to meet at the first World Congress of Logotherapy, which now meets every two years, the most recent of which took place in Dallas, Texas in June 1999. 
Joe, a man of vision, determination, and purpose, was an inspiration for many. He was a man of profound knowledge, understanding, and many talents. He painted, edited, wrote, translated, and taught. His understanding of logotherapy, his boundless capacity for friendship, his generosity for sharing and giving of himself to the Institute and to the organizations of his choice, reflect his capacity, despite adversity, to not dwell on the past but to be future oriented. 
The titles of his unpublished manuscripts reflect his on-going search for meaning based on the principles and philosophy of logotherapy. He was tireless in his devotion to promote better understanding and harmony. The titles of some of his unpublished manuscripts include: The Past Ahead -A personal Search for the "Real God"; Reality Check of God -The Spirit in the Horizontal Society; Divinity and the Meaningful -Life Spirituality in a Horizontal Society; Happy Endings. 
His legacy to the Viktor Frankl Institute and to all of us is the sharing of knowledge and interest in logotherapy. The Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy has lost its founder but not his inspirations nor his contributions. 
Joe is survived by Judith, his wife of 58 years, his two children, Claire Bradley and Richard Fabry, and two grandchildren, Heidi and 
Shala Bradley. 
We close with an appreciation of Joseph Fabry, a man whose quest for meaning has made our lives more meaningful. 
Bianca Z. Hirsch, President emeritus Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy 

,. 
"' ", 'V
; \ .·· 
I:{' •. 
Joe Fabry-1950, Joe's only relative (cousin) Irma Newman, Judith, Claire (in front on horse), Wendy. and Richard 
68 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Memories of Joe Fabry 
0<111 ~Joslyn 
Joe's main influence on me came in 1982 when 
I read his Pursuit of Meaning. It enabled me to find ba
lance between my Unitarian years of spiritual growth 
and those which followed my "sparking the gap" to a 
very fundamental Christian faith. Both of these had 
fostered the intellectual and emotional aspects of my 
world view but the tension between the two was too 
much for me. Joe explained Frankl's affirmation of 
the bedrock reality and alluring mystery of the object 
of the faith of humankind. He also made clear how 
much freedom of and respect for both belief and honest 
doubt could be contained within one world view, namely 
Frankl's. I'm now a happily fulfilled United Methodist 
heretic. My experience of the Unitarian faith had been 
weak on the emotional side whereas my fundamental 
Christian faith, though profoundly positive in many 
ways, lacked the intellectual integrity and freedom my 
nature demanded, 
On a more personal note, Joe once told me that the loss of his daughter through murder (committed by a friend) helped him accept the murder of his parents (committed by Nazi strangers). This brief interchange occurred when we paired up during a workshop in which we were challenged to find some sort of positive meaning from our most negative and tragic experiences. 
69 
I used to let rnyself be haunted hy the Holocaust. I ,vould in~aginc mysclt a prisoner. "_going f<Jr the electric wire.. to escape the unbearable pa.in and terror. A few years ago, while driving with .Joe and Judith from a conference in Missouri, shared these thoughts and said, "I don't know how anyone could bear the pain inflicted by a Nazi concentration camp... Joe said, -You would be surprised ho,v much pain you can bear!" I Ie rarely wasted words and usually came to the point in a gentle but efficient way. I hope I never have to flnd out whether Joe was right about how much pain I can bear! 
Joe's brevity was not always so serious. lie conducted a L,o_gothcrapy retreat during the 1988 Olympic c,;.-arnes. Being totally addicted to this. I told him that I would be leaving long enough to watch the 100 meter final. ,Joe·s response was: "It only takes 10 seconds!.. 
Joe Fab1y·s life was a gift to n1any. extending from his irrunediate family through his religious. logotherapy and literary communities. to people in many walks of life. including some who only knew his writings. Although his family now grieves their loss, the gift of,Joe will be everlasting. People like Joe increase my faith and hope that our Universe, which often seems blindly indifferent to our fate and significance. has at its core a gentle but persistent presence. guiding it to an ultin'late state of affairs in which faith, hope. kindness. honesty and beauty prevail. 
70 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
My Encounter and Journey to the Master 
(through dialogue, reflection, creativity and creative action) 
by Father Tom McKillop 
Dr. Joseph Fabry in 1985 became my mentor and guide during my sabbatical after asked to leave Youth Corps and become a parish priest. I had been Director of Youth Corps for eighteen years. 
I went to California to be led daily by Dr. Fabry through the readings, experiences and writings of Dr. Viktor Frankl. 
Each day we met and walked around a near cemetery in a peripatetic dialogue. 
We shared on the insights of Dr. Frankl, and often spoke of the meaning of suffering and death and our personal perceptions of them and other teachings of Dr. Frankl. During this period of time, I took some personal moments to write a prosepoetry manuscript. It came to be called, "What It's All About: Youth in Search of Meaning." 
He glanced at my writings carefully and gave his affinnation and critique. 
During this extended period of three months, he asked me if l would consider the coordinating of World Congress Vin Toronto. l reflected and expressed to him my convictions. I would gather together a group of young adults to help me to cocreate and lead the event. He wa,; very open to the idea and asked me to present it with other thoughts to the Board of Directors. 
Earlier I had had the experience of the World Congress II in Hartford, Connecticut and suggested the possible opening of the World Congress with the Famous People Players, a troupe of performers who presented themselves with black-lite. They were a company of mentally handicapped performers under the direction of Diane Dupuy. 
I made my tentative proposal to the Board of Directors, including a series of presentations and workshops according to the interest of acadcm ics and concerned logotherapists. Dr. Fabry was not only open to the ideas but encouraged me through the trials and tribulations of the process. 
He had a great trust in me and gave his complete backing right through to the completion of the World Congress V. 
71 
Through all the personal meetings and learning dialoguc.: with Llr. J,ahry, ii-: i;:ncouraged the Board of Directors to grant rne the Diplom,lk in l.og11thernpy. I received it on June 28, I98(J. 
Dr. Fabry was not only a great and powerful presence m the \\ur!d Congress V but encouraged and helped me to start the Dr. Viktor Frankl Study Grour in Toronto, His trust and wise counsel was always a continumg st!cngth. 
The crisis happened to Dr. Joseph rabry and his wife Judith with the tragic death of their daughter. They responded to the pain, suffering and grid' with a sense of principle and integrity according to the wisdom and insi.1.d1ts of Dr Vik tor Frankl. 
I recall writing to them at the time and attempting to give some consolation and perhaps to give some hope through looking at the ultimate sense of meaning. He grew in simplicity and work went on and you had a real sense of his 
integrity, wholeness and humility in the midst of it all. 
He always tried to live Logotherapy, free of power and possess tons. 
He had the gift of trying to translate the genius of Dr. Frankl into the clarity for men and women of the street. He brought the depth of Dr. Frankl along with Dr Vera Kalmar to the students at John F. Kennedy University. l!e also brought to the audiences who heard his wise word simple expressions and a Socratic approach as an active participant in small groups. 
He brought the great Dr. Elisabeth Lukas into the English speaking worlJ through his translations of her work to the North American mind and mentality. 
Dr. Viktor Frankl was the Master~ the Professor -the Teacher. Dr. Elisabeth Lukas was the applicant of Dr. Frankl to real life. Dr. Joseph Fabry was the prophetic messenger to lead desiring people who not only wanted to become disciples of Dr. Frankl but unconsciously to become part of the humane m111ority. 
Dr. Fabry was the man close to the man and mentality of the street. able to draw people to the wisdom of Logotherapy. He was profoundly humble, who knew how to learn and listen, to be present, to treat each person with a sense of exquisite dignity. 
Dr. Viktor Frankl stood on the shoulders of the giants, Dr. Freud and Dr. Adler, but saw further. Dr. Fabry was able to introduce Dr. Frankl internationally to the world, He attempted to translate the greatness of Dr. Frankl to the human, unscientific one, with an intuitive sense of conciseness and imaginative expression. But was also able to communicate with the scientific mind in a humane way. Ill 
He tried valiantly to live the truth by forgetting himself -being faithful and true to the Master -Dr. Viktor Frankl. 
72 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
REHEHBERING JOSEPH FABRY A HAN OF VISION 
by Reuven P. Bulka 
It was a pleasure to know Joseph Fabry, and to interact with him via our common admiration of Viktor Frankl and our convnon appreciation of Logotherapy. 
There are two distinct contributions to Logotherapy, 
among many, for which we are indebted to Joe Fabry. 
First. Joe is responsible· more than anyone aside of 
course from Viktor Frankl himself -for bringing the message
of Logotherapy to the North American scene. 
Anything that could help to promote Logotherapy,
whether it was the Logotherapy Institute, the International 
Forum for Logotherapy, Logotherapy conferences. books or 
articles. Joe was quick to jump to the opportunity. 
Second. Joe had the vision and the energy to expand the 
horizons and applications of Logotherapy. The book that I was 
privileged to co-edit with him, "Logotherapy in Action." and the late Professor William Sahakian was. as far as I can 
recall, the first and certainly most comprehensive expansion
of Logotherapy into so many areas. including such diverse areas as nursing and dentistry. 
I remember well the time when we worked on the book. I remember Joe's passion for Logotherapy and his passion for the book. I remember his amazing energy and his fine-tuned editorial skills. in "transmuting" ordinary pieces into 
excellent ones. 
Joe was a master of the written word -a creative 
writer and thinker. Joe's own books on Logotherapy are 
suffused with insight and wisdom. 
Joe was delighted when his books were published. That delight was more than the delight of an author whose "baby"is born. It was the delight of a person who cared deeply and profoundly about society, and was convinced that Logotherapyoffered the appropriate direction that our society so 
desperately needed. 
73 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Joe 
Jim Lantz 
I did not find out about either Joe Fabry or the International Forum for logotherapy until 1980. At that time, I had served as a practicing existential family therapist for ten years. I had learned about Dr. Frankl and his "Existenzanalyse" in graduate school and in my post-graduate training at the Cincinnati Family Therapy Institute with Ernest Andrews and John Donnley. The orientation at the Cincinnati Family Therapy Institute was existential, and the students were required to have some understanding of the existential concepts of Sartre, Marcel, Kierkegaard, Buber and Frankl. My exposure to Frankl's work at the Cincinnati Institute triggered my joy about discovering Joe and the International Forum. 
Although in 1980 I was not a Diplomate in Logotherapy, Joe treated me as though my ten years of using Frankl's ideas in family therapy meant something, and he was very clear that my articles and contributions to the Forum were welcomed, respected and generally published. Joe had the ability to push me to learn more about Frankl's work while respecting my previous training. He was encouraging, supportive and, at times, confrontational. He insisted that I receive formal training in Logotherapy. As many people have learned, it was hard to say no to Joe when he had an idea or goal in mind. As a result, I received my Diplomate in Logotherapy. 
Joe was a great teacher, a great scholar and a great friend. He did more than anyone else I have ever known to keep the Logotherapy light burning in the United States. So long, Joe, you were one hell of a good friend. 
74 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
THANK YOU, JOSEPH FABRY 
Florence Ernzen 
Joe Fabry shared his time. humor and wisdom with all of us in tl1c Logotlu:rnpy community. He had a gentle humor. He once told us he had kept his accent because when he first came to the United States a pretty girl had told him it was "cute." 
Joe made Logotherapy accessible to everyone. not just professionals. His books. The Pursuit of Meaning and Guideposts to Meaning arc very readable. At the same time he was clear in the essence and expression of Logophilosophy. He tactfully corrected me if I used a tern or phr..ise tliat was not in keeping with Frankl· s work. It was a great privilege to have Joe Fabry edit my work. 
Joe was generous -with his time. In addition to his work as Founder of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, editing the Forum, trnirung Logotherapists and running groups, he was supportive of study groups and chapters. He and Judith joined us frequently at Kansas City retreats and meetings. TII(,) came to Excelsior Springs. Big Lake and the Quaneragc Hotel. 
On November 2. 1996 Joe presented to our Kansas City Chapter an insightful. brilliant address concerning Logotherapy in the 3"1 Millennium. Much of the address has been published in t11e Forum. Joe r.iised these qucst10ns regarding Logophilosphy. What will survive and what mm,i survive for humankind to survive'1 He described Viktor Frankl as the last great European philosopher who will influence t11e 21st Century. 
He remarked tlial we are a people in search of meaning but we are still preoccupied "ith power and immediate grntification. The pursuit of meaning is the prescription for survival of mankind. Joe called for education for responsibility. He called for ethical behavior. We need to teach children to find their autl1enlic selves. acknowledge their healthy core and postpone gratification 
Joe was truly mspircd. He focused our attention and energies on the opportunil!es and demands before us. Frankl tells us "Man needs not only meaning but also something else: he needs the example and model of people who have fulfilled the meaning of their lives." TI!ank you Joe. for the example and model of fulfillmg meaning in an extraordinary life. 
75 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Now as to Joe 
Robin Goodenough 
Joe Fabry and his wife Judy were the sine qua non of the Logotherapy movement in the USA. Joe was the Founder and basic supporter of Logotherapy in this Country. He gave his total time and considerable talent in doing everything possible to spread Logotherapy up until "his last breath". Whenever a person asks about the meaning of Logotherapy and just wants a quick look at what "healing through meaning" meant, I would refer them to Frankl's MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING and then give them or refer them to Joe Fabry's PURSUIT OF MEANING. This book was more in US lay language and gave readers a running start about Logotherapy. The Fabrys always opened their hearts and home to anyone seeking counsel and guidance in the healing pursuit of meaning. We shall miss the wisdom and priceless experience of Joe Fabry. 
76 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
HE SPREAD THE SEED 
Johnny Appleseed is gone. Not the Johnny Appleseed of American folklore, but the Johnny Appleseed of the Logotherapy movement in America. I first met Joe Fabry in 1976 at the Festival of Meaning program, a two-day celebration with Dr Viktor Frankl in Berkeley, California. Dr. Frankl addressed 6,000 people in Zellerbach auditorium at U.C. Berkeley, and the following day there was a luncheon and a series of workshops. Joe Fabry was the facilitator of the workshop I attended. Following the program I invited Joe to spend a day with a group of people who were work:i.ng in a drug diversion program for adolescents in San Jose. He and Judith came to San Jose a couple of months after the Festival of Meaning program. When he left he mentioned that he would like to consider starting an institute on logotherapy, and would I be interested. I said yes, with no realization that the next 17 years of my life would be so dramatically directed as a result of my casual, yes, to this man who had just conducted a workshop for me. A few months following his visit to San Jose, the phone rang and it was Joe Fabry asking me if I was still interested. He set up a meeting of a dozen or so friends and acquaintances in his living room, and from that moment the Institute of Logotherapy, Berkeley, 
77 
California was formed. Joe was the one who made it happen. He was the founder of the Institute. 
His greatest contribution to Logotherapy in America and elsewhere was not in his founding activities, but rather in his ability to communicate the message of logotherapy in his writing. Joe was a masterful technician of the written word. He was the original editor of the International Forum for Logotherapy, and kept active in that role to the end of his life. There are many professionals whose finest work appears in one of the Forums edited by Joe. It was no accident. With a few words or sometimes with a major rewrite, Joe could convert a fair or good article into a masterpiece. This was his great gift. He was a poet of the English language and although he was not a native speaker, he commanded the same control of the language as the other great non-native writer, Joseph Conrad. The Pursuit of Meaning, Joe's definitive work on Logotherapy, is a masterpiece. He presents Logotherapy in a clear wellarticulated and easily understood elucidation of Frankl's ideas. 
He was a gifted translator and made the difficult job of translating German to English or English into German seem a simple task. I was with him on numerous occasions when he would encourage someone to translate an article or book. Several people were enticed by his 
78 
solicitation. I was also present numerous times when those same people came back with an incomplete translation or a look of despair. What appeared easy to him proved nearly impossible for others. He translated works of Anthony Nestroy, Bertold Brecht, Elisabeth Lukas and numerous others. He also was a drama critic for a German newspaper published in New York. 
Johnny Appleseed is gone, and he leaves an immense hole in the life and literature of logotherapy. It will not be filled by anyone with the gift and dedication he had for promoting logotherapy through his life and writing. 
Will Finck 
79 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 

\!),trHfiratp
nf Apprtrittthttt 
SEVENTH WORLD CONGRESS 
1\wnrhth tn: 
JOSEPH B. FABRY, J.D. 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
_________ OF LOGOTHERAPY -BERKELEY 
SELF ESTEEM AND THEIR OWN PURSUIT OF MEANING, 
AND ___ _ 
FOR FOUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK THAT SPREADS_ UllillTHERAPY JJ::lRlliJ.G_HQJff__ll:iE__1!i=O~R=LD~•--
/~~ /;;~
---.:.,... < 
1!) 89 
80 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
In Memory of Joe Fabry 
Ingrid Mazie 
Joe's death saddened me deeply. He was responsible for my great interest in Logotherapy. He alone aroused my 
initial inquiry into Viktor Frankl's work. He invited me on a moment's notice to come to San Francisco to the World Congress (I believe in 1981). I had gotten Joe's phone number from a housekeeper of Dr. Frankl's in Vienna where I inquired how to be in touch with Logotherapists in the U.S. Joe welcomed me warmly in San Francisco. He introduced me to wonderful people at the congress including Viktor Frankl. Joe and I got to know one another then -and over the years. He was a friend with great warmth and a sparkle in his eyes. He took 
interest in my personal story and my professional life. We talked by phone and saw each other at Logotherapy 
functions. 
I will always remember Joe Fabry -I will miss him -I want to honor his memory with this short poem in german: 
U~EA ltlleN &-t'/JFEtN /.fT ~UH 
{N AI-LIFN Wi'PCEt,.N 
SA/~FSr DI/ ;(,4(.)f,.f E /A.JEN H,Ai.ucH 
01£ Voi;LflN Sol1t1E1"(;1:N /,4( w)rLOE 
WtU.TE" AIV~ _ 
f3ALD£ ~UHEtr Dv Ac)cH. 
GOETHE 
Good bye, Joe -Shalom! Thank you! 
81 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
SAYING GOODBYE TO JOE FABRY 
William Blair Gould 
When I flew to San Francisco to see Joe Fabry the first week in April, 1999, I could not admit to myself that I was seeing him for the last time. When I visited with him I knew that he was very tired, but his mind was as alert as when I first met him in November, 1980, at the First World Congress of Logotherapy. I always saw him as the consummate gentle-man. His gentleness came from an inner strength. All that he said or wrote reflected a quiet authority, based on his thorough understanding of the subject and his gift of being able to communicate what he knew and cared about to a wide audience. 
Those who knew him, either personally or through his writings, recognized, at once, that he was a perceptive scholar and writer whose commitment to Logotherapy brought greater clarity and added dimensions to the works of Viktor Frankl. 
Now, we are saying goodbye to Joe Fabry. But, in a sense we will never be able to say goodbye because, as a gentleman and a friend to so many, he will always be a part of our lives that will never be forgotten. 
82 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Memories of Joseph Fabry by Patricia L_ Starck 
My fondest men-iory of Joe Fabry is when he traveled to Montgomery, Alabama in 1982 to speak to an interdisciplinary conference I had set up for people in the area interested in logotherapy_ VVe had first invited Dr. Viktor Frankl, but a heart problem prevented him from 
coming. I was told that Joe was the "American spokespEH·son for Logotherapy... I was a little anxious because I had never heard Joe speak beforE?, however, my worries were soon abated because Joe was indeed an excellent speaker. 
VVhen I meet people who don't know about logott-1EH·apy, I have learned to tell them about his book, "The Pursuit of Meaning" as the one with which to start. Today in health care, I see a resurgence of interest in the hun1an spirit and 
83 
in finding meaning in life. The managed care organizations which incorporate these values in their services vvill have a competitive edge_ 
Joe was also the one who encouraged me to write for the International Forum of Logotherapy, and once I did the first article, the others came easier 
Joe left me with one goal 
have yet to achieve. I told him 
would like to write a book of 
practical advice for logotherapists. 
using things I had found in my 
work that vvere useful. lamented 
that my present job with heavy 
administrative duties left me little 
time to write in a creative way. 
will never forget his response-
"You can write one page every 
day, and at the end of a year, you 
have a book." Joe, I know you are 
right, and when I accomplish that 
task, I will think of you and all of 
the inspiration you gave me 
throughout my logotherapy years. 
84 

The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Joseph Fabry: We Remember You! We Salute You! 
The Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa's Journal 2000 is ready: Six months before the time, not because of an expectation of hiccups with the Y2K virus, but because I had an irrational force spurring me on to get the journal to Joseph Fabry. Post from here to the USA can take weeks via airmail, and with snailmail--months; thus, a friend took the copies to America to post them from there. But it was still too late, much too late as the news of his death in May has reached me only now on 15 July 1999. 
Joseph Fabry last year sent me two articles: Dilemmas of Today: Logotherapy Proposals and Viktor Frankl: Personal Memories. There was a letter, dated October 28, 1998, and saying: "The Memories is a new article written at your request." These all reached me on his birthday, November 6. Dr. Elly Frankl, who was visiting at that time, read them with great interest and remarked: "Joe is even getting better in his old age!" She felt they were of the best she had ever read, and I immediately started on Journal 2000, although Journal 1999 had not even reached our readers. It was like a journey I took with him through his Memories, remembering some of the events he described, empathizing with most. 
Dr Fabry wrote how, after many suggestions to Viktor, The Pursuit of Meaning came to be written. He first suggested to Viktor Frankl "to write a book for the intelligent American lay reader" as there were only two books available in English then: one, about Viktor's camp experiences in which there was "only the skimpiest explanation of logotherapy"; the other, an introduction to his ideas written for the professional. Joe would then, he suggested, translate it from the German into English, or "ghostwriting it in interview form." Viktor's sensitivity did not, however, allow Fabry to praise him too much ("I cannot praise myself that way!"), neither did he like it when he came out in an unfavourable light, as "there are enough people who criticize me, I do not do it myself!" Eventually Viktor challenged Joe: "Why don't you write it under your name, then you can say what you want, and how you want it. It will be your responsibility." That was how I got to read the manuscript of Fabry's book, sharing Viktor Frankl's desk in Vienna in 1967. 
That was my first "acquaintance" with Dr. Joseph Fabry. This book also cut my study time in Vienna in half: Every afternoon Viktor would leave the Poliklinik to work at home and I was supposed to work through all the tapes of lectures he had given. Then the manuscript came and it was passed on to me to read, and comment on. The questions were quickly building up, and 
85 
one afternoon at 3 o'clock I gathered the courage to telephone Viktor at No. 1 Mariannengasse. I put my questions and remarks to him tentatively, as I was not sure whether I was on firm ground. He suddenly interrupted me: "I am so happy about you, I can sign your diploma now!" I was of course enjoying the time in Vienna, but I worked hard, was very alone, and my health was beginning to reflect my irregular eating. Thus, when Viktor came into the Klinik the next morning, I asked him if he meant what he had said, and he repeated that he was very happy with my progress and he was not sure that there was much more to learn in that course. Thanks to Dr. Fabry! 
But, Viktor wanted me to put what I had said to him in writing, and he sent it to Fabry. I got a letter from Joe Fabry: He was less happy with me, and I winced! In 1968, though, he sent me his book, which I have just reread. So much valuable information, so beautifully written! I would forever afterwards recommend it to anybody who was interested in Viktor Frankl's philosophy. 
Dr. Fabry related how Viktor would decline an offer of addressing a distinguished audience and getting well-paid, but would immediately respond to a request from a prison to deliver an address to the inmates. Describing Viktor Frankl as a person, Dr. Fabry contributed a great deal to making his followers aware that here was a man who practiced what he preached. These personal experiences of Viktor Frankl underline his authenticity as a human being. I can endorse Joe Fabry's stories as authentic because I witnessed on many occasions how Viktor lived a life devoid of materialism, or self-promotion. Viktor Frankl, for instance, never got paid to appear in South Africa --not once! When he thought he was "needed" here more, he cancelled an appearance as keynote speaker at the World Congress of Logotherapy (I think it was held then in Toronto). 
In this article, Memories, readers can find reasons why Viktor Frankl did not become more widely known. Joseph Fabry was well aware that Viktor was harming himself, that Viktor had let many opportunities of greater exposure slip by. I do think that Joe Fabry's instinct of the value of good public relations would have promoted logotherapy greatly. It is a great pity that Viktor did not follow his leading in this respect. But, at the same time I admire Viktor Frankl for his humility, his abhorrence of self-promotion --he really loathed it. However, as many people who share this trait with him have discovered, often the cause is harmed too. 
Or is it?--Perhaps the continued, albeit slower, growth of logotherapy through the world would lead to the name Viktor Frankl becoming more relevant in the next century. The name of Joseph Fabry will live on with that of Viktor Frankl. The contribution that Fabry made to establish logotherapy in the USA, the wide circle of readers he had created for his journal throughout the world, and the regular World Congresses of Logotherapy that he was 
86 
involved with, helped greatly to put Logotherapy on the map. In fact, Joe Fabry's contribution to promote Viktor Frankl will not be matched. 
One tends, however, to overlook the depth of Joseph Fabry's own insights and wisdom. When I made him a birthday card I did not look farther than his own Pursuit of Meaning to get a great quotation. In the chapter "Personal Discovery" he wrote about religion and how that too can be taken over by the lawmakers. Written in this context, I found my quotation for his card: "The true meanings of a person's beliefs are never laughable. True beliefs unite men; desperate efforts to preserve those beliefs tear men apart."1 He too had been "forced to live life, not study its case histories." "It gradually dawned on me that God was not merely a Lawgiver, but also creative Author and Editor. Possibly He created in ways different from those of human authors, who plan a story and then write according to the outline. Was it not possible that the world was designed by constant editing rather than by writing according to a plan--by hindsight rather than foresight?" 2 
It touches me deeply to read how, after the war, Fabry's healing came when he accidentally wandered one Sunday morning into the Unitarian Church of Berkeley. The preacher talked about how no one could ever know the true nature of God, and how we were not alone, that we were not victims of mere chance, and that it does make a difference how we conducted ourselves. Healing for Fabry did not come about through finding new answers, but through asking new questions. The question "Why did it happen to me?" Fabry thought was unanswerable and should be phrased "Granted that there are chance and injustice in the world, what can I--and sometimes only I--do in the situation in which I find myself!" We salute you, Joe Fabry! You have triumphed over tragedy and thereby enriched many lives. The meaning of your life truly guided many others to meaning. 
And for his friendship, and his assistance to make available articles to the South African Journal, I cannot express enough admiration and gratitude. His absence will be felt greatly and forever! 
Sincerest condolences, from me personally, and also on behalf of the Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa, to his lovely wife and family, whose happiness as a family reflects in every photo of them, and spilled over onto many pages of his books. To his many friends and colleagues all over the world whose thoughts and prayers unite us: We share in your sorrow. 
Patti Havenga Coetzer 
1 Fabry, Joseph B., The Pursuit of Meaning, Beacon Press, Boston (1968), p.4. 
'Op.cit., p.5. 
87 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Fabry's and Leslie's Articles on Frankl 
Robert Leslie 
Viktor Frankl's latest book is Viktor FranklRecollections: An Autobiography. First published in German in 1995, it was translated by Joseph Fabry and Judith Fabry, An Insight Book, Plenum Press, New York, 1997. 
Both Frankl and Fabry shared the same kind of boyhood, growing up in old Vienna. They were of the same generation. Frankl's published works have been a part of his contribution to us all. And Fabry's life has also been lived largely in the publishing world. For a number of years he worked for Agriculture Publications at the University of California as editor and publisher. As founder of the Institute of Logotherapy in the USA he was always involved in writing and editorial work, including Editor of The International Forum for Loqotherapy. 
When  I  decided to prepare  a  Monograph based  on  
my published articles about  Frankl,  Joe Fabry was  
the natural  one  for  me  to  call  on  to  serve  as  
consultant.  The  Monograph,  Viktor E.  Frankl,  As  
Seen in the Published Articles of Robert  C,  Leslie,  
was  published in 1997.  
When  the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal  of  
Pastoral  Care,  Orlo Strunk,  Jr.,  read Leslie's  
monograph,  he wrote  a  "Book Note" about  it saying,  
among  other things:  "Robert Leslie,  a  professor  
emeritus of  the Pacific School  of Religion and  a  
long time member of  the Editorial  Committee  of The  
Journal  of Pastoral Care,  is  to be  congratulated  .....ii  
for preserving these writings about  a  man  and  a  •  
period of  inestimable worth  to  the pastoral  arts  
and  sciences."  The  Journal  of Pastoral  Care,  Vol.  
52, No.  2  (Summer 1998),  209-210.  

88 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Joe Fabry-the Gatekeeper, the Inspirer 
Ingeborg van Pelt 
Joe Fab:ry's death was a heart-felt loss for me, since he had influenced my own development in Jogotherapy in so many ways: 
I met Joe for the first time personally in November 1992 at the MidAmerican-Institute of Logotherapy {MAIL} in Kansas City. I had given a short presentation on the possible usefulness of logotherapy in Medicine. In our conversation thereafter Joe shared with me in his admirable frankness and honesty his initial disinterest in my presentation -I had briefly outlined developments in Medicine: the body-mind connection, and the new biopsycho-social approach. He went on to say, that his curiosity was suddenly evoked, when I focused on the power of spirit -its role in the healing process in Medicine. This brief encounter with Joe had a remarkable impact on me. Here was a wise, genuine man who lived the logotherapeutic values: he showed his respect for me and my thoughts, did not praise for politeness' sake but stimulated me to critically evaluate my ideas. I felt inspired for the next few weeks, and started to compose my first article for the International Forum of Logotherapy. 
When I submitted a manuscript: "Logotherapy-Vision for the Future" for the Forum in January 1993, I learned to appreciate Joe's important role as a gatekeeper of the purity of Vik.tor Frankl's L-Ogotherapy. He wrote to me: 
"---We have to be careful with the word "faith". Frankl is very sensitive about having logotherapy considered a "religion". We have to make sure that it is never implied that he does this himself, although it is true that some of his followers talk about faith---Frankl and his followers often use terms like "assumption that meaning exists, or trust, or confidence." 
I owe Joe much gratitude for his insistence on clarity about our logotherapeutic tenninology, our definition of human spirit. of meaning, of ultimate meaning~ his and my conversations about them had just begun. 
I ask myself, with whom will l be able to continue the dialogue? \Vho will take on the responsibility of gate-keeping now? 
For the last two years I felt Joe's presence on my own journey of logotherapy. Since the World Congress in 1997 I tried to find answers to Viktor Frankl's question to our president, Dr Robert Barnes: "Bob, wil1 logotherapy survive?" I finally submitted an article to the Forum: 
"The Survival of Logotherapy". Joe responded to it in May 1998 with sadness and disappointment: 
89 
"Your article was thought provoking and needed. Frankl's ideas are so current, and it is a pity that they are not better known " 
I will miss Joe as an unselfish gatekeeper of Frankl's logotherapy, the \\ise inspirer and humble thinker. I see him reflected in my favorite painting by the German painter, Emil Nolde (prohibited in Nazi Germany): Der Grosse Gaertner (the great gardener): a wise, ageless, bearded man reaching down to his beloved flowers, barely touching one of them, but at the same time gently encouraging an upward stretch. Joe established and cared about his garden -the first American Institute ofLogotherapy. 
He inspired and touched many of us. l am very grateful for having known him. 

90 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
IN MEMORIAM 
Imet Joe Fabry in the fall of 1976. I was agraduate student at the Graduate Theological Union/University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. Being in the doctoral program. l found the demands ofthe studies to re strenuous, and sometimes unreasonable. Iwas taking the statistics requirements and experienced myself 'just going through the motiont ofthe material. lt felt meaningless to put so much energy into statistics. "I did not want to re a statistician, anyway,'' my internal dialogue stated clearly! 
On the bulletin board, there was an announcement about Dr.Fabry teaching aseminar entitled: "What's Good About You,'' aclass on Logotherapy. What attracted me to the class was its title. Yep! Isaid to myself. ''I am going to sit on this one for sure." 
Dr. Fabry unfolded the principles ofLogotherapy to ahandful ofstudents with his usual soft voice and unusual big heart of amaster teacher. Istill remember his first handout of Logotherapeutic tenets. He passed the handout to us with pregnant silence. He sat into the circle with us. He smiled and then with deep conviction stated: ''Life has meaning under all circumstance. The will to meaning is the deepest motivation for living and acting. We are always free to find meaning either by changing ameaningless situation or by changing our attitude toward asituation that cannot be changed." 
Ican still see his body posture and can hear his voice stating these powerful tenets of Logotherapy. "This wa~ not another useless Berkeley information given to apoor student hungry for learning," Imused to myself: "This really speaks to me!'' 
91 
The rest of my encounter with Dr. Fabry wa-;; ajourney of attending many training classes with him; walking in the hills ofBcrkeley and just talking about the important things of life. Iremember driving every wt.-ek across the Bay to the Hirsh 's house and working with so many wonderful people on creating together the first syllabus for training in Logothernpy. Dr. Fabry's gift was to make Logotherapy practical. He should be credited with opcrationalizing the Logotherapy philosophical principles into the clinical practice. From the very beginnings, it wa~ very clear to him that Logotherapy was avalues driven therapy and that was its uniqueness. Joe liked to tell us that the gift of Logothcrapy lies in offering people hope by making us aware of our noetic resources. "The field of many schools oftherapies promises happiness and more happiness. 1.ogotherapy offers an invitation to meaning potentials in the reality in which we live. The by-product of discovering and fulfilling these meaning potentials ensues adeep sense of satisfaction and happiness.'' He knew what he was talking about from his own life experience! 
My memory goes back to many sweet conversations in his El Ceritto home in California Icredit Dr. Fabry on his willingness to ask me personally "what's good about you, Julius?'' As he lived generously his life, Ihave learned to he generous in my life. Dr. 
Joseph Fabry has been one of my dear mentors in life, and remains now in his death. l have been indeed privileged in meeting him and allowing him to be my Logotherapist, Par excellence! 
Julius M. Rogina, Ph.D. 
92 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
I will miss Dr. Joseph Fabry, I choose to remember the wonderful things Joe did for others and his commitment to advancing Logotherapy and the work of Dr. V. E. Frankl, his friend and colleague. 
The first time that I spent "quality time" with Joe and Judith was in the early 80's in Toronto. We spent several hours in the tree shaded park near the college where the Congress was held. My memory of Joe from that time has been one of awe. I am lost for words that describe this awesome gentleman. Yes, gentleman, he is a gentle-man, a heart so tender, compassionate and sincere. Joe was an artist in motivating and stimulating my own intellectual curiosity as well as for others, about Logotherapy and a meaningful life. His understanding of Logotherapy was a reflection of his life. We shared sacred moments of his experiences, his creativity of survival, the importance of a positive attitude on the continuous journey of life. Joe taught me a lot about the meaning in suffering and the purpose of one's life. He was very specific on the difference in suffering and pain. He had lived that experience. With his loving wife, Judith, beside him, sharing life experience with Joe provided mentorship for me and other Logotherapist in the freedom to choose values that give meaning to life. 
Joe's commitment to progressing Logotherapy will live forever through his books and other writings. The tireless hours give to The International Forum of Logotherapy evidences his commitment to share with the world the work of his friend. His leadership in the World Congress, his influence in individual Logotherapist will be evident for a long time. Joe's compassion for others seemed to automatically become endeared to others by enhancing their own values for life and living. His gentleness toward human 
93 
conditions is evident in the stories on life he shared with me. Stories, a Jewish tradition, will go on through those of us who have shared the quality time with him. 
One gift he gave me is one I use all the time in counseling and teaching "Remember, we are historical people, we are yesterday, today and tomorrow, we need to live each day as if it was the last day of our life." 
The times we shared different ways to teach and practice Logotherapy will always be precious memories. When I make new discoveries I will validate them with Joe. I know Joe will be looking down at me smile and say "that's a great idea", thank you, Joe, for your mentorship and love oflifc. You are missed by all whose life you touched by your physical presence, your scholarship and your leadership. 
Gina Giovinco, RN, Ph.D., Ed.D. 
94 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
I REMEMBER JOE ... WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE 
Ann V. Graber 
In the early 1990's, before I knew who was who in logotherapy, I gave a presentation in Kansas City that made reference to Vik.tor Frankl's story of how he was able to project himself into a future event by distancing himself from an intolerable present situation in order to survive. I mentioned. how I had used that premise with clients in difficult situations and had developed. a process I called the "Logo-Anchor Technique." 
Following the presentation, a gentleman came hurriedly toward me and in a distinctly Viennese accent demanded, "The script, the script! Original ideas __ . we must publish!" This is how I came to meet the editor of The International Fonizn for Logotherapy, Joe Fabry. It was also the beginning of a warm friendship and fruitful working relationship. (i.e., the "Logo-Anchor Technique" has subsequently made it into, at least, one textbook, numerous dissertations, and has been released. on audio cassette since first appearing in the IFL. One might say it was "discovered" 
by Joe.) 
Joe had a way of relating to people that made one feel good about oneself. He didn't necessarily praise, he acknowledged. I always knew where I stood with him. He didn't mind letting me know occasionally, "I think that's dumb." Then he would propose something that was obviously wiser. There was no ambiguity to wade through when dealing with Joe. If something was nebulously stated, he didn't mind reducing an article to one third of its original length in order to say it clearly. I learned to trust his editorial judgment. Beyond that, I deeply appreciated his encouragement to persevere and to do it better. Because of his ability to evoke the best in me, I fondly think of Joe Fabry as my foremost writing mentor. 
95 
My favorite memory of Joe and Judy is in connection with Vienna. Joe loved his native city and seemed to know it like the palm of his hand. Early in 1995. I received a call from Joe asking if I was planning to go to Vienna, in May of that year, for the Jubilee Congress honoring Viktor Frankl's 90th birthday. He mentioned that he had some invitations he would like to pass on to people who spoke Gennan because the congress presentations will be given in Gennan. A few days later, I received an invitation from the Mayor of Vienna (via Joe) to a reception in the palatial Rathaus of Vienna ·· given in honor of Viktor Emil Frankl, M.D., Ph.D. --as the closing celebration of the Jubilee Congress. Who could resist? 
Because of Joe's reaching out so hospitably, I had the great opportunity to see Dr. Frankl for the last time as he greeted the 1200 participants at the opening session of the Jubilee Congress; to be attending seminars on logotherapy at the University of Vienna; and to be present at the mayor's reception honoring a native son who had made an extraordinary contribution to humanity. The festivities concluded with an orchestra playing some favorite Viennese music to which Joe and Judy waltzed gracefully. 
Joe had a wonderfully inclusive way about him. He was quick to spot good ideas and to promote them. Obviously, that had been the case with Vik:tor Frankl's Gedankengut -resulting in the founding of the Viktor Frankl Institute. Although Joe was a visionary in his own right, and an excellent writer, he was humble about his own achievements. He was always recommending the works of others to me. He delighted to see logotherapy being creatively applied in ever widening circles and finding interdisciplinary appeal. 
One of the last conversations I had with Joe was to acknowledge the Fabrys' Christmas Greeting (1998) and to ask what he will be presenting at the 12th World Congress. He wasn't sure whether his health would allow him to attend. Instead, he said, "It's up to you younger people now to carry the work forward." When I objected that we needed him, he quoted a Sufi proverb which says, "Don't worship the pitcher, drink the water!" 
96 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
In Memory of Joseph Fabry, J.D. 
James, C. Crumbaugh. Ph.D We were in an Atlanta Hotel, where Dr. Frankl had invited us to participate in a workshop which he was to lead there. Several of us who were involved in the occasion were with him on a ride around town. He was wearing a sporty beret, which we thought was somewhat unusual for him, because when most of us would be in sport clothes he maintained a business or professional dress code of tie and jacket. I remarked that if this continued we were going to have to call him "Fabree of Paris" and take him to a fashion show. We all had a good laugh, including Joe. But we didn't see the beret afterward. I guess he didn't think much of fashion shows. He was not at all rigid, but he seldom seemed to forget the dignity of his position. 
97 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
THE BERKELEY CONNECTION 
A Tribute to Dr. Joseph Fabry, My Teacher, My F'riend and Father of Wisdom 
Susan E. Shaub 
There 1s much I can share about my relationship with Joe, as his student, friend, and then later to become "reciprocal mediums" to each other: he broadened my scope of Logotherapy, and agape love; and, shortly thereafter I was somehow "chosen" to find his unknown family Joe was most fond of storytelling. There are many he shared, humorous tales, tragic, and meaningful sagas, yams of his life and those ofh1s friends and family. As a young boy in Vienna he would spend Saturdays with his friend Harry Freud, playmg at his uncle's home, Sigmund Freud. Joe remarked to me, that Uncle Sigmund was a humorous man. He recalled the room in which Freud spent much time. It was a room where no family entered filled with many articles, including a special couch•. Not knowing the importance ofthe psychoanalytic couch across fifty years, Joe became a student learn mg psychology, from the depths ofdespair, to the heights of Frankl's Logotherapy. And, then, a teacher. 
Joe frequently remarked to me that "it 1s essential to our human nature to have an mnate Jongmg to be part of something greater than ourselves. It connects us to the 'web of life ' Joe was '"LQg_other,my Lived." What I am about to impart is something I know Joe wanted: a "true" story that responds to a person's unheard cry for meaning, while awakening our spiritual dimension. It gives testimony to the m11neasurable, mcomprehensible glimpse ofan ultimate mean mg. Thank you Joe for believing in me. Herc it is: our story for the world-wide web. 
ln IC/8 7 while a graduate student, I was assigned to do a project; to select a particular psychotherapy and write it as a chapter in a textbook. We were handed a list of 25 or 30 psychotherapies from which to choose Perusmg the hst, there were many I had learned. My finger stopped at "Logotherapy." I recall having read the book "Man's Search for Meaning," several years before, yet knew little about it. Jdid remember its message which absolutely rearranged the 
at 
furniture on my top level. No doubt I forged into getting much material from a well-stocked library to prepare my paper on Logotherapy. There were some Journal articles I was unable to procure, nor was the Rutgers Library of Science 
98 
and Med1cme able to find it through the computer network. TI1c reference hbranan suggested that I call the publisher, and gave me the phone number. Armed with many books, and Jou ma I articles, I set them on my dimng room table. TI1e followmg day I phoned the publisher; to my surprise, a man with a Viennese accent responded. (I was expectmg a secretary to answer1 ) I mtroduced myself, seekmg some journal articles from the f qx.um for 
Logotherapy. He aske.d me where I lived '"Berkeley Heights, New Jersey ., The man responded: "You are callin me here in Berkele Califor ia and you are there in Berkeley Height, New Jersey?" I responded, "yes,' llQt knowiQg whatthe future ofthat statement meant. I was somewhat hesitant to ask who he was because ifit were Viktor Frankl, I may not have gotten my message across due to the amazement of reaching him by one phone call. He asked if he knew with whom I was speaking. I replied "'no." This gentlemen then inquired if I ever heard of Joseph Fabry. (I didn 'ti) I asked him to please hold on for a moment, and immediately, I went to the table, and looked at some of the books he had written. Returning to the phone I told him, "I have some of your books.". Joe further elaborated about the Institute of Logotherapy, and that he would get me the journal articles I needed for my paper. It is apparent now, that I couldn't get the Forum journals because it was intended that I had to meet Joe, that he was to help me with my search, and I, m tum, with his. 
While preparing this enormous paper and studying Logotherapy at the same time, I had some profound philosophical questions behind the therapy. He responded by letter, and to my personal satisfaction, I became even more interested. Logotherapy sounded too good! The answers he rendered, not only validated my perception of being human, but those whom I would later meet in the helping profession, and encounter in living. Joe alerted me that when I complete my paper on Logotherapy, if I'd like to come out to Berkeley to study, to please let him know. 
Unknowing inter-linked with my contact with Joe, two professors in my graduate classes mentioned two ideas (messages?) that stuck with me: (I) If )'.Ql1 ar~ing_gut there to help people do something different, and it will change you forever, (sky diving was not on my agenda!); and (2) If you arezqmg to treat people, you need to develop a world-yi_t!_~hjlQ~oplly for yourself arnHhose whonLYQu encounter. My paper was completed, the opportunity to do something different, traveling to California, and to validate my own personal beliefs about human nature, was the invitation ofopportunity to respond to those professors' suggestions. 
99 
ln the summer of IQ8 7, I went to Berkeley to study at the Institute of Logotherapy. My first encounter was with Vera Lieban-Kalmar I introduced myself and she welcomed me as if I were a long-lost relative. I could not imagine a school of such dignity, would, at the same time, exude so much graciousness to an unknown sojourner. Nonetheless, I sensed I was in a new home. 
In a recess at one of our classes at the Institute, Joe asked me if I would be able to find a Mr. Louis Beck, who lived in New Jersey. Joe said he wanted to find him, because he sponsored him when he came to America. "Joe" I said, "Beck'' is a frequent name. Please, give me a clue.• He thought for a while, and said, "I think he lived in South Orange, and did I know where that was?" I happened to be attending graduate school in that very town. Upon leaving Berkeley, C'aliforma to return home to Berkeley Heights, I searched the telephone book, and found many "Becks." I decided to call the first number listed under "Beck & Sons Hardware," a landmark in South Orange. I called, introduced myself, and the woman answering suggested I call Aunt Jen Beck, who 1s the genealogist for the family. I phoned Aunt Jen, and she immediately remembered Joseph Fabry, and wondered what ever became ofhim in Berkeley, California. I told her what I knew. What struck me to be even more intriguing, was that Aunt Jen lived one mile from my home in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. The story goes on. 
I phoned Joe in Berkeley, on the West coast to relate the good news from the East coast "I found your relatives," and gave him the phone number. A few months later, Joe and I spoke. He told me that because I located the "Becks" he now found 60 new relatives in this cowitry. (I didn't take much credit for it, as it seemed all too easy to do ) rn fact it was effortless. Joe had already completed his Duo-Biography with Max Knight, yet Joe's part now was incomplete. Something to ponder,: One never knows when their life story is complete. The Berkeley Connection continues! 
It was a year or so later that Joe and his distinguished wife, Judith. were attending a wedding m New York. I had an idea! Instead of returning to Berkeley from New York, perhaps they may be able to spend a day or two with me in Berkeley Heights, and leave from New Jersey The Fabry's accepted my mv1tat1on. The purpose was for Joe to re-meet Jen Beck face to face. I picked them up in New York, had some very special time with them And, on the following day, we planned the visit with his long-wished-for familial connection. 
100 
It was a bnsk wmter afternoon, nearing high tea time, when we drove the short mile down the road to Jen Beck's home m Berkeley Heights She welcomed all of us, Joe, Judith, and me. Jen embraced Joe, and then took a long look at him, (which I sensed was the gaze of a rapid memory scan from when they last met, the many years m which time had past ........up until that very moment when their paths had now crossed, all at onc~.D The wam1th was 1mmed1ately felt, as if something suddenly flushed the air with intense joy, and, at the same time, gushed with internal teardrops Some part of Joe"s missmg past had now been reclaimed. 
Moments later, Jen went to the closet and brought out, with her open arms, a carefully-wrapped transparent package .••. she handed it to Joe She asked "do you remember this? It was the linen tablecloth and napkins, which Joe's mother left with him before she was taken offto the death camps. He was mtemed at a Belgium encampment. Intricately embroidered red clusters on white European linen, crafted by the hands and soul ofhis mother. What was Joe to do with his mother's elegant estate in a prison camp? He gave them away to someone........over a span of fifty years past. I was mystified at this sight. One could not imagine the rush of memories and feelings that surged through him. Joe's look of bewilderment, and the quivering of his body was a reaction to a tangible memory ofhis mother's hands, and all the special occasions upon which he and his family shared delicious meals and treasured moments. Someone in the world preserved it, perhaps sensing that some day it would be placed in the hands of its rightful owner. And, it happened! It was a return gift, delivered from the unknown. TI-flS WAS NOT AN QRDINARY PAY! 
Bearing witness to this, suddenly my body chemistry changed, the surge was contagious. Then a tear spilled into my cup of faith, despite the unknown mysteries of existence, that connect us to ''the web of life." I am told that Joe's daughter, Claire, now has this piece of her grandmotl1er's past with her family This true, yet unexplainable story is an affirmation of what Joe believed, and helped others to be aware of........"Not!!verything happen~!,Jy chance," It is one "lived experience" that validates our innate longing to be connected to something greater •••.•••• beyond ourselves. Possibilities arc yet to be discovered........an additional boost to our spiritual defense system. 
Frequently people state: "What do I matter, I am merely a drop of water in a very large sea." To which Mother Teresa responds: ''Ah, but ifit were not for 
101 
that drop, we would have no oceans." Yes Joe's book "One And One Makes 
Three,'' has in this instance yielded a far greater number than three. 
Were it not for Logotherapy, Joseph Fabry, who Americanized it, and who graciously responded to my phone call in Berkeley, California, from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, the discovery of60 relatives, and the mysterious return of the only tangible last gift of his mother, (her hand-embroidered linens, sewn a lifetime ago,) may never have given us this story about what is possible. Peculiarly, one brief mile from home. 
This 1s my tribute to Joe, for allowing me to be part ofthis existential mystery, whose spint lives on in what he gave to me in love, faith and understanding. His contribution to humanity's quest for meaning, and his stance of "Logotherapy Lived," was his gift to others. It was our first conversation that unintentionally engendered the "Berke~Connection." The East coast to tJ1e West coast, betwixt and between, lost and found, messages and meanings. Here is our story linking us to "the web of life." How did Joe know tJus? 
102 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
I met Dr. Joe Fabry, together with his wife, for the first time on the First World Congress of 
Logotherapy in 1980 in San Diego. He then introduced to us and made us acquainted with the 
possibilities of "l.ogotherapy in G~·which I henceforth used to practise, with success. in 
my Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Bremen. 
From the very first moment. I knew Dr. Fabry as a warmhearted kind man of high human and 
professional qualitfes After this initial meeting we met on several occasions, professionally, to 
work on "Logotherapy in Groups", in Germany, in Cologne and in Bremen in my clinic. Not to 
forget the private level, a basis of full understanding and similar thinking. We went out for 
excursions in the neighbourhood and to more distant places, and we felt all so well together! 
This fine and very close connection to Joe and his wife was kept indeed, by letters and visits, 
over all these last years until his death. 
I fully underline Professor Frankl's statement that Joe Fabry had a great leadership in disseminating logotherapy throughout North America and, as a matter of fact. also in South America, on the International Congress for Logotherapy in Buenos Aires. 
Several of my lectures and publications in medical journals were translated by Joe into American English and, I confess, he made a much better job than me in delivering from three manuscripts I sent him an excellent well formulated paper. 
Whenever there were 'fierce' discussions on logotherapy or controverse ideas/questions to be solved he was the 'natural chairman' who engaged himself in a cairn practical conciliatory, very competent manner to make people approach one another in their way of thinking. 
As ii was said already, his work and dedication to the FORUM, on a high scientific level, will hardly be reached by anyone in the future. So, finally, I cannot but say that Dr. Joe Fabry, not to forget Judith, had a great impact on my professional and private life. In my memory he will remain, for the rest of my life, a great friend and an exemplary personage. 
Dr. Karl-Dieter Heines 
103 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
Fond Memories of Joe Fabry Ry Bianca Zwang Hirsch 
Shortly after I received my doctorate at United States International University, I met ,Joe and ,Judy's daughter Wendy. Ihad told her that I had just graduated and although I had studied with Carl Rogers I had become acquainted with Frankl's writings and was extremely interested in Logotherapy. Wendy had the biggest grin on her face. "What a coincidence, my Dad is just organizing a group of people interested in Logotherapy, why don't you give him a call. Idid. 
Joe answered my questions over the phone and we arranged to meet. ! participated in group meetings, many of which were held in our house in San Francisco. We took responsibility for discussions, organizational meetings, social gettoget.hers and before long, we were a close kntt group of people who were interested in logotherapy. Within the next year, we started annual Logofairs at the First Unitarian Churrh in Berkeley where we presented papers, held study sessions and promoted an interest in logotherapy. 
Eventually we incorporated and spread our wings by establishing an office, providing teaching-learning situations and holding mef'tings. Sam and Vera Kalmar, Tympcll Douglass, the Fincks and others met frequently with Joe whom we all loved and rf'spected highly for his tireless efforts to promote logotherapy in the U.S.A. 
Because l met Wendy who put me in touch with ,Joe, many things changed in my life Joe and Judy 
Joe and Judy were frequent guests in our home and we were always delighted to sharf an fvening of holiday festivities and good conversation. ,Joe was a maivelous raconteur often told us of his encounters with Viktor Frankl, Dr. Lukas and her hushand Gerhard and many othf'r interesting people. Judy would add her personal observations and sweet touches. 
It 
104 
Joe as Guest Speaker 
When l retired, Joe was one of the guest speakers. He talked about the fact that I had used logotherapy within the realm of my work as a school psychologist. He bframe so involved in quoting one of the artirles which I wrote for the Forum that pcopk askrd afterward who was the Sehool Psychologist who had spokrn with so much detailed knowledge about school issues. I was Joe's capacity to seize the momrnt and develop it into meaningful wholes. 
He was truly an insightful mastrr of human nature. 
Joe the Ftiend 
Whenever possible, Joe encouraged peoplt' or arknowledged their merits. On one orrasion, Joe and ,Judy wm on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transportation) when• they pkkrd up a section of the San Francisrn Progress (a local newspaper). As soon had they arrived home, ,Joe called to tell me that the section that they had picked up contained one of my weekly columns that I had written. It dealt with children who have special needs. He immediately pointed out how much logotherapy was incorporated in the message. Typical of Joe, nothing escaped him and such ft>e<lhack was invaluable. 
105 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
A TRIBUTE TO JOE FABRY PA TRICIA E. HAINES 
When I tlu.nk of Joe Fabry, he appears before me in tl1e image of akindly fatller. Imet Joe in Toronto at an International Congress. He has been an inspiration ever since. Joe taught me aoout logotherapy through his words and by Iris example. Whenever Iwas in his presence, Iwas imprrssed by his demeanor of serenity and il11ler peace. He seemed at peace in a chaotic world. I especially appreciated Joe's consistent rncouragement in my professional endeavors ovrr tl1e years. Ifelt as tl1ough he valued mr as a prrson and as a profrssional. Joe's ability to nurture discovery and personal development in otl1ers was especially meaningful to me. 
When Joe spoke to me, he spoke directly into my eyes. At ti.mes, when he challenged me to push myself alittle further, he spoke to nlf with tl1at devilish smik He encouraged me to be tl1e best person f could be. Being coINincrd that living ilie logotherapy way of life brings meaning to living, he carried his message witl1 tl1e dignity of a great ambassador. In effect, he was an ambas.sador -a.ti ambassador of meairing. 
Ialways looked forward to seeing Juditl1 and Joe at conferences. Iremember tl1e wonderful conference in Ka.tisas City witl1 Joe and Jim Yoder. The experience was a very special one and will be a fond memory forever. The last time Joe and I spoke, he encouraged me to write tlie book on logotl1erapy am1 recovery which has been circling in my head. Joe, the book is under way. l11ank you for touching my life so sigirificantly. 
106 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
ln the summer of 1977. Viktor Frankl introduced me to Joe Fabrv.at the Frankl 
' 
home, Vienna Austria, {See International Forum for logotherapy, Volume 21, number l, Spring 1998), The purpose ofmy visit with Dr, Frank! was to seek counsel regarding the completion of my dissertation, "Logotherapy: An Educational Approach". Since that day in Frankl' soffice, Joe has been my friend as well as my 
mentor. 
Joe conducted my first formal in Logotherapy in the early l980's. Also attending the workshop were Mignon Eisenberg, Bianca Hirsch, Vera Lieban Kalmar and James Yoder. 
Joe was our model. He set the stage for the relevance in meaning and purpose. Joe possessed arare combination of s~l~ and talents. He was an incredible listener. Joe was blessed with abeautiful and timely sense of humor. He was perce~ive and aware of the presence ofeach person. Joe spoke softly and resJXctfully. He was ascholar of 
languages. Just ayear before his deal~ he was hel~ng me edit amanuscri~ for Socratic dialogue in the classroom. Joe Fabry was the epitome ofpatience and wisdom. rwill miss the many fruitful and relevant experiences at Joe and Judy's home. Joe Fabry'sJpirit will remain with each one ofus and will guide us in our journey in finding mearung. 
Robert A Wilson, Ph.D. 
107 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999 
JOE FABRY EXEMPLEFIED THE MEANING OF THE MOMENT 
Robert R. Hutzell 
In the early 1980's several persons at the setting where I worked were interested in logotherapy. Jim Crumbaugh had presented to us, and we were ready for additional workshops and presentations. Jim suggested that we inquire of Joe Fabry whether he might be willing to direct a workshop for us. 
I did not know Joe personally at that time, but I telephoned him. He immediately stated he would be delighted to conduct a workshop for us and that he would like to tell us about his vision for the Institute of Logotherapy as well. 
In the Fall of 1982, Joe made an excellent presentation to us. He was knowledgeable, interesting, and effective. He inspired several of our staff and students to become more involved in logotherapy at various levels. 
At the conclusion of Joe's time with us, we presented him a cup shaped like our most famous local product, an ear of field corn. The cup was one of a quite limited edition because we produced those hand-painted cups for only a very short time. 
During the next few years, I (along with several of my local colleagues and my family) became increasingly involved in logotherapy. At World Congresses, Kansas City Institute conferences, and other presentations, Joe always seemed present-often personally, but otherwise in the comments and discussions of the participants. 
Over the years, three factors particularly struck me about Joe. Eventually I came to conceptualize these as examples of the concept of the meaning of the moment. One factor was his style of presentation, which caused participants to reflect upon their own meaning of the moment. Another was the fact that he was extraordinarily open to opportunities that presented themselves. I saw many of those opportunities pay off while many others did not. But still he seemed open to the next opportunity long after most persons would have become rigid and closed. The third factor was his focus, which always seemed directed toward opportunities to advance logotherapy rather than opportunities to advance himself. In the 
108 
advancement of logotherapy, he steadfastly supported the movement of logotherapy concepts into the life of the everyday person. 
In the late 1980's, I decided I would like to direct more of my writing/publishing interests toward the work of the Institute. I offered to help with coordinating and editing tasks. Joe not only quickly accepted the offer but also within a year decided that I should be coeditor of the Forum. Meanwhile, my wife, Vicki, decided to become computer proficient. With interest in logotherapy and need to practice her computer skills, she took on more and more of the production work of the journal. Joe saw another opportunity, indicated that he was growing weary of the production work, and decided that Vicki should become production manager for the journal. 
Throughout the years of editing with Joe, he continued to be knowledgeable, interesting, and effective. He sought out and supported new ideas. He always looked for papers that expanded but did not change the concepts of logotherapy. 
In our co-editing, Joe strongly supported me. However, at times he saw me make a wrong turn, and he disagreed with me and let me know. I'll not forget one particular scolding he gave me for accepting a paper that did not fit within the overall style of the journal. 
In the mid-1 990's, in reminiscing with Joe about the 1989 Bay Area earthquake, he reminded me about that corn shaped cup we had presented him many years earlier. He stated that it had been kept on display at his home, and that he was happy it had not been damaged by the earthquake. He told me that he was quite fond of the cup and that it reminded him of his presentations to us. Although his presentations had a lasting and positive impact on us, I was surprised to learn that making the presentations apparently had a memorable impact on Joe. 
Early this year, I received a letter with Joe's familiar writing on the envelope. Inside, it said in part that because of his health he found it necessary to resign as co-editor of the Forum. 
I folded the letter back just as I had received it, replaced it in its envelope, and laid it down on the table. It remained there for the next month. I didn't want to acknowledge what Joe had told me. I hoped to receive a follow-up letter saying, "Oops, I'm sorry, the previous letter was an error." 
The hoped for letter never arrived. But in our subsequent telephone conversations, Joe continued to assure me that the opportunity existed for the journal to continue. 
109 
MAX KNIGHT+ JOE FABRY= PETER FABRIZIUS 

110 

VIKTOR FRANKL JOE FABRY JUDITH FABRY ELLY FRANKL 
111 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999, 22, 112-116. 
ASPECTS AND PROSPECTS OF LOGOTHERAPY: A DIALOGUE WITH VIKTOR FRANKL 
In June 1978 Viktor Frankl and Forum editor Joseph Fabry spent a weekend on the Alpine mountain top of the Rax to discuss the aims and purposes of the journal. Excerpts of the talks were published in the first issue of the Forum and are reprinted below. 
Fabry: It has been said that logotherapy is a therapy whose time has come. But when logotherapy was conceived about fifty years ago, the time was quite different from our present in value priorities and attitudes. In what way would you say that logotherapy has changed with the times? 
Frankl: When I developed logotherapy in the late twenties and the thirties, it was a therapy designed for a special type of patient confronting us in the framework of individual psychotherapy. In the meantime the type of suffering that such patients experienced has become ever more widespread, and today, we may conceive of it even in terms of a collective neurosis. 
Decades ago, it was the single individual who, often on an intellectual basis, was wrestling with the problem of a meaning to life or, for that matter, a meaning to his personal existence. In the meantime, this existential frustration has grown to become the malaise of the average person regardless of educational background or intellectual level. To be sure, today the symptomatology of this ailment is often so covert that the etiology is not always perceptible. Just think of today's drug scene, the inflation of sex, or violence. It is not always clear that behind these manifestations lies an existential vacuum. But even in the more overt manifestations of the pervasive feeling to meaninglessness, such as suicide, the traditional psychotherapeutic approaches distract our view from the real issue rather than leading us to a proper understanding. 
Fabry: Logotherapy, then, pointed out a new source of suffering, or rather an old source which had not been considered much in psychotherapy, namely meaninglessness, and opened up a new source of alleviating the suffering; after all, logotherapy is to help individuals in their search for meaning. 
Frankl: Logotherapists voice our conviction in terms I've tried to express through some of my book titles: Man is steadily in search for meaning, our will to meaning is frustrated by present society but those who know how to listen, again and again perceive a cry for meaning. But when we 
112 
logotherapists voice our convictions that what the human being needs first and foremost is meaning, we are used to getting the answers from our colleagues with different orientation that "in the final analysis" it's just castration fear, poorly settled Oedipus situations, inferiority complexes, the punishing superego, the socio-economic situation, the product of certain learning or conditioning processes, or the lack of macromolecules. Not to mention the rehash of cliches such as unreleased energetics and dynamics, be they bio-or psycho-. In any case, the trouble is seen as result of interplay of forces within a psyche that is interpreted after the model of hydraulics: if there is tension it must be vented, because otherwise the stress takes its toll and the system will explode. Thus, we are indoctrinated in understanding ourselves not as deciding agents, nor as free and responsible beings, but as victims--and victims of chimeras at that. For, as to "stress," even as Hans Selye, the originator of this concept agrees, it "is the salt, or the spice, of life." 
But if you depict human beings as victims, if you mirror your patients as something--and not as someone--not a agent (and patient, literally means a "sufferer," while agent is a "doer"), you have placed them in a position of an entirely dependent entity--dependent also on your therapist. 
Fabry: You have defined logotherapy as "education to responsibility." What part does the therapist or counselor play in such an education? 
Frankl: The counselor's part is a direct consequence of logotherapy's philosophy. When the therapist teaches his patients that "in the final analysis" what counts is instinctual gratification, self-actualization, selfexpression, and their partners are just tools to pursue these goals, when the partners thus are made into safety valves for tension reduction, then people cease to know what life is really all about. They have been made to believe that the causes to which they have dedicated their lives are "nothing but" means to an end, namely to serve their narcissistic tendencies. After some period of being exposed to such a variety of indoctrinations--who can still maintain the original and genuine "wisdom of the heart," or what I have come to call "man's pre-reflective ontological self-understanding," which has taught him all along that his existence is basically characterized by selftranscendence; which means, that the human reality is always pointing to something beyond itself--to something or someone; a meaning to fulfill, or another human being to encounter lovingly. Only in this way we become truly human beings, we become really ourselves (thus actualizing both our humanness and our selves, our personhood and our selfhood) only to the extent to which we transcend ourselves by forgetting and giving ourselves. No longer is another person thought of and sought for as a mere tool, be it for instinctual or so-called humanistic purposes. Now the other person is met in his own right, for his own sake. No longer is a cause served just for the 
113 
purpose of living out our own potentials and capacities but for its own sake. Self-actualization still remains a beautiful goal and whoever has attained it should be congratulated, but in the long run it will turn out that it is the reward that falls in our lap after we have transcended ourselves, not caring for actualizing ourselves but being concerned about others out there in the world: about things to do, and people to love; about assignments that wait for us, or persons who need our help. 
Fabry: These are the philosophical underpinnings of logotherapy. In what way does the logotherapist differ from other therapist in applying this philosophy of life? 
Frankl: Those whose theories and therapies reduce the patient to a product resulting from processes and--in order to be repaired--dependent on some other processes, as for example transference, unlocking repressed feelings, acting out old hangups and old hates, or whatever these processes may be called, such types of therapists of course can expect their patients to remain patients as long as they can financially afford it. I am not weary of emphasizing that logotherapy is no cure-all. Nor can logotherapists accomplish miracle cures. But if you consider, for instance, the short-term therapeutic results of practicing logotherapists applying the logotherapeutic technique called "paradoxical intention," you will forgive my saying so that this constitutes our pride. The same holds true for the many cases that are brought to our attention by letters received from all over the world--from readers of books, from people having attended our lectures, courses, and workshops, and seminars--to the effect that they have spontaneously administered logotherapy to themselves with striking results and within incredibly short time spans. I recently received a letter that said something like, "I believe in logotherapy because it worked after I tried it on myself, and I had read about it in only one single book." 
Fabry: I have had similar experiences in my groups. Once people have become aware that they are not the helpless victims of their past or their conditions and that they have those tremendous resources of their spirit, they can help themselves--and others. 
Frankl: To be sure, there is something pre-supposed if we say that the effects of logotherapy make us proud, and that is the fact that any good logotherapist claims for himself what he ascribes to others, that is a "will to meaning," in other words, a hierarchy of values in which helping others has an unquestioned priority over being paid by others. In fact, the words of John Ruskin are regarded by us as truly valid: "There is only one power--the power to rescue; and there is only one honor--the honor to help." And what a power! You may remember the saying in the Talmud: "Whoever rescues 
114 
one single soul is to be regarded as if he had rescued the whole world." To heed the second half of that Talmud saying is up to the representatives of that type of therapy which for so long has turned into big industry. The second half reads: "He who has destroyed one single soul is to be regarded as if he had destroyed the whole world." 
Fabry: How do you see the future of logotherapy? What do you see especially valuable in its philosophy and therapy as personal meanings seem to become ever more important and as our traditional values seem to become increasingly unreliable as guidelines to living? 
Frankl: Our western world, in contrast to eastern cultures, has turned to a belief in science, even an idolatry of science. 
Fabry: But aren't those who believe in science rather than in a strictly religious meaning orientation also entitled to get help in their efforts to remain mentally healthy? 
Frankl: Of course they are. But they can remain mentally healthy only by becoming truly human. In fact, logotherapy is concerned with the search for meaning not only as a matter of health, and in no way as a matter of morality, but rather as one of the most intrinsic human phenomena. Anyway, you cannot turn the wheel back and you won't get a hearing unless you try to satisfy the preferences of present-time Western thinking, which means the scientific orientation or, to put it in more concrete terms, our test-and statistics-mindedness. So why should we lose, unnecessarily and undeservedly, whole segments of the academic community, precluding them a priori from understanding how much logotherapy is needed today or, as some others have attested, how much logotherapy "speaks to the needs of the hour." Why should we give up, right from the beginning, getting a hearing from the modern researchers by considering ourselves above tests and statistics? We have no reason not to admit our need to find our discoveries supported by strictly empirical research. Logotherapists feel deeply rewarded whenever we observe, or are made aware of, our theories being in accord with old truths. What greater compliment can we expect than learning that the eternal truth has been rediscovered in our "discoveries"? Perhaps we have only couched these truths in scientific terms. But if so, we also translated them into the plain language of today so that everyone may understand and benefit from it. Anyway, we feel happy whenever logotherapy is validated by experiments--not only by my former students but also by researchers who originally had felt rather skeptical about logotherapy. 
Fabry: This happened increasingly during the past years? 
115 
Frankl: Yes, and I feel deeply rewarded by such scientific research. But we still need more experimentation and empirical validation in a field that, to be frank, for too long was founded merely on the intuitive capacities of a young Viennese student. 
Fabry: Called Viktor Frankl. 
Frankl: That's why I welcome all sober and solid empirical research in logotherapy, however dry its outcome may sound. 
Fabry: Here, I hope, our publication will have a function. 
Frankl: This is my fondest hope. I hope this journal will carry, among other material, pertinent research reports. I hope equally strongly that the research reports will be balanced by single case studies, papers on innovating modifications of logotherapeutic techniques, philosophical articles, and articles of a personal, experiential, or if you prefer, existential quality. I am the last to impose directions in this respect on the editor or the authors. 
The same is true of your parallel assignment, as the director of the Institute of Logotherapy. While the journal can serve as a pool of resources made available in written form, the Institute will serve the same function with regard to teaching, training, and helping those who suffer from the ills of the present time. Again, and I am convinced that I am also speaking in your name, when I say that no restrictions should be imposed--neither on your Institute associates nor on your journal authors, except for one: both facilities should be reserved to logotherapy as a groundwork; that is to say, everybody is invited to go beyond it by creatively developing new ideas that he may derive from logotherapeutic principles and from the conceptual framework of logotheory. What I want to say is that the "father" of logotherapy does not withhold his blessings from the offsprings of logotherapy--except from those who are too proud to acknowledge the heritage. 
Anyway, to every creative spirit ample space should be given, in the Institute as well as the publication, to be filled with new concepts, new methods, new techniques, new fields, and to chart new fields in which one may apply what logotherapy in its present stage has already to offer. 
Fabry: I am certain that I speak for the Board of the Institute and for the Editorial Board of the magazine, when I say that we are pledged to such a purpose. 
116 
The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1999, 22, 117-119. 
THE TWELFTH WORLD CONGRESS ON LOGOTHERAPY 
Robert C. Barnes 
From 19 nations and 30 states within the USA, part1c1pants came to the Twelfth World Congress in June, 1999. Honoring the life and work of Viktor E. Frankl, MD, PhD, the Congress theme was "Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy: Psychotherapy's Approach to Meaning and Spirituality in the New Millennium." 
For the first time, four pre-congress workshops were conducted simultaneously during the three days preceding the Congress. The lnstitute's Introductory and three Intermediate courses were taught for students who came from Europe, Australia, South Africa, South America, Canada, and the USA. 
A brief memorial service was held during the opening session of the Congress at which time the September, 1997 death of Viktor Frankl was acknowledged. All of the days of the Congress were enriched by the presence of Prof. Dr. Frankl's grandson, Alexander Veseley, who had come from Vienna to represent his family. 
The lnstitute's beloved founder, Joseph Fabry, who died May 7, 1999 was also memorialized. I read to the audience an excerpt of my last letter to Joe Fabry dated April 30, just one week before his death. "The Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy will always be grateful to you for your inestimable gifts of wisdom and leadership, all of which you have offered gently and generously to the Institute you founded, as though by a loving father to a cherished child. In return, you have our esteem and love and deepest appreciation. And too, our promise to do all we can meaningfully to promote the work of Viktor Frankl throughout the world in the new millennium. 
Also memorialized were two of my former students. David Meyerson, who held lifetime membership in the Institute, was an honors graduate of Cornell University who came to Hardin-Simmons University to study logotherapy with me. Shortly after completing his master's degree, he entered UCLA to pursue his doctorate and died in October, 1998. Kathleen Pascoe had become a chaplain in Houston where she directed an educational program involving logotherapy for chaplains at the Texas Medical Center. Her doctoral dissertation at the University of Houston was entitled, "Doctor of the Soul: Viktor 
117 
Frankl's Logotherapy in Practical Application." Her death one week before the Congress was caused by cancer. 
Dr. Edith Eger delighted and inspired her audience throughout her keynote address entitled, "In the Darkest Places There is Light: Freedom of Choice." In the evaluation forms completed at the conclusion of the Congress, many people commented that Dr. Eger's opening address set a tone of warmth and caring that permeated the fellowship experienced among the Congress participants throughout the week. 
Dr. Kent Estes, Chair of the lnstitute's Education and Credentialing Committee, also served as Chair for the Congress' Call for Papers Committee. Under his stellar leadership, a new level of scholarly excellence was achieved in the Congress programs. From program proposals submitted from an international representation, Dr. Estes and his committee not only brought together presentations by long-time pillars of the Institute, among whom were best selling authors Dr. Muriel James and Dr. James Crumbaugh, but also by 15 first-time presenters who are more recent students of logotherapy with outstanding academic and professional backgrounds. 
The expanded number of superb programs made available by Dr. Estes and his committee necessitated opening one evening of the Congress for presentations. In the corridors surrounding the meeting rooms, it was delightful to hear comments such as "intellectual overload," "intensely inspiring," and "the best ever" about the numerous choices of programs presented simultaneously throughout the days of the Congress. 
In addition to outstanding individual presentations, symposia, workshops and contact sessions, there were four plenary presentations. Dr. Robin Goodenough, who generously serves as Of Counsel for the lnstitute's Board, challenged the Congress participants with his presentation entitled, "The Responsible Logotherapist: Practice and Malpractice." In response, there were numerous requests for an all-afternoon session with Dr. Goodenough at the next Congress with a concentration for practitioners on logotherapy and the law. 
Dr. Jerry Long, Jr. gave a brilliant presentation entitled, "Physician Assisted Suicide: A Choice Against Meaning." Dr. Long _j was introduced to the audience by Dr. Douglas Soderstrom who had a introduced Jerry to logotherapy more than two decades ago with a required reading of Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning shortly after Jerry's accident that resulted in his quadriplegia. 
118 
Manfred Hillman, special student and emissary of Dr. Elisabeth Lukas, traveled from Germany to make an eloquent plenary presentation entitled, "Logotherapy and Spirituality: What Does Viktor Frankl Mean in Spirituality?" 
Dr" Manoochehr Khatami, vice-president of the lnstitute's International Board of Directors, and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at St. Paul Medical Center in Dallas, made a truly scholarly presentation involving the application of logotherapy in the clinical setting with Borderline, Obsessive-Compulsive, Hysterical, Paranoid, and Narcissistic personality disorders. Dr. Khatami also provided a clinical demonstration of using logotherapy with two of his patients. A panel format followed in which case studies of using logotherapy with specific psychiatric/psychological needs were presented by Inge van Pelt, MD, Roberto Rodrigues, MD, PhD, Paul Ungar, MD, PhD, Jay Levinson, PhD, and Robert Hutzell, PhD. 
Respecting the many faiths and cultures and countries assembled for the Twelfth World Congress on Logotherapy, Board member and former military chaplain, Dr. Larry Evans began his invocation at the banquet on Friday evening with words that will long be remembered by many of us, "God of many names and many nations." During the evening, 3 Diplomate in Logotherapy and 24 Associate in Logotherapy diplomas were presented, representing a culmination of work by the recipients over a period of several years. This also represents a significant step forward in the educational endeavors of the Viktor Frankl Institute. 
A highlight of the evening, in fact of the entire Congress, was the very personal presentation made by Alexander Veseley about the life and work of his famous grandfather, Viktor Frankl. Perhaps without fully realizing his impact, Alexander authenticated our efforts and gave us impetus to carry his grandfather's work into the new millennium. 
The Thirteenth World Congress on Logotherapy is scheduled for June 20-24, 2001. 
ROBERT C. BARNES, PhD is President of the International Board of Directors of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, Box 15211, Abilene, TX 79698-5211 USA. He is also Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Development at HardinSimmons University: 915-692-9597; E-mail rbarnes@hsutx.edu 
119 
ISSN 0190-3379 IFODL 22(2)65-128(1999) 
The International Forum for 
LOGOTHERAPY 
Journal of Search for Meaning 




JOSEPH FABRY (1909-1999) 65 Bianca Z. Hirsch 
1950 PHOTO 68 
MEMORIES AND TRIBUTES 69 Dan Joslyn, Tom McKillop, Reuven P. Bulka, Jim Lantz, Florence Ernzen, Robin Goodenough, Will Finck, Margaret DavisFinck, Ingrid Mazie, William Blair Gould, Patricia L. Starck, Patti Havenga Coetzer, Robert Leslie, Ingeborg van Pelt, Julius M. Rogina, Gina Giovinco, Ann V. Graber, James C. Crumbaugh, Susan E. Shaub, Karl-Dieter Heines, Bianca Zwang Hirsch, Patricia E. Haines, Robert A. Wilson, Robert R. Hutzell 
MAX KNIGHT AND JOE FABRY = PETER FABRIZIUS PHOTO 110 
FABRYS AND FRANKLS PHOTO 111 
A DIALOGUE: FABRY AND FRANKL AND THE FORUM 112 
THE TWELFTH WORLD CONGRESS ON LOGOTHERAPY 117 Robert C. Barnes 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST TO LOGOTHERAPISTS 120 Susan L. Datson 
BOOK REVIEWS IN THE FORUM 1979-1999 123 
Volume 22, Number 2 Autumn 1999 

' ; UMJFYJI\Kt WOfJK~FOfi: TRE,:Qt,
·:TH~$i~ "~91~~~,:t~,t~/\~ ... , ; ., 7. ..
..•.!; :.,·.·: .·:. ·.,u ....~
~;--~~:~ii~~·...,'ij~~1~J:i2~•'·
0

~;l~;~c~;Jr,~;,l.:.•.,.r,:,;.·•.·i,•,·••.;,r..,:,.,I.•..•t.·.i.•..·r,;,l/~'.,''.··
..• ...i ..•:
1 
~');,;, )' ,:,\;, · · ···,•,.··.•·:..t.·.•.'..•,,i.:._•.,i,'.,:.c.,·i.i,:,:.··.·.·•.·,•...:.:..,·)_:,i:;.i_.·,. ..·.. ..·;·•''.l;·'·:·:·.·,;~..~.•.':,"..·.,·\.; \ , ... ~ ·..
.i,:,:,,,t..:.i.~~{i
't ('\ ,1,,,· \>',•., , ~-,. ., ,. ,. ,.'..r~.·.•.:.,~.::}••.}}.•.\.;~::,-?.,::·;·'.·,·.·.}.••'.~.-·;_.~-'1:}.
~ 
,:;'.,.:f,/:'.,·. ''~;' ~~~,:" \.•_,. '; ~ ,
:/·)~· '\> -1,r: