Remembering Jo Ann Allen

Jo Ann Allen, a longtime member of AFTA, died of cancer on December 16, 2000. A member of the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Social Work for 35 years, she became Professor Emeritus in 1991.  She also was a core member of Ann Arbor Center for the Family, where she was teacher, trainer, therapist, and consultant for two decades.  Jo Ann published many articles and chapters and co-authored several books about family work and systems theory. Reflecting her great love of animals, her last writing collaboration, with Rob Pasick, addressed grieving the loss of a pet. If we hadn't already known, we would have learned at the memorial celebration what a very special person she was.  Many clients, friends, students, colleagues, and family members gave heart-felt witness to how her life had changed and enriched their own lives. Indeed, she made a great deal of difference to the life of everyone she touched.  Jo was a cherished and gifted therapist and enriched the community with her clear vision, her gentle and generous spirit, her compassionate presence, and her incomparable humor. We will miss her more than we can say.

Joan Bild, Douglas Ensor, Ann Hartman, Joan Laird, Patricia Pasick, Robert

Pasick, and Mary Whiteside.