Eugene David Glynn is the son of Isidore Glynn, born Itzchok Glembofsky, who is the brother-in-law of Esther Reizel Levin, my 2x great aunt. Glynn family HERE
Born: 25 February 1926 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Occupation: Psychiatrist and art critic
Eugene David Glynn Gets Medical Degree
Eugene David Glynn, son of Mrs. Frieda Glynn, 24 Grove Street, Passaic, and the late Isadore Glynn, was graduated last week from Bellevue Medical School, New York University, with the degree of doctor of medicine. He will intern at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, for a year, after which he will seek a residency in a Dr. Eugene hospital for mental illnesses, to prepare for a career as a psychiatrist.
Dr. Glynn was 18 and had completed two years' academic work at NYU when he joined the navy as an enlisted man during the last war. He served three years, assigned to duty in the psychiatric ward at U. S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. Returning to NYU after the war, he completed his third and fourth years' work in one year and two summers and was graduated cum laude in 1947. He is now 25.
His younger brother, Robert, went to Harvard on a four-year scholarship and has completed his third year. He won other scholarships while in college.
A sister, Muriel, formerly a teacher at Passaic High School, is now secretary to a textile executive.
The Glynn children were very young when their father, Isadore Glynn, owner of a neighborhood grocery at Highland and Central Avenues, was shot and killed in his store during a holdup, 17 years ago. Dr. Ernest Reeves, 195 Lexington Avenue, saw the murderer dash from the store and gave chase for several blocks, but the slayer escaped. Mr. Glynn was much beloved in the neighborhood, where he befriended many families. (The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey · Tuesday, June 12, 1951)
Partner
Eugene was the partner of Maurice Sendak for some 50 years, beginning in the 1950s. Maurice was a noted author and illustrator, best known for his 1963 children's book "Where the Wild Things Are"
Sendak maintained a private personal life.
During much of his career, he kept his personal life private. He had a 50-year partnership with psychoanalyst Eugene David Glynn who worked primarily with youth. They enjoyed reading books, traveling, and listening to music together.
Sendak explained that being a gay man in children’s books felt “dangerous” and created a lot of anxiety for him: “It was something you hid. I must have been 19 or 20 when it became obvious to me.” In other interviews, he said, “I didn’t want to be gay…It was yet another sign of isolation,” and “I was worried that that knowledge if it were to come out would ruin my career.” Sendak never told his parents but eventually came out publicly in 2008.
Sendak never really wanted kids of his own (except maybe once) and expressed many times that he was glad he didn’t so he could devote himself to his art. He did have a beloved dog named Jenny who was featured in many of his books and a German Shepherd named Herman (named after Melville) that kept him company after Eugene passed away in 2007.
Census
1930
The Glynn family in the 1930 census (taken on 1 April 1930) is living at 228 Central Avenue Passaic, New Jersey, USA. They own their house which is valued at $10,000. Eugene's father Isidore is age 38 and a salesman in a grocery store. His mother Tillie died on 10 March 1926 and her father subsequently married Frieda Hellman on 27 September 1927. Frieda is age 37 and their children are Muriel age 9, Eugene age 4, and Robert age 5 months old
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1940
The family in the 1940 census are still living at 228 Central Avenue Passaic, New Jersey, USA. They own their house which is valued at $2,000. Isidore had died in October 1935. Frieda, now a widow, is age 43 and running the family grocery store and the children are Muriel age 19, Eugene age 14, and Robert age 10
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1950
The family in the 1950 census are living in an apartment at 24 Grove Street, Passaic, New Jersey, USA. Frieda is listed as age 57 and the children are Muriel age 29, Eugene age 24, and Robert age 20. They also have a boarder, Ruth Caesar, a waitress, age 50. Muriel is a secretary for a woolen jobbers firm
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World War 2
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Publication
Biography
Eugene David Glynn, M.D. (February 25, 1926 - May 15, 2007) was an American psychiatrist, writer, and art critic. He is best known for his book Desperate Necessity: Writings on Art and Psychoanalysis, which was illustrated by his partner, Maurice Sendak.
Life
Glynn was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and raised by his stepmother, Frieda Helman. A WWII Naval veteran, he attended college and medical school at New York University. He devoted his life to public health in New York, counseling patients, supervising psychiatric care, and training social workers. He was the Director of Clinical Services at the Youth Counseling League and a consulting psychiatrist for the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. His writings on psychoanalysis and art were published in Art News and The Print Collector's Newsletter.
Personal life
Glynn's partner, Maurice Sendak, mentioned in a September 2008 article in The New York Times that he had lived with Glynn for 50 years before Glynn's death.
Death
Glynn died May 15, 2007, at the age of 81 due to lung cancer.
After Glynn's death, Sendak donated $1 million to the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services in memory of Glynn. (Wikipedia)
Death
Eugene died from lung cancer on 15 May 2007 age 81 at Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Obituary
GLYNN--Eugene David, M.D., psychiatrist and art critic, died on May 15, 2007, of lung cancer. He was 81. The son of Isidore Glynn and Tillie Sheinbaum, he was born in Passaic, NJ, and raised by his stepmother, Frieda Helman. A WWII Naval veteran, he attended college and medical school at NYU. He devoted his life to public health in New York, counseling patients, supervising psychiatric care and training social workers. He was the Director of Clinical Services at the Youth Counseling League and a consulting psychiatrist for the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. Dr. Glynn had an abiding love for the arts. His writings on psychoanalysis and art were published in Art News and The Print Collector's Newsletter. His description of Adrian Stokes reads like a self-portrait: ''the passion for art, the intensity of concern, the almost raw hyperactive quality of a sensibility that threatens at times to engulf all else -the nature is a 19th century one determined to order itself by the 20th century's monumental new view, psychoanalysis.'' He is survived by his partner of fifty years, Maurice Sendak, and his sister Muriel Newman. Friends wishing to honor Dr. Glynn are asked to contribute to the American Cancer Society. (New York Times 24 May 2007)
Residences
In the 1930 census Eugene and his family are living at 228 Central Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
In the 1950 census the family is living at 24 Grove Street, Passaic, New Jersey, USA. The property no longer exists