In Memory of Ester Buchholz

Date Posted: October 28, 2004

The faculty, students and staff of the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University deeply mourn the loss of our colleague for nearly thirty years, Ester Schaler Buchholz. Professor Buchholz died at Washington, D.C.'s Sibley Hospital on Tuesday, October 26th of breast cancer.  She was 71. 

A psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, celebrated author, and gifted scholar, Ester explored the need for attachment and solitude as contradictory, yet fundamental routes to survival.  Her 1997 book The Call of Solitude was a wide-ranging, critically-acclaimed study of “alonetime.”  A former director of Steinhardt’s School Psychology Program, Ester studied children’s struggles to regulate their behavior and published her findings in academic journals and books. 

Ester brought passion, energy, and caring into her classes and into the lives of those with whom she worked.  She mentored hundreds of students and was a dear friend to many.   We extend our deepest condolences to her husband, Leonard Wolf, MD, and to her children, stepchildren and grandchildren.  

The Steinhardt School will hold a memorial on Saturday, November 20, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. in Greenberg Lounge at 40 Washington Square South.  Please call 212-998-5000 for more information. 

Contact Information:
Contact Name: James Devitt
Phone: 212-998-6808
Email: james.devitt@nyu.edu