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Article: Pioneer's legacy is family support.(FAMILY)(ON REMARRIAGE)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- May 10, 2009
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Byline: Paula Bisacre, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
I recently received some sad news from Margorie Engel, a member of the National Stepfamily Resource Center's Stepfamily Expert Council. Dr. John Visher, a California psychiatrist, had died April 17 at the age of 88.
Dr. Visher personally spoke with me from his Walnut Creek home last summer, and in the few conversations we had, it was apparent he had changed the world for the better. The world has lost a pioneer, and I wonder how many of the nearly 100 million stepfamily members in the U.S. he may have affected even know it.
I first learned about Dr. Visher while researching and preparing to ...