{"id":21858,"date":"2015-02-09T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T23:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=21858"},"modified":"2015-02-11T15:39:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T21:39:20","slug":"dr-diane-hammer-70-dies-suddenly-funeral-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/dr-diane-hammer-70-dies-suddenly-funeral-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Diane Hammer, 70, dies suddenly"},"content":{"rendered":"

DR. DIANE BENNETT HAMMER, a psychiatrist, died suddenly at her home on Sunday, February 8. Dr. Hammer had suffered for many years from multiple sclerosis. At the time of her passing, she was 70, but less than a week before her birthday.<\/p>\n

Born in Chicago, she was a lover of the arts for her entire life and graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in art history. She studied renaissance art in Italy and specialized in the study of Italian painter and architect Giotto while living in Florence. She received her master’s degree in social work before obtaining her medical degree from Tufts University.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hammer began work in New Orleans, the city of her family’s roots, as the chief of Mental Hygiene at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the 1980s. She also became a consultant to Tulane Student Health and had a private psychiatric practice in place for 26 years.<\/p>\n

She was a member of the Committee on Pychoanalysis, the Arts of the American Pyshoanalytic and was also was an emerita at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center.<\/p>\n

She was married for 42 years to Dr. Robert “Bob” Hammer, who survives her along with her two sons David (Jenni) and Daniel (Klara) and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Visitation began at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11 in the Forgotson Chapel at Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue. Services followed at 2:00 p.m. with Rabbi Alexis Berk officiating.<\/p>\n

Interment followed immediately in Hebrew Rest Cemetery # 3,\u00a0 2100 Pelopidas Street, corner Frenchmen. Arrangements are by Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral<\/a> Home.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hammer was emerita at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center, and a member of the Committee on Psychoanalysis and the Arts of the American Psychoanalytic Association. – See more at: http:\/\/obits.nola.com\/obituaries\/nola\/obituary.aspx?pid=174102110#sthash.i2gbKNrV.dpuf<\/div>\n

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Diane Bennett Hammer, M. D., passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 at her New Orleans home, the end of a life filled with many joys and marked by extraordinary accomplishments, many of them achieved in spite of illness. She was the beloved wife of 42 years of Dr. Robert A. Hammer and mother of David (Jenni) and Daniel (Klara) Hammer, both of New Orleans. She took great joy in being the grandmother of Teo, Selma and Henry Hammer. Born in Chicago on February . 14, 1944, Dr. Hammer received a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Duke University, studied Giotto and other Renaissance art in Italy and got a Master’s in Social Work before earning her medical degree from Tufts University. She returned to her family’s roots in New Orleans and worked as Chief of the Mental Hygiene Clinic at the VA in the 1980’s, and as a Consultant to Tulane Student Health, while also seeing patients in private practice for 26 years. Dr. Hammer was emerita at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center, and a member of the Committee on Psychoanalysis and the Arts of the American Psychoanalytic Association. In March 2007, she organized a community education program on emotional issues described in Donizetti’s opera Lucia d’Lammermoor, coordinated with the New Orleans Opera Association’s production at that time. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 2:00 PM from the Forgotston Chapel of Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, with Rabbi Alexis Berk officiating. Visitation on Wednesday from 1:00 PM until service time. Interment will be at Hebrew Rest Cemetery Number 3, with arrangements handled by Tharp-Sontheimer Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the National MS Society. Condolences may be expressed online at www.tharpsontheimerfh.com Information, (504) 835-2341 – See more at: http:\/\/obits.nola.com\/obituaries\/nola\/obituary.aspx?pid=174102110#sthash.i2gbKNrV.dpuf<\/div>\n
Diane Bennett Hammer, M. D., passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 at her New Orleans home, the end of a life filled with many joys and marked by extraordinary accomplishments, many of them achieved in spite of illness. She was the beloved wife of 42 years of Dr. Robert A. Hammer and mother of David (Jenni) and Daniel (Klara) Hammer, both of New Orleans. She took great joy in being the grandmother of Teo, Selma and Henry Hammer. Born in Chicago on February . 14, 1944, Dr. Hammer received a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Duke University, studied Giotto and other Renaissance art in Italy and got a Master’s in Social Work before earning her medical degree from Tufts University. She returned to her family’s roots in New Orleans and worked as Chief of the Mental Hygiene Clinic at the VA in the 1980’s, and as a Consultant to Tulane Student Health, while also seeing patients in private practice for 26 years. Dr. Hammer was emerita at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center, and a member of the Committee on Psychoanalysis and the Arts of the American Psychoanalytic Association. In March 2007, she organized a community education program on emotional issues described in Donizetti’s opera Lucia d’Lammermoor, coordinated with the New Orleans Opera Association’s production at that time. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 2:00 PM from the Forgotston Chapel of Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, with Rabbi Alexis Berk officiating. Visitation on Wednesday from 1:00 PM until service time. Interment will be at Hebrew Rest Cemetery Number 3, with arrangements handled by Tharp-Sontheimer Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the National MS Society. Condolences may be expressed online at – See more at: http:\/\/obits.nola.com\/obituaries\/nola\/obituary.aspx?pid=174102110#sthash.i2gbKNrV.dpuf<\/div>\n
Diane Bennett Hammer, M. D., passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 at her New Orleans home, the end of a life filled with many joys and marked by extraordinary accomplishments, many of them achieved in spite of illness. She was the beloved wife of 42 years of Dr. Robert A. Hammer and mother of David (Jenni) and Daniel (Klara) Hammer, both of New Orleans. She took great joy in being the grandmother of Teo, Selma and Henry Hammer. Born in Chicago on February . 14, 1944, Dr. Hammer received a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Duke University, studied Giotto and other Renaissance art in Italy and got a Master’s in Social Work before earning her medical degree from Tufts University. She returned to her family’s roots in New Orleans and worked as Chief of the Mental Hygiene Clinic at the VA in the 1980’s, and as a Consultant to Tulane Student Health, while also seeing patients in private practice for 26 years. Dr. Hammer was emerita at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center, and a member of the Committee on Psychoanalysis and the Arts of the American Psychoanalytic Association. In March 2007, she organized a community education program on emotional issues described in Donizetti’s opera Lucia d’Lammermoor, coordinated with the New Orleans Opera Association’s production at that time. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 2:00 PM from the Forgotston Chapel of Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, with Rabbi Alexis Berk officiating. Visitation on Wednesday from 1:00 PM until service time. Interment will be at Hebrew Rest Cemetery Number 3, with arrangements handled by Tharp-Sontheimer Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the National MS Society. Condolences may be expressed online at – See more at: http:\/\/obits.nola.com\/obituaries\/nola\/obituary.aspx?pid=174102110#sthash.i2gbKNrV.dpuf<\/div>\n
Diane Bennett Hammer, M. D., passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 at her New Orleans home, the end of a life filled with many joys and marked by extraordinary accomplishments, many of them achieved in spite of illness. She was the beloved wife of 42 years of Dr. Robert A. Hammer and mother of David (Jenni) and Daniel (Klara) Hammer, both of New Orleans. She took great joy in being the grandmother of Teo, Selma and Henry Hammer. Born in Chicago on February . 14, 1944, Dr. Hammer received a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Duke University, studied Giotto and other Renaissance art in Italy and got a Master’s in Social Work before earning her medical degree from Tufts University. She returned to her family’s roots in New Orleans and worked as Chief of the Mental Hygiene Clinic at the VA in the 1980’s, and as a Consultant to Tulane Student Health, while also seeing patients in private practice for 26 years. Dr. Hammer was emerita at the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center, and a member of the Committee on Psychoanalysis and the Arts of the American Psychoanalytic Association. In March 2007, she organized a community education program on emotional issues described in Donizetti’s opera Lucia d’Lammermoor, coordinated with the New Orleans Opera Association’s production at that time. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 2:00 PM from the Forgotston Chapel of Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, with Rabbi Alexis Berk officiating. Visitation on Wednesday from 1:00 PM until service time. Interment will be at Hebrew Rest Cemetery Number 3, with arrangements handled by Tharp-Sontheimer Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the National MS Society. Condolences may be expressed online at – See more at: http:\/\/obits.nola.com\/obituaries\/nola\/obituary.aspx?pid=174102110#sthash.i2gbKNrV.dpuf<\/div>\n
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