Arthur H. Auerbach, a longtime faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania’s department of psychiatry, died on February 13 after a brief illness. He was 88.

Dr. Auerbach earned his undergraduate degree at Penn in 1947 and a medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in 1951 before serving as a lieutenant in the US Navy.

He joined the Penn faculty as an instructor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine in 1961 and became an associate professor in 1966 and an assistant professor in 1968 (Almanac September 1968).  He was also a research investigator in the 1960s. In 1968, he collaborated with Lester Lubrosky, professor of psychiatry, on a study of prediction of treatment outcomes in psychotherapy under the NIMH K Award (Almanac October 1968).

He was president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research from 1983-1984.

Dr. Auerbach was still a Penn faculty member at the time of his death.