Rev. Edwin H. "Ned" Cassem, S.J., M.D. was called to eternal life on July 4, 2015. He was 80 years old, a Jesuit for 61 years, and a priest for 45 years. Fr. Cassem was born in Omaha, NE. Upon graduating from Creighton Preparatory School (Omaha, NE), he entered the Society of Jesus in 1953. He was ordained a priest in 1970 and pronounced final vows in 1985. During his Jesuit formation, Fr. Cassem earned an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Following his residency, he remained at Massachusetts General and Harvard Medical School for the rest of his professional life. He initially worked in the relatively new field of consultation psychiatry and eventually became Chief of the Avery Weisman Consultation Psychiatry Service. From 1989 to 2000, Fr. Cassem served as Chief of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital at which time he was named Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He founded and chaired the Optimum Care Committee (Ethics Committee) in 1973 and chaired it until 2009. In 2009, Harvard established an endowed chair in psychosomatic medicine in Fr. Cassem’s honor. Father is survived by a sister in law, Audrey Cassem of West Hartford, CT. and several nieces and nephews as well as his many Jesuit brothers. A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, July 17, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at Campion Center, 319 Concord Road, Weston, MA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wisconsin Province Jesuits, 3400 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53208.