Saul B. Newton

Saul B. Newton (1906-December 21, 1991) was a controversial psychotherapist who ran an unorthodox commune in New York City known as the "Sullivanians."

He founded the group, often described in the press as a cult, after his departure from the William Alanson White Institute in New York in 1957, several years after the death of Harry Stack Sullivan, the institute's founder. His original family name was Cohen. He grew up in St. John's, New Brunswick, and attended the University of Wisconsin. He later went on to Chicago where he associated with radical circles at the University of Chicago, prior to serving with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. He fought with the U.S. Army in World War II, and studied psychotherapy after the war. He was married and divorced six times.

References

* Ronald Sullivan, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2DA1E3BF937A35757C0A96F948260&sec=&spon= Trial Involving Therapy Group Gets Under Way] , NYT, April 4, 1989
* Bruce Lambert, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DE1330F930A15751C1A967958260 Saul Newton, 85, Psychotherapist And Leader of Commune, Dies] , NYT. December 23, 1991