John Iverson Boswell, Jr. April 29, 1927 June 28, 2016 John Iverson Boswell, Jr., MD died peacefully on June 28, 2016 at the Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, North Carolina surrounded by family and friends. He was 89 years old. The son of John I. Boswell and Mazie Butterworth Boswell, he was born on April 29, 1927 in South Hill, Virginia. He was the eldest of four siblings and grew up on the family farm. After service in the Army, he received his B.S. from NC State University in 1949. Following his interest in animal science, he worked at a dairy in High Point, North Carolina where he was recruited for the church choir by his future wife, Eva Martin Staples. After their marriage in 1953, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, receiving his degree in 1957. He then completed training in general and child psychiatry at UNC in 1963. Dr. Boswell had a distinguished career during his long, productive work life. He was known for his compassion and wisdom as a clinician and a teacher. He served as director of Child Psychiatry at UNC from 1967 to 1987. After graduating from the UNC-Duke Psychoanalytic Institute in 1973, he went on to become a training and supervising analyst, serving as president of the North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society and director of the University of North Carolina-Duke Psychoanalytic Education Program. Dr. Boswell had wide-ranging interests in music, literature, and art, not to mention Carolina basketball. He was a skilled carpenter as a young man and became a fine potter in his later years. He always liked to till the soil and cultivate plants. Music, in particular, was at the center of his emotional and spiritual life. He had a rich tenor voice that harmonized with the choir of the Chapel of the Cross for many years. Above all, he was dedicated to his family. He was a man of great integrity and provided immeasurable care and support to his many loved ones. He is survived by his son, John I. Boswell, III, MD (Marolyn) of State College, Pennsylvania, his daughter, Julia Young, (Michael) of Pittsboro, North Carolina, his grandchildren Ian Boswell and Laura Boswell, and by his sister, Elizabeth "Lib" Lackey, his brother, G. R. "Bobby" Boswell. He is also survived by his stepchildren Julia Cleaver (Bill), Philip McMullan (Shelly), Margaret Keskinen (Kurt) and Donny McMullan, and by his step-grandchildren Stuart Cleaver, Annie Cleaver, Sydney Keskinen, Brandon Keskinen, Joshua McMullan, and Suzanne McMullan. Following the death of his first wife, Eva, in 2000, he married Barbara McMullan in 2002 and enjoyed his new life with her until her untimely death in 2008. In addition, he was predeceased by his sister Mary Furr. The funeral service will be on Saturday, July 2, 2016, at 1:30 pm at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, where his ashes will be interred. A reception will follow at the church.