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Rosamond Robinson (Robin) Jaqua, Jungian analyst, passed away peacefully in her home on November 8, 2015, at the age of 94.
Robin was born on January 28, 1921, in Long Beach, California. She graduated from Long Beach Poly High School in 1938 and attended Pomona College, where she attained an Honor’s Degree with a dual major of philosophy and psychology in 1941. She also received a California State License as a Nursery School Teacher.
As a freshman at Pomona she met and eventually married John E. Jaqua while he was on leave from war duty in the South Pacific. After the war John graduated from Pomona and they moved to Oregon, where he attended law school at the University.
This move immersed them into the community where they raised their family and established amazingly productive lives. Robin became active in her children’s education and even had a nursery school in her home. She was a leader and, along with her friends, became dedicated to building their special community.
In 1952, Robin and John moved to a dilapidated farm along the banks of the McKenzie River to raise their four children. McKenzie Oaks Ranch became her life-long passion to rehabilitate, to build and then finally to protect, partly as a nature conservancy. Robin found a spirituality in the river, the woods, and the hills of the Ranch that inspired her philosophical positions on life
In 1970, with her children off to college, she entered graduate school at the University of Oregon. There, she pursued the education and intellectual interest that had been delayed during the previous 25 years while she cared for her family. She earned a master’s degree in counseling in 1971 and a doctorate in counseling psychology from the UO College of Education in 1975. She subsequently worked as a school counselor, a marriage and family counselor, and UO adjunct faculty member.
Robin continued her education in Europe and received a degree from the prestigious C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland in 1983. Upon graduation, she became an inspired leader and a tireless supporter of Jungian education. Her substantial financial contributions made it possible for the Jung Institute in Zurich to restore and preserve the original drawings of Jung’s patients in its picture archives. She also made considerable contributions to ARAS both as financial supporter and contributing writer to its two published books and dictionary of symbols.
Robin devoted her spirit to the creation of the C.G. Jung Institute Pacific Northwest, where she served as Director of Training for the first graduating class in the mid-nineties. Her Jungian legacy included being an insightful analyst, a committed educator, and a generous benefactor to many.
Robin remained committed to her community for her entire life. She was an active leader of numerous organizations and projects, particularly those directed at children. Her philanthropy truly made a difference in people’s lives.
Her Jungian Library in Eugene was frequented by many and is now housed as the Robin Jaqua Archetypal Library in the U of O College of Education. Robin will be long remembered by all those whose lives she touched, including my own.
Robin is survived by her four children, Jim and Jon of Eugene, Anne of Portland, and Stephen of Sisters, her six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Sylvia Robinson Weisshaupt, Ph.D.
Jungian Analyst
Eugene, Oregon
