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The past year has been one of consolidation and unification. Although the total number of our membership was considerably reduced by the resignation of the members of a dissident group, our Association has succeeded in maintaining all its activities, proved its inherent strength by tackling many of its difficult problems, and introduced some important changes.
We mourn the untimely passing of our esteemed member Dr. Max Loeb who had been with our organization for many years and was much appreciated both as friend and colleague by those who knew him well.
We are pleased to welcome the following new full members into our Association: Drs. Marie R. Badaracco Apolito, Eugene B. Papowitz and Jack Schnee. They are already involved in some of the activities of our organization, and we are certain that they will contribute significantly toward the growth of our group.
For the first time since the inception of our Association we decided to hold our scientific meetings in the Auditorium of our Karen Horney Clinic Building. Thie change turned out to be highly successful. The meetings were very well attended; the public enjoyed the comfortable and gracious facilities, and the familiar surroundings enhanced our feelings of belonging, and our commitment to Dr. Horney's teachings. Our Program Committee, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Alexandra Symonds prepared a series of interesting lectures: Dr. Alexandra Symonds spoke on “Phobias After Marriage: Woman's Declaration of Dependence”, discussants Dr. Irving Bieber. Dr. Sidney Rosen on “Recent Experiences with Encounter, Gestalt and Hypnotic Techniques”, discussants Dr. Sidney Rose and Martin Kassan, Ed.D., and Dr. Jack Rubins on “The Holistic Approach to Schizophrenia, Part III: Treatment”, discussants were Drs. Morton S. Rucker and Gerard Chrzanowski.
Upon recommendation of the Executive Council the membership decided to designate the scientific meetings in April as the “Annual Scientific Meeting”. Dr. Alexander Reid Martin read a most