Annual Meetings—May, 1964

The Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association was held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, May 1-4, 1964. An abstract of a draft of the Minutes of the Business Meeting of Members, including the reports of the Secretary of the Executive Council and of the Secretary of the Board on Professional Standards, as well as all other transactions, are published in this issue of the Bulletin. All members who desire to obtain copies of the official Minutes of any of these bodies may do so by communication with the Executive Secretary, Mrs. Helen Fischer, One East 57th Street, New York, New York 10022.

The Business Meeting of Members was held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles on Sunday, May 3, 1964, with Dr. David Beres, the outgoing President, and Dr. Heinz Kohut, the incoming President, presiding. Dr. Herbert F. Waldhorn was Secretary Pro Tem.

After Dr. Beres had introduced Dr. Kohut as new President of the Association, Dr. Kohut presented the A. A. Brill Past President's Medal to Dr. Beres and spoke of Dr. Beres's outstanding abilities as a leader of the Association and of his devoted, unselfish efforts as President within the framework of his convictions about the larger objectives of psychoanalysis. Dr. Beres, in accepting the Brill Medal, thanked those who had worked along with him during his Presidency and emphasized the rewards of his experience as President and his realization that the American Psychoanalytic Association has a central role in the scientific development of psychoanalysis.

Dr. Kohut introduced the new officers: Dr. Victor H. Rosen, President-Elect; Dr. Martin H. Stein, Chairman of the Board; Dr. Brian Bird, Secretary of the Board; Dr. Eugene Pumpian-Mindlin and Dr. Helen Tartakoff, Councilors-at-Large. He He also introduced the ongoing officers: Dr. Morris Brody, Treasurer, and Dr. Herbert F. Waldhorn, who has been serving as Secretary Pro Tem during the illness of Dr. A. Russell Anderson, Se