Annual Meetings—May, 1965

The 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association was held at the Commodore Hotel, New York City, April 30-May 3, 1965. An abstract 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. Members who desire to obtain copies of the official Minutes of any of these bodies may do so by communicating 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 Commodore Hotel, New York City on Sunday, May 2, 1965, with Dr. Heinz Kohut, the outgoing President, and Dr. Victor H. Rosen, the incoming President, presiding. Dr. Herbert F. Waldhorn was Secretary.

Dr. Kohut, prior to introducing Dr. Rosen as new President of the Association, summarized for the Members the key matters which during his long period on the Executive Committee appeared of foremost importance to him (see pp. 851-856). Dr. Kohut then expressed his gratitude to all those who assisted him in his administration, to Dr. Herbert Waldhorn who assisted the Secretary, to Dr. A. Russell Anderson, Secretary, to Dr. Morris Brody, Treasurer, and to Mrs. Helen Fischer, Executive Secretary. He also thanked Dr. Brian Bird, Secretary of the Board on Professional Standards, and Dr. Martin Stein, Chairman of the Board on Professional Standards. Dr. Kohut then thanked Dr. Victor Rosen for his assistance throughout the year and introduced him as the next President of the Association. Dr. Rosen, in accepting the gavel, spoke of Dr. Kohut's unstinting devotion, energy, and thought given to Association affairs and expressed the gratitude of the Association for his work. Dr. Rosen presented Dr. Kohut with the A. A. Brill Past-President's Medal and introduced the new officers who would serve during