Notes

The fifth annual report of THE MENNINGER FOUNDATION, Topeka, Kansas, covering the period, July 1, 1945 to June 30, 1946, states:

Profound changes have taken place in the structure, organization and activities of The Menninger Foundation during the fiscal year which closed June 30, 1946.

The Menninger Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to psychiatric education, research, and treatment, acquired the assets of the Menninger Clinic and Sanitarium on December 31, 1945. The Southard School, a nonprofit corporation, was merged in the Foundation on May 31, 1946 as the inpatient section of the children's division.

Prior to these unions The Menninger Foundation had been concerned primarily with educational and research activities in the field of psychiatry and psychology. The gift of the Clinic and the Sanitarium by the Doctors Menninger and their associates and the consolidation with The Southard School makes the Foundation now responsible for all of the treatment carried on by the merged institutions. It also brings to the Foundation the combined assets of these institutions, including grounds, hospital, clinic, and school buildings, equipment, and good will.

The treatment facilities thus incorporated have retained their identity and names within the Foundation and will continue to function as in the past. The combined staff of these medical institutions has continued its work under the direction of the Foundation carrying on programs in line with the threefold purpose to which the organization is dedicated: psychiatric treatment, education, and research.

The complete report, a brochure of fifty-five pages, includes the report of activities: (1) Clinical Services; (2) Education; (3) Research.