Dr. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D. C., is announced as the first winner of the AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION'S 'ISAAC RAY AWARD'. Made possible through the efforts of Dr. Gregory Zilboorg, Chairman of the A.P.A. Committee on the History of Psychiatry, the Award is named in honor of Dr. Isaac Ray, one of the founding fathers of the A.P.A. and the first American author in the field of legal problems connected with mental disorders. The Award is to be given annually to some person of outstanding accomplishment in psychiatry and jurisprudence. The winner receives one thousand dollars and is appointed to deliver the Isaac Ray Lectures at some University which has both medical and law schools. Dr. Overholser will deliver his series of lectures at Harvard University next year at times to be announced later.

A modern pioneer in the legal aspects of psychiatry, Dr. Overholser is well