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Dr. Manfred S. Guttmacher, Psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, Maryland, is the sixth winner of the ISAAC RAY LECTURESHIP AWARD of the American Psychiatric Association, it was announced at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in May 1957. The Award is
given annually to a psychiatrist, lawyer, or judge for contributing importantly to better understanding between Psychiatry and Law. As recipient, Dr. Guttmacher will deliver a series of lectures on psychiatry and the law under the sponsorship of the Schools of Law and Medicine at the University of Minnesota in the academic year 1957-1958.
Dr. Guttmacher, a native of Baltimore, is co-author with Henry Weihofen of Psychiatry and the Law (1952), and a comprehensive study, Sex Offenses (1951). He has also done a biographical study of England's mad King, George III, under the title, America's Last King, and has published more than a score of articles. He received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University and is now on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry there, as well as at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also a lecturer in the Law School of the University of Maryland.