(We felt that this account of the development of the Seattle Institute, furnished by Dr. George Allison, would be of interest to our readers.

The Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute was voted full Institute status from its former provisional status by the Board on Professional Standards at its annual meeting in Detroit, May 3, 1967. This event capped a 20-year history of struggle and growth begun in 1946 when Dr. Ernest Simmel suggested to Dr. Douglass Orr, the only accredited analyst then in Seattle, that he start psychoanalytic training in the Northwest. Soon after, Dr. Orr was appointed a geographical rule training analyst by the San Francisco Institute where he had been a charter member, and was joined by Dr. Edith Buxbaum from New York who was also appointed a training analyst by San Francisco.

Official training was begun in the spring of 1947 when the first candidates began their didactic analyses. Training Center status was granted provisionally in 1951 and became final in 1954. Dr. Robert Worthington of Topeka became the third training analyst on the scene and served a term as Director. Supervision and co-administration of the Training Center's activities by the San Francisco Institute continued until the spring of 1964 when provisional Institute status was granted after a site visit by the Committee on New Training Facilities. With continued growth, full status was recommended in the spring of 1966.

The Institute has a training program in child analysis headed by Dr. Buxbaum as well as an active extension division under Dr. Norman Chi vers. A low-cost analytic clinic has been established under the directorship of Dr. William Horton.

The directorship of the new Institute passed from Dr. Orr, who left in 1965, to Dr. Dickerson and most recently to Dr. Krouse.