The Heinz Hartmann Award Committee has announced its selections for the 1967, 1968 and 1969 Awards. The winners are as follows:
For 1967 — Dr. Charles Fisher, of New York, for his years of productive research in the field of Sleep and Dreams.
For 1968 — Dr. Robert S. Wallerstein, of San Francisco, for his long-range studies of psychotherapy in the Psychotherapy Research Project of the Menninger Foundation.
For 1969 — The late Dr. Max Schur, in posthumous recognition of his unique researches on the life and inner struggles of Sigmund Freud.
Each Award winner receives a scroll and a cash prize. In the case of Dr. Schur, these will be conveyed to his widow, Mrs. Helen Schur.
The Hartmann Award was established in 1964 by a gift to the New York Psychoanalytic Institute from Mrs. Helene Kuffner, as a way of honoring Dr. Heinz Hartmann on his 70th birthday. Mrs. Kuffner entrusted the administration of the Award to the New York Institute, with the stipulation that Dr. Hartmann would be a member of the Award Committee during his lifetime.
The Committee that made the recent selections consisted, in addition to Dr. Hartmann, of Drs. Rudolph Loewenstein and David Kairys, the latter acting in his capacity as the President of the New York Institute. The decisions had been reached shortly before Dr. Hartmann's death.
Previous recipients of the Award were Miss Anna Freud and Dr. Rene Spitz.