At the Fall meeting of members, December 20, 1970, Dr. Edward D. Joseph was elected President-Elect. Others elected were: Dr. Stanley Goodman, Secretary; Dr. Alex H. Kaplan, Treasurer; Drs. Martin A. Berezin and Herman M. Serota, Councilors-at-Large. The new President-Elect will take office at the Annual Meeting in May, 1971, at which time Dr. Robert S. Wallerstein will begin his term as President.
The election of two Councilors-at-Large is in compliance with the new By-Law increasing the number of these Councilors from 4 to 8.
Dr. Joseph is currently Treasurer of the APsaA and has been both Executive Councilor and Chairman of the Committee on Social Problems. He is a training analyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and is a past Secretary of the New York Society. The author of more than twenty-five papers, including studies of twins, perception, and mental representation, he is Editor of the Kris Monograph Series and is on the Editorial Board of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. Dr. Joseph is Professor of Psychiatry and Acting Chairman of the Department at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.