Convening in Washington, D. C., for the 58th Annual Meeting of the APsaA, April 29 - May 3, 1971, the members of the Association listened to scientific panels and papers, participated in a variety of workshops, and continued a recent trend toward greater organizational participation in matters outside the immediate scope of psychoanalysis. (See column 3, this page.)
On Thursday, April 29, the Executive Council, sitting as a Nominating Committee, named Dr. Burness E. Moore of New York, and Dr. Edward M. Weinshel of San Francisco, as candidates for the office of President-Elect, the only office to be filled in the December, 1971, election. Dr. Moore completed a 2-year term as Secretary of the Association on May
1; Dr. Weinshel currently is Chairman of the Committee on Institutes.
The Business Meeting of Members was, for the first time, held on Saturday morning instead of Sunday; as had been hoped, this resulted in a much larger attendance and a more effective discussion of the important matters that confronted the Association. Actions taken by Board, Council and Members are reported elsewhere in this issue.
Friday morning's session was given over to a plenary session panel, “Perspectives on Psychoanalytic Education,” sponsored by the Committee on Psychoanalytic Education (Chairman: Dr. Kenneth T. Calder). Other panels, held on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, dealt with such problems as confidentiality (chaired by Dr. David Beres), psychoanalysis of the adolescent (chaired by Dr. J. Cotter Hirschberg), and language development (chaired by Dr. Victor Rosen). There were, as always, many individual papers, and on Sunday afternoon, a number of interdisciplinary colloquia and seminars.
On Monday afternoon, May 3, there was a joint session with the APA with Dr. Martin Wangh as chairman. Its title was “Racism.”