The twenty-fifth anniversary year of the Downstate Psychoanalytic Institute was celebrated by a black tie dinner dance at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York on Friday, January 18, 1974. Guests included faculty and graduates of the Institute itself, members of the Psychoanalytic Association of New York (P.A.N.Y.), representatives from other divisions of the Downstate complex, neighboring institutes, and the Central Office of the APsaA.

Greetings and congratulatory messages were extended by Dr. Calvin Plimpton, President of the Downstate Medical Center, Dr. Herbert Pardes, Chairman of the Medical School's Department of Psychiatry Dr. Burness Moore, president of the APsaA, and Dr. Robert Savitt, President of P.A.N.Y. Reminiscences and future prospects were the subjects of brief talks by three former directors of the Institute, Drs. Sylvan Keiser, Mark Kanzer, and Maurice R. Friend. Dr. Keiser led the guests in a toast and standing ovation in honor of Dr. Sandor Lorand, one of the founders and the first director of the Institute. Dr. Alan Eisnitz, the current director, was host for the evening.