At the recent meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association in Baltimore, Dr. Herbert S. Gaskill assumed the Presidency of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Currently Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis, Dr. Gaskill was for twenty years Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado.
Dr. Gaskill has contributed a great deal to the education of both psychiatrists and psychoanalysts in this country through his work with a variety of scientific organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the American Psychoanalytic Association.
A man of wisdom, kindness and generosity, Dr. Gaskill enjoys the confidence and devotion of those who have known and worked with him. He brings strong and purposeful leadership to the organization at a time when psychoanalysis faces a great many new and challenging issues.