At the 22nd Convocation of Fellows of the American Psychiatric Association on May 8, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, awards were presented to a number of psychiatrists, including four members of the American Psychoanalytic Association. The Distinguished Service Awards, established to honor members “whose distinguished careers have ennobled the profession of psychiatry,” were presented to Leo H. Bartemeier, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland and Past President, American Psychiatric Association (1951-2), and to Kenneth E. Appel, M.D., Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania and Past President, American Psychiatric Association (1952-3).

One of the awards of the Foundations' Fund Prize for Research in Psychiatry was presented to Louis A. Gottschalk, M.D., for his contributions to the problem of measurement through “content analysis of verbal behavior, and the application of novel and original methods developed by him to clinical psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychosomatics.” The Blanche F. Ittleson Prize for Research in Child Psychiatry was presented to E. James Anthony, M.D., Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine, and Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. This award was made for Dr. Anthony's “outstanding contributions to the better understanding of the developing child and his/her family.”