The following candidates became Affiliate Members at the Annual Meeting of Members in San Diego:
Baltimore-District of Columbia Institute for Psychoanalysis: Jorge L. Casariego, M.D., Samuel T. Goldberg, M.D., Jesse M. Hellman, M.D.; The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: Harold Bursztajn, M.D., Anastasia Kucharski, M.D.; The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis: David Brueckner, M.D.; Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute: Michael J. Maloney, M.D.;
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research: Wendy J. Bernstein, M.D., Vivian S. Blotnick-Pender, M.D., Richard Brockman, M.D., Maureen D. Empfield, M.D., William A. Fisher, M.D., Deena Harris, M.D., Kevin V. Kelly, M.D., Philip Lister, M.D., Richard B. Zimmer, M.D.; The Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute: Cynthia MacDonald; The Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis: Paulette M. Rubin, M.D.;
Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: Louis W. Weisberg, M.D.; The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute: Harvey H. Falit, M.D.; Barry M. Miller, M.D.; Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute: Daniel A. Wallace, M.D.; Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East: Ralph H. Beaumont, M.D., Gary N. Goldsmith, M.D.; Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute: B. Russell Eby, M.D.; Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute: Thomas A. Miklusak, M.D., William Reinbold, M.D.;
Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis: Patricia N. Harper, M.D., Eric M. Kulick, M.D., Susan D. Delaney, M.D., University of North Carolina-Duke University Psychoanalytic Training Program: Daphne A. Rosenblitt, M.D., David A. Smith, M.D.; Washington Psychoanalytic Institute: Dominic L. Mazza, M.D., Donald R. Ross, M.D.
At the 73rd Annual Meeting in San Diego the Executive Council unanimously affirmed the recommendations of the Committee on Honorary Membership that the following awards be made: to Mrs. Lottie Maury Newman, the first Distinguished Contributor Award, in recognition of her eminence as a psychoanalytic editor and contributor over a period of more than thirty years; to Professor Joseph Goldstein of the Yale Law School, election to Honorary Membership in the American Psychoanalytic Association, in recognition of his distinguished career in law and scholarship in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. A formal presentation ceremony is being planned for the December 1984 meeting.
Following upon a discussion with a representative of Frenkel & Company, the Association's insurance carrier, at the meeting of the Presidents of Affiliate Societies in San Diego, clarification was requested regarding whether or not the practice of psychiatry, as well as of psychoanalysis, is covered under our current policy.
Frenkel has provided written assurance that, although our existing coverage does in fact cover psychiatric practice as well, each policy will, at renewal, have attached to it an explanatory endorsement to that effect.
Richard Simons has been selected to receive the Seymour D. Vestermark Prize Award of the American Psychiatric Association for 1985. The award is given for outstanding contributions to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, to continuing education, and to the education of behavioral scientists for research.
In his letter of congratulations, Herbert Pardes, the chairperson of the award committee cited the “model programs” for psychiatric education which Dr. Simons developed at the Downstate and University of Colorado Medical Centers. In addition, he stated that Dr. Simons's “work in developing one of the best texts in the field on human behavior is a major contribution to the psychiatric field.”
Dr. Martin Wangh has been awarded the first Walter Briehl Memorial Essay Prize. The prize honors the memory of Dr. Briehl, a pioneer psychoanalyst and a champion of civil and human rights, and is given to the individual who submits the best paper which utilizes psychoanalytic thinking to deepen the understanding of issues of significance to human rights.
The Margaret S. Mahler Literature Prize for 1983 was awarded to Annemarie P. Weil, M.D. This $500 prize was awarded in recognition of her paper “Thoughts About Early Pathology.” It was delivered at the 14th Annual Margaret S. Mahler Symposium held in Philadelphia in May, 1983. The announcement was made by the Literature Prize Committee at the Mahler Symposium in May 1984.
The following new Associate Members were announced at the Annual Meeting of Members in San Diego:
The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Inc.: Lewis A. Kirshner, M.D.; Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute: Clayton K. Gotwals, M.D., John M. Hall, M.D.; Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research: Stanley Bone, M.D., Howard E. Millman, M.D., Barbara R. Rosenfeld, M.D., Charles Semonsky, M.D.; The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis: Gary C. Martin, M.D.;
The Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute: Virginia M.T. Davidson, M.D., Edwards U. McReynolds, M.D., Allen L. Stark, M.D.; The Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis: Ashley Angert, D.O., Frederick C. Miller, M.D.; The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute: Michael D. Colman, M.D.; The New York Psychoanalytic Institute: Ellen D. Glass, M.D., H. C. Mallard, M.D.; Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute: Edward L. Hicks, M.D., Leon A. Skweir, M.D.; St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute: James Mikolajczak, M.D., Barry A. Hiatt, M.D.; San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute: Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D., John W. Mudd, M.D., Robert F. Schreiber, M.D., Dennis Weiss, M.D.;
Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute: Kenneth R. King, M.D.; Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute: Stephanie L. Geller, M.D., Ph.D., Janice Rule, Ph.D.; Washington Psychoanalytic Institute: Richard Waugaman, M.D., Robert Winer, M.D.; The Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis: Roger L. Goettsche, M.D., Myron R. Hurwitz, M.D.