Archive for the ‘Annual Conference’ Category
1982 Conference: Families and Government
The Annual Conference of 1982 was held at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC, October 12–16. Graham Spanier was program chair and chose “Families and Government” as the theme. The entire conference was dedicated to Ruth H. Jewson, in honor of her impending retirement. The American Council of Life Insurance provided a reception. A plenary session addressed “The Aging American Family: Implications of the White House Conference on Aging (1981).” About 950 attended the conference. Paul Kerschner, Ellen Winston, Janice Caldwell, and Armin Grams discussed the issue. Wesley Burr’s Presidential Address was entitled “Famology: A New Discipline.” Dorcas Hardy talked about […]
1981 Conference: Acting and Reacting: Families in the 1980s
The 1981 Annual Conference convened at the Marc Plaza Hotel, Milwaukee, WI, October 13–17. Sharon Price was program chair and chose the theme “Acting and Reacting: Families in the 1980s.” Attendees numbered over 1,025. Jane Burgess was the local arrangements chair. Keynote speakers included Elise Boulding of Dartmouth University, who spoke on “Faber: The Family as Maker of the Future.” A panel of speakers on the topic “Families Act on Religion: Religion Acts on Families” included Rabbi Jerome Folkman, Letha D. Scanzoni, Mary Cline Detrick, and Donald Conroy. The topic “Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Problems and Solutions” was discussed by Irving Tallman, Laszlo Cseh-Szombothy, Wilfried Dumon, and Carolyn […]
1980 Conference: The Quality of Family Life: Integrating Theory, Research, and Application
The 1980 Annual Conference was held at the Hilton Hotel, Portland, OR, October 22–25. Wesley R. Burr was program chair and chose the theme “The Quality of Family Life: Integrating Theory, Research, and Application.” About 800 attended. Urie Bronfenbrenner of Cornell University gave the opening plenary address, “Environmental Stresses and Supports in Parent–Child Activities.” He was sponsored by the students. Moncrieff Cochran, also of Cornell, discussed “Informal Support Systems.” Augustus Napier of Atlanta, GA, addressed the conference on “Marriage in Crisis: A Systems Perspective on Treatment and Prevention.” A panel consisting of Reuben Hill, Joan Aldous, Greer Litton Fox, Felix Berardo, and Jazcqueline Wiserman […]
1979 Conference: Everyday Life in Families: Past, Present, and Future
The Sheraton Hotel, Boston, was the location of the 1979 Annual Conference, August 14–18. The program chair was Barbara Settles, who chose “Everyday Life in Families: Past, Present and Future” as the theme. Tamara Hareven, Editor of the Journal of Family History, spoke on “Work and Family in Historical Perspective: The Changing Balance Between Family and Work.” The student members sponsored a session at which Charles V. Willie of Harvard University and William Julius Wilson of the University of Chicago debated on the topic of “Caste, Class, and Family Life Changes a Comparative Analysis.” Paul Glick gave his Presidential Address, entitled “Marriage […]
1978 Conference: Family Policy: Putting Priorities Into Action
In 1978 NCFR celebrated its 40th anniversary, and the conference was held at the Philadelphia Sheraton Hotel, October 19–22. The theme chosen by David Olson, the program chair, was “Family Policy: Putting Priorities into Action.” Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson was the plenary speaker, and her address was titled: “Hey, Uncle Sam, What’s Happening to Black and Aging Families?” Other plenary speakers included Patsy Flemkng, director of Governmental Affairs, Office of Civil Rights, who spoke on “Families in Transition,” and Wilbur J. Cohn and Nancy Amidal, who spoke on “Changing Public Policies to War Families.” Several panels discussed national issues of social policy. President Gerhard Neubeck‘s address […]
1977 Conference: Values, Morals, Ethics, and the American Family
The Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel, San Diego, CA, was the location for the 1977 Annual Conference. Mary Lou Purcell was the program chair and chose “Values, Morals, Ethics and the American Family” as the theme. Nona Cannon was the local arrangements chair. Both President Carter and Vice President Mondale sent greetings. The Congress of Affiliated Councils was responsible for the plenary session, at which Rosabeth Moss Kanter spoke on “Working and Loving in America: Strains, Struggles, and Strategies for Change.” Landrum R. Bolling, President of Lily Endowment, Inc., addressed the conference theme. Sidney Johnson, of the Family Impact Seminar, Washington, […]
1976 Conference: Family and Sex Roles
The 1976 Annual Conference was held in New York City, October 19–23. The theme was “Family and Sex Roles.” The conference focused on the texture and substance of ongoing daily life between critical events. The major objective was to examine critically how families define and handle problems in the contest of their regular living arrangements and important relationships. The program chair was Constantina Safilios-Rothschild. Local arrangements chair was Norma L. Newmark. The conference drew 1,350 professionals, including 231 students. Plenary speakers included Lois Wladis Hoffman, who spoke on “Social Change, the Family, and Sex Differences”; Robert R. Bell, who spoke on “Adult Male Sex […]
1975 Conference: Generations on Generations
The 1975 Annual Conference was held at the Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT, August 19–23. The theme was “Generations on Generations.” The program chair was Kate Garner. Blaine Porter was local arrangements chair. Earl A. Grollman, internationally known for his work concerning dying, death, and bereavement, spoke on “Death and Grief at All Ages.” John Silber, Boston University, spoke on “Generations on Generations.” Richard Kerckhoff’s Presidential Address was titled “Middle-Aged Marriage: At the Summit or Over the Hill?” Jessie Bernard, Virginia Ann Church, and Rose Somerville formed a plenary panel to discuss “International Women’s Year—Generations of Women: Past, Present […]
1974 Conference
The 1974 Annual Conference held jointly with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists in St. Louis, MO, was a record breaker that still stands today, with over 1,700 attending—1,500 of these NCFR members or dual members of both organizations. Gerhard Neubeck was program chair, and Arthur McArthur was local arrangements chair. Plenary topics and speakers included “Marriage is for Life,” by Sidney Jourard; “The Key is Empathy,” by Mary Mannes; and “Is Love in Limbo?”, by Laura Singer Magdoff and Sam Magdoff. Lee Axelson and Clark Vincent gave Presidential Addresses at the banquet, Axelson on “Promise of Illusion: The Future […]
1973 Conference: Family Style and Personal Freedom
The 1973 Annual Conference was held at the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel, Toronto, Canada, October 16–20. The theme was “Family Style and Personal Freedom.” Lee Axelson was the program chair. Marguerite and Frank Fidler were local arrangements co-chairs. Nine hundred fifty-three persons attended—the largest number to date for the conference. The government of the Province of Ontario sponsored the NCFR reception, held in the Sheraton Grand Lobby Ballroom. The 1973 pre-conference workshop on Theory Construction was sponsored by the Research and Theory Section. Plenary speakers were William Dyson of the Vanier Institute on the Family, Murray Straus, and Robert Francoeur. The Sections offered programs and the following […]
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June 7, 2016 at 3:19 pm
Sure, no problem
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June 7, 2016 at 2:45 pm
I wondered if I could use this for a project in my Chicano Studies class at ASU. The project will be put up in an exhibit display and possibly travel around to schools. Please let me know.
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November 12, 2013 at 10:20 am
Also worth a mention: John Gottman gave a Research Update for Practitioners on his marital research, which was well attended.
By the way, the name is “Celine Le Bourdais.”
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August 21, 2013 at 11:47 am
Dennis,
Enjoyed the story. And, what a lucky break for me that you did make this decision. Hope all is well.
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August 15, 2013 at 9:19 am
The 1980 Portland Conference was 12 days after Mt. St. Helen had erupted. There was lots of ash around all over, and I still have a bottle of that ash. That was the year we had an afternoon trip to near Mt. St. Helen’s planned, and still took the trip. On the way up the bus stopped at Crown Point which was typically one of the windiest spots around. The wind was so strong that it blew the name badges out of the plastic holders. It also blew Ruth Jewson, Helen Hartness, and me on top of each other (which was scary for us with Ruth, but she wasn’t hurt). The bus also stopped at Multnomah Falls which was stunning. That evening I played for Bert Adams to sing songs from some musicals. He did a magnificent job.
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August 13, 2013 at 1:24 pm
One of my first NCFR conferences was in Portland and I was still a doctoral student then, and a member of the Executive Committee of NCFR as the student rep. It was at that meeting that I was really thinking about my career and where I should go with it. I was a student in family sociology and my chair was Lee Axelson, then the President of NCFR. He wanted me to take a sociology position. But others suggested that my interests would be better served in Child and Family Development (then in Home Ec) where relationship issues would be easier to study. I did not know which way to go.
At that meeting we took a bus trip to the coast of Oregon for a “salmon bake” on the beach. I sat on the bus between Eleanor Luckey and Ruth Jewson. All the way over and back we talked about career directions and those two people who I respected so much listened to me, and gave me their counsel, experience, and wisdom. Eleanor noted that she had been trained in psychology but chose to go into child and family development since there were more peers there who could help her frame her ideas and help them mature. Ruth saw the emerging scholarship in CFD and the quality of research coming out. The result of that was my turning down sociology jobs and taking the CFD position at UNC-Greensboro, where John Scanzoni and others later joined me a a great department. And my first students there were Jay Mancini and Gary Bowen, who have become successful scholars in their own right.
So the memories of that NCFR in Portland so many years ago remind me of how important it is to continue to foster opportunities for young student scholars to meet with senior people who can give them other ideas, and perhaps bring perspectives that their own programs may not be able to offer. Keep mixing us all up, and recognize the key role you play in the stirring of the creative pots in this vital area of family research and practice.
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July 12, 2013 at 3:49 pm
These changes have been incorporated. Thanks for your feedback.
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July 11, 2013 at 8:52 am
Edits–
1. Please add that he was a professor for nearly 30 years
2. Also change “:marriage and family therapist” to “marriage and family researcher and therapist”
3. Prepare and Enrich should be all CAPS—PREPARE ENRICH
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July 8, 2013 at 4:16 pm
That terminology has been corrected. Thanks Marilyn.
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July 8, 2013 at 4:13 pm
In 1988-89, I was Association of Councils president-elect. In 1989-90, I was president. There was no vice president. Other officers were program chair, secretary/treasurer, and past president. Both the president elect and the president served on the NCFR Board.
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