Affiliates and Journals and Publications in 1940
Many new organizations formed this year, and several reported their activities at the national conference. Among these were the Midwest Region, which held its conference in Cincinnati, OH, on May 21–22. The New England Region met at Harvard University; the Pacific Northwest Region meeting was held in Seattle, WA; and the California Council was chaired by Nadina Kavinoky, MD, in Los Angeles. Ernest Groves’s Conference on Conservation of Marriage and the Family was held at Duke University, Raleigh, NC, and the Kalamazoo Conference, led by Dr. Paul Popenoe, was held on February 19–20. The New York State Conference was chaired by Dr. Sidney […]
Membership and Awards in 1940
Membership in the state and regional conferences continued to grow, and reports of their meetings were detailed in the Spring issue of Living (Vol. 2, No. 2). The Award of Merit in 1940 was given to Katherine F. Lenroot, Chief of the Children’s Bureau, for her distinguished service in the field of family relations.
Structure and Governance in 1940
The 1940 officers were as follows: President: Adolph Meyer Vice President: Ernest R. Groves Secretary–Treasurer: Ernest W. Burgess Executive Director: Mary K. White The Board of Directors was established and expanded from 10 to 25 members, and the Advisory Council also grew, from 10 to 33 members. These included leaders of the state and regional councils. Mary K. White was elected NCFR’s first Executive Director and Associate Editor of Living. She held a master’s degree in social work from Indiana University and had done graduate work at the University of Chicago. She was coauthor of the Social Science Research Council’s “Memorandum on […]
1940 Conference: The Family in Wartime
The third annual NCFR conference was held at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, IL, December 26–27, in conjunction with other national associations: the American Sociological Society, the American Association of Law Schools, and the American Statistical Association. The conference theme was “The Family in Wartime,” with an emphasis on national emergency and its significance for the family. (Originally it was to have been “Trends and Resources in Family Living,” but the pending war changed the focus.)
Leadership in 1940
Adolph Meyer’s second term as President was marked by improved organization and planning of the annual conference as well as changes in the by-laws and constitution to allow state and regional leaders to be members of the advisory council. This Council was given the responsibility of developing regional, state and local conferences. The following is an excerpt from Meyer‘s Presidential Address: Man has been very slow to allow himself to submit to the process of scientific and truly science-making study. The family in our own midst as a going concern has only in the last two decades received active consideration when […]
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June 7, 2016 at 3:19 pm
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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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