Journals and Publications in 1945
Marriage and Family Living, the precursor of the Journal of Marriage and Family, was experiencing increases in its library subscriptions. NCFR started selling reprints of the articles at $.10 per copy from the new offices based at 1126 East 59th St., Chicago.
Affiliates in 1945
NCFR affiliate groups continued to grow and were active even during the war years. The newest councils included the following: The Pennsylvania Council on Family Relations (CFR) formed at Pennsylvania State University on October 23 at its first meeting. Dr. Clifford Adams was its first President. On April 12, 1946, the Iowa CFR held its first conference at Cedar Rapids, featuring a panel composed of Reuben Hill and Evelyn Millis Duvall. The Seattle (WA) CFR was formed on April 19 at Oregon State University. The Illinois CFR met on December 29, with a symposium on “Post-War Family Adjustments of Returned Servicemen.” […]
Membership in 1945
During Sidney Goldstein’s tenure as President, the number of student members continued to grow. The membership dues were increased to $3.00, which included a subscription to Marriage and Family Living. NCFR now boasted more than 1,000 members.
Structure and Governance in 1945
On February 23, 1945, the NCFR Executive Committee composed of President Sidney Goldstein, Vice Presidents Emily Hartshorn Mudd, Edgar Schmiedeler, and Katharine Whiteside Taylor; and Secretary–Treasurer Evelyn Millis Duvall met to plan for the 1946 conference and to compile members of two important committees. The first committee, the Board of Directors, would have 27 members. These came from various disciplines and levels of government and included Fred L. Adair, MD; Benjamin Andrews; Henry Bowman; Muriel W. Brown; Leonard S. Cottrell; Stanley P. Davies; Lester W. Dearborn; Robert L. Dickenson, MD; Harriet Daggett; Harriett Elliott; Joseph K. Folsom; Robert G. Foster; […]
Leadership in 1945
NCFR’s fifth President, Rabbi Sidney E. Goldstein, was one of the three founders of NCFR. He was at that time Associate Rabbi and Director of Social Services at the Free Synagogue of New York City, a branch he founded in 1907 and headed until his death in 1955. He was also Professor of Social Service at Hebrew Union College in New York City and chaired the New York State Conference on Marriage and the Family. He was active in several organizations, including the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Jewish Institute on Marriage and the Family, the 1948 National Conference […]
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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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