Membership and Journals and Publications in 1960–61
A membership directory was published in the February 1961 issue of Marriage and Family Living. Read the March 1961 NCFR Newsletter Read the May 1961 NCFR Newsletter Read the October 1961 NCFR Newsletter Marriage and Family Living published two special issues that year—”Family Research Around the World” and “Women and Work”—under Editor Ivan Nye. In February 1961, Lester A. Kirkendall became the editor of the Teacher Exchange section of the journal. William Smith became a contributing editor. In May, an article by Joel Moss and Ruby Gingles on teenage marriage was published. Marvin B. Sussman called the Teacher Exchange section “a magnificent service […]
Structure and Governance in 1960–61
During 1960–1961, a major reorganization of NCFR’s sections, with Blaine R. Porter as chair of the committee in charge of this, was begun. It was the last year that the conference was organized around the nine sections of (1) Counseling, (2) Research, (3) Religion, (4) Early Child Development, (5) Family Life Education in Colleges, (6) Family Life Education in the Schools, (7) Family Life Education in the Community, (8) Parent Education, and (9) Economic Aspects of Family Security. From this point on, there would only be four sections: (1) Counseling, (2) Research, (3) Education, and (4) Special Emphases.
Leadership in 1960–61
The 18th President of NCFR was Harold T. Christensen, a Fulbright Scholar who was a professor at Purdue University and whose specialty research was on cross-cultural families. His work was known and respected worldwide. The following is an excerpt from Christensen‘s Presidential Address: “Love, sex, marriage, and parenthood are subjects of intrinsic interest to nearly everyone. Perhaps this is so because they represent experiences common to all mankind, and also because the motives which impel them and the consequences which spring from them are rather deep-seated in human personality and far-reaching in terms of human satisfactions. Family phenomena constitute important […]
Awards and Journals and Publications in 1959–60
Urie Bronfenbrenner and Edward C. Devereaux received the 1960 Ernest Burgess Award. Ivan Nye was the editor of Marriage and Family Living. His first issue was February 1960, and he continued through November 1963. The Teacher Exchange added a section on “Research Finds,” prepared by Evelyn Millis Duvall. Practical information was included on such topics as student marriages, what kinds of husbands and wives teenagers expect to be, what kinds of parents they will be, and homemaking tasks.
Membership in 1959–60
The total membership was tallied at 2,800. In addition, 1,055 libraries carried subscriptions to Marriage and Family Living. The leading states were New York, with 322 members; California, with 207; Illinois, with 144; Ohio, with 142; Michigan, with 125; and Indiana, with 95. Canada had 36 members, and all foreign countries combined had 44. There were 642 college teachers among the members, as well as 206 clergy members, 152 high school teachers, 113 physicians, and 109 marriage counselors. Other professions included social workers, psychologists, administrators, lawyers, nurses, extension and adult educators, researchers, and journalists. Read the March 1960 NCFR Newsletter Read the May […]
Structure and Governance in 1959–60
The 1960 Executive Committee consisted of the following: President: Harold T. Christensen President-Elect: David R. Mace Past President: Aaron L. Rutledge Secretary: Esther Middlewood Treasurer: Frederick E. Berger Editor, Marriage and Family Living: Ivan Nye Membership Chair: Gerald R. Leslie Members-at-Large: Donald Brieland, Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc, Wallace Fulton, and Eleanore B. Luckey The NCFR annual budget was reported to be $30,000. In addition to supporting its own publications and programs during the 1960s, NCFR paid dues or made financial contributions to the International Union of Family Organizations (IUFO), U.S. Committee; IUFO Scientific Commission at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Family Life Education […]
1960 International Conference on the Family: Personal Maturity and Family Security
In lieu of the regular Annual Conference, NCFR cosponsored, with the International Union of Family Organizations (IUFO, based in Paris, France), the 1960 International Conference on the Family. It was held at Teachers College, Columbia University, August 23–26, 1960. The theme was “Personal Maturity and Family Security.” Over 800 attended, including approximately 200 delegates from 31 countries. Many of the NCFR committees had special assignments, for example, pre-conference translations of papers into French, German, Spanish, and English (simultaneous translation was not yet available), post-conferences for foreign delegates, and efforts to raise money for the conference. As a matter of policy, the conference steered clear of […]
Leadership in 1959–60
The 17th President was Aaron Rutledge. He had served as the director of the Division of Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Family Medicine at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. He was also director of the Grosse Pointe Psychological Center. For many years he was head of the Counseling & Psychotherapy Program at the Merrill–Palmer Institute. He also served as President of the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. The following is an excerpt from Rutledge‘s Presidential Address: Whether or not they know it, all counselors are dealing with unconscious material. For too long the admonition has been that […]
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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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