Other Activities in 1968–69
Family Life Education seminars were cosponsored by NCFR during the summer at Purdue University, Central Michigan University, Oklahoma State University, Brigham Young University, and the University of Colorado. Blaine Porter was chair of the committee that prepared the criteria for workshops and seminars cosponsored by NCFR and the various universities. There were 42 affiliate groups listed as members of NCFR.
Journals and Publications in 1968–69
A special issue of the Journal of Marriage and the Family, on “Cross-Cultural Research,” was published, with Harold T. Christensen as Co-Editor. The circulation of the Journal of Marriage and the Family to libraries stood at 3,345, and Family Coordinator was distributed to 835. Permission was granted to reprint 443 articles from NCFR journals between 1965 and 1969.
Membership and Awards in 1968–69
Membership had declined a little, to 4,277. Read the March 1969 Newsletter V14 N1 Read the May 1969 Newsletter V14 N2 Read the August 1969 Newsletter V14 N3 Read the October 1969 Newsletter V14 N4 Read the November 1969 Newsletter V14 N5 William Goode received the Burgess Award. His accomplishments helped bring status to family sociology as a field of scholarly pursuit. Richard N. Hey of the University of Minnesota and Sylvia Sacks of the University of Pennsylvania, shared the Osborne Award. The recipients of the first Annual NCFR Film Festival Awards were announced by Mary Lou Purcell, chair of the committee, who had reviewed […]
Structure and Governance in 1968–69
At the 1969 Annual Conference a group of students and young professionals, led by David Olson and Roger Rubin, established a Family Action Group. In its brief 48-hour existence the group was recognized by the NCFR Executive Committee and given Committee and Section status in the organization. The committee’s purpose was the handling of organizational matters and the setting of objectives and priorities for family action. It was to be primarily responsible for planning the program of the Family Action Section at annual meetings. At that same time, students and young professionals were added to the Board of Directors and […]
Leadership in 1968–69
Elizabeth S. Force, 26th President, was one of NCFR’s charter members and a noted pioneer family life educator at the secondary level. She taught one of the earliest family life education courses, in Toms River, NJ. She also worked with the American Social Health Association for several years. After her retirement, she was NCFR’s representative to the United Nations and tirelessly served on several family commissions there up into her 90s. She died at age 104 and remained active, living independently and alert to the end. An excerpt from her Presidential Address follows: Among us will be many who feel that our preparation […]
Affiliates in 1967–68
Affiliated Councils chair was Obert Kempson. Joseph Burroughs gave the following report on Affiliated Councils with the following recommendations based on data collected, consultation, and study: Bylaws Section 4 be amended to read: “State and Regional Councils which share the purposes of the NCFR and desire to become integrated units of NCFR may become divisions.” Add new section 5 to bylaws: “Agencies and organizations sharing the same purpose as NCFR and desiring mutual communication and cooperation may become affiliated organizations.” Bylaws Section 5 become Section 6 and read: “Dues for divisions of FR Councils be in common with the NCFR […]
Awards and Journals and Publications in 1967–68
The recipient of the Osborne Award was James Walters, one of the early family life newspaper columnists, whose “Family Life Today” column appeared regularly in the New York Sun. Robert Winch, of Northwestern University, received the Burgess Award. In 1968, NCFR began publishing The Family Coordinator, a publication concerned with education, counseling, and services in the family field. From 1952 to 1967—16 years—it had been published as the Family Life Coordinator, by E. C. Brown Trust Foundation in Portland, OR. William M. Smith was Editor in 1968–69. The birth of Family Coordinator (later named Family Relations) was accompanied by the […]
Membership in 1967–68
Membership dues that year were $12.00 and included a subscription to Family Coordinator as well as to the Journal of Marriage and the Family. Bob Coombs reported that there were 1,519 returning members of NCFR. Read the March 1968 Newsletter V13 N1 Read the May 1968 Newsletter V13 N2 Read the December 1968 Newsletter V13 N4
Structure & Governance in 1967–68
The Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution requesting that the major emphasis of the 1970 White House Conference on Children and Youth be on the role of the family. The resolution called for a focus on issues that relate to children and youth growing up in diverse kinds of families and then moving out of their families of origin into families of their own. While being cognizant of all significant changes and development since the 1960 conference, it was proposed that it should deal with such issues as The problem of authority and permissiveness in the family, as these relate […]
1968 Conference: Man and His World
The 1968 Annual Conference took place at Hotel Jung, New Orleans, LA, October 16–18. The theme was “Man and His World.” At the opening session, William C. Nichols and a panel of women discussed “Looking at Work and Family: A Male Dilemma.” Other plenary speakers were Joseph H. Douglas, National Institute of Mental Health Staff Director of the 1970 White House Conference on Children and Youth, and Leo Perlis, Director of the Department of Community Services, American Federation of Labor. There were also five special sessions on the influence of men’s worlds in developing concepts and patterns of masculinity. The section sessions developed by […]
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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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