. In those days African
Americans and Caucasians could not meet in DC. The only place they could
meet was at a National Airport restaurant. Ours may have been one of
the very few integrated professional societies in the late 1940s-1950s.
Members of our DC group established the GWU Psychiatry
Department in the late 1950s.
Together with DC Advocates passed the in
In 1988 DC Psychiatry President and Al Golub, WPS ED met
persuaded APA to bill $45.00 for our Society, agreed to by our DC Psychiatry
Council to develop a DC specific kitty for mental health policy and
other DC initiatives. We were building on the momentum of the John Ray
Act success.
Became known as
in 1989-1990.
given annually since 1989 (may want
to revive). Among those who received it, Senators Domenici and Wellstone
for the 1996 Parity Amendment (N.B. A full ten years after the John
Ray Act passed in DC).
Annually, in June we used to have a , passing the baton from one to the next President
of DC Psychiatry and present the Outstanding Contributions to the Practice
of Psychiatry. The awardee could be almost anyone deemed worthy of it.
Over the years it included Policymakers, a Southeast DC Clergy, a leading
African American businessman, an NIMH leader and others. It had a jury
led by Ed Kirby and the DC President plus three other DC psychiatrists.
This took place at MSDC.
Celebrated
at JW Marriott indict the spring of 1999 with more than 200 attending.
Three DC Psychiatry members have been MSDC Presidents
in the past thirty years. We were always very close and quite involved
with the Medical Society, together initiating DC policy.
