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Appendix A: Conferences and Descriptions

Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1934 [1st] [Dates unknown] Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC College teaching of marriage and family Co-sponsored by Duke University Summer Session Ernest Groves, Director
1935-1937 [Dates unknown] Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC [No programs found] [One year possibly not held] Ernest Groves, Director
1938 [4th] April 12-15 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC Teaching and counseling high school and college courses; problems in marriage and family, marriage counseling; Norman Himes on birth control especially marriage counseling; Norman Himes on birth control through the ages Ernest Groves, Director
1939 [5th] April 11-14 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC Broader coverage and emphasis on conservation of marriage & family by Ira S. Wile, M.D.; medical background of instruction for marriage by Raymond S. Crispell, M.D.; mental and psychiatric aspects by Harry Stack Sullivan, M.D. Two working committees on organization and certification of teachers of marriage included wide geographic region. Youth panel included. Ernest Groves, Director
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1940 [6th] April 9-12 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC Inclusion of pioneering as well as mature programs included from a wide range of professional interests by E. W. Burgess; criteria of success in marriage by Joseph Folsom; psychology of marital adjustment, sexual diseases, maladjustment and medical sessions Accompanied undergraduate students are included Ernest Groves, Director
1941 [7th] April 8-10 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC Similar inclusion of teaching, counseling, and programs; a workshop was held later in medical/health issues. Dedicated to Robert Latou Dickinson, M.D. Ernest Groves, Director
1942 [8th] April 7-9 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC Teaching courses and problems in marriage and family, especially marriage counseling by Emil Novak, M.D.; adolescence by Richard S. Lyman, M.D.; illustrated address and brain waves; Robert W. Laidlaw, psychotherapy in marriage counseling Workshop on domestic law and psychiatry was available in July at Duke University Ernest Groves, Director
1942 [1st] April North Carolina College for Negroes, Durham, NC Some of the same speakers as the UNC program; additional workshops and presentations from the participants [African American parallel conferences are italicized] Gladys Groves, Director
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1943 [2nd] [Dates unknown] North Carolina College for Negroes, Durham, NC [No program found] [No Chapel Hill conference] Gladys Groves, Director
1944 [3rd] April 14 North Carolina College for Negroes, Durham, NC Teaching high school and college; wartime family problems; juvenile delinquency [No Chapel Hill conference] Gladys Groves, Director
1945 [4th] [Dates unknown] North Carolina College for Negroes, Durham, NC Teaching high school and college, wartime family problems, juvenile delinquency [No Chapel Hill conference] Gladys Groves, Director
1946 [9th] April 9-11 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University Teaching, casework, counseling, medicine, broad range of problems and settings; E. W. Burgess on success in marriage; Joseph Lichstein on Canadian family programs; John M. Cooper on the wider kinship circles Lester Dearborn, Robert Laidlaw, Emily Mudd, Special Session Committee: American Association of Marriage Counselors (AAMC) Ernest Groves, Director; Ray V. Sowers, Associate Director
1946 [5th] April 12-14 North Carolina College for Negroes, Durham, NC Marital adjustment; physical, community, and religious influence; early childhood; parenting education; family finance; family planning; life plans; veterans; art & music in family stories & folksongs; youth panel Gladys Groves, Director of both conferences until 1951 and Co-director until her death in 1980
1947 [10th] April 8-10 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University Research and cross-national session and sex education films session S. Bernard Wortis, AAMC President Gladys Groves, Director
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1947 [6th] April 10 North Carolina College for Negroes, Durham, NC High school and college level teaching; legal matters in counseling; temperament and physique in marriage and family life; planned parenthood; psychiatric insight in choice of mate courtship and marriage in London, England; showing of films on sex education Joseph Himes, Jr., Program Coordinator; Diana Dent, Department of Home Economics and Chair of the Steering Committee Gladys Groves, Director
1948 [11th] May 10-12 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & North Carolina College for Negroes, Chapel Hill & Durham, NC Broad meeting on counseling, community church, and education; discussion of the Kinsey report [Overlap with and joint meetings on May 12 with the parallel conference] Gladys Groves, Director; Catherine Groves Peele, Associate Director
1948 [7th] May 13 North Carolina College, Durham, NC Institute on parenthood [Separate program in addition to the other conference] Gelolo McHugh, Duke University Coordinator
1949 [12th] April 7-9 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill & North Carolina College, Chapel Hill & Durham, NC Samuel C. Newman on statistical trends in marriage and divorce; marriage counseling workshop: John F. Cuber, Beatrice V. Marion, and Walter Stokes; research section: Herbert D. Lamson and Jessie Bernard [First time co-sponsored by AAMC, NCFR, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Marriage and Family Council, Inc.] Gladys Groves, Director
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1949 [8th] April 4-6 North Carolina College, Durham, NC Comprehensive program including research, counseling workshop, elementary, high school and college- level education and counseling; church and community-based education and counseling workshops; issues and resources in budgeting, nutrition, divorce, Negro families, mate selection, parenthood, alcohol abuse, and Chinese families in the Rocky Mountains. Special sessions for high school students so teachers could attend; book and audio-visual exhibit

Joseph Himes, Jr., Program Coordinator; Steering committee: Diana Dent, Chair, Frances Eagleton, Louise Latham, John Stewart, L.R. Swift, William Turk, A. E. Weatherford

[First joint reception on campus at the planetarium observatory]

 Gladys Groves, Director
1950 [13th] April 27-29 Carolina Inn, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Functional marriage classes; secondary and high school programs; training marriage counselors; marriage norms, sociodrama demonstration; research [Planetarium observatory reception open to both conferences] Gladys Groves, Director
1950 [9th] April 24-26 North Carolina College, Durham, NC Training of marriage counselors; marriage counseling clinic, preventing desertion, research prospects by Reuben Hill; philosophy andfamily research; family life education Diana Dent, Program Coordinator; Robert Madry, Audra Moss, William Hubell, Catherine Peele, Elizabeth Blackwell, Marian Hill E. Franklin Frazier and Gladys Groves, Co-directors
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1951 [14th] April 23-25 UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Dual professional roles, research, clinical sessions, reproductive education demonstration, social class differences; panel from the American Bar Association on proposal for divorce reform Program committee: J. Joel Moss, J. T. Green, William Hubbell, R. M. Grumman, Elizabeth Napier, Elizabeth Henderson Reuben Hill & Gladys Groves, Directors
1951 [10th] [Dates unknown] North Carolina College, Durham, NC [No program found] Gladys Groves, Director
1952 [15th] April 21-23 UNC-Chapel Hill & North Carolina College, Durham, NC Taking perspective on divorce and divorce reform: counseling, research , teaching forums, interdisciplinary research seminars, socio-drama demonstration, legal aspects [First interracial combined conference] Gladys Groves, Joseph Himes, Reuben Hill, Directors
1953 [16th] April 20-22 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Family life education, marriage and family counseling, and family life research emphasis Merrill Palmer committee: Robert Harper, Chair; Richard Kerckhoff, John Hudson, Frances Shepherd; OSU committee: Merton Oyler, Chair; Gladys Bronegan, Emily Stroghill, Margaret Doehler, Hershel Nisonger, Leontine Young Gladys Groves, Joseph Himes, Gerald Leslie, Reuben Hill, Directors
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1954 [17th] April 28-30 Purdue University, Lafayette, IN International and intercultural developments Harold Christensen, Program chair Gladys Groves, Joseph Himes, Reuben Hill, Directors
1955 [18th] April 20-22 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Health and the family John Hudson, Program chair; Hugo Bourdeau, Local arrangements Gladys Groves, Joseph Himes, Reuben Hill, Directors
1956 [19th] March 12-14 Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York City, NY Changing family roles with emphasis on the development of interpersonal competencies Program committee: Reuben Hill, Jessie Bernard, David Mace; Helen Judy Bond, Ernest Osborne, Local arrangements Gladys Groves, Joseph Himes, Reuben Hill, Directors
1957 [20th] April 29-May 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Community program for family life education and counseling. Field trips to family service agencies in Detroit, Clara Elizabeth Fund for Maternal Health Program committee: Helen Buchanan, William Smith, Jr., Jessie Bernard; Irma Gross, Local arrangements Gladys Groves, Joseph Himes, Reuben Hill, Directors
1958 [21st] April 14-16 Washington, DC Understanding and serving families under stress; working committee on theory; psychodrama; field trips to U.S. DHEW, Dept. of Labor, disaster center, NIMH, Saint Elizabeth Hospital Reuben Hill, Program chair; Henry Ryan, Local arrangements Gladys Groves, O. T. Binkley, Joseph Himes, Aaron Rutledge, Directors
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1959 April 6-8 Chapel Hill, NC Extending the functional approach: Education, counseling, and research Nelson Foote, Program chair; Orville Brim, Jr., Mark Flapan, Ethel Nash, Program committee; C. E. Bowerman, Local arrangements Gladys Groves, O.T. Binkley, Joseph Himes, Aaron Rutledge, Directors
1960 April 4-6 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Theory, research, and practice Marvin Sussman, Program chair; Bert Glassberg, Gerald Leslie, Gerhard Neubeck, & Attlee Stroup; Program committee; Merton D. Oyler, Local arrangements Gladys Groves, O.T. Binkley, Joseph Himes, Nelson Foote, Directors
1961 April 10-12 Merrill Palmer Institute, Detroit, MI New roles for males and females in pre-marriage, marriage, and parenthood Winston Ehrmann, Program chair; John Hudson, Local arrangements Gladys Groves, O.T. Binkley, Joseph Himes, Aaron Rutledge, Directors
1962 April 9-11 Baltimore, MD Marriage in maturity William Kenkel, Program chair; Hugo Bourdeau, Local arrangements William Kenkel, Winston Ehrmann, Marvin Sussman, Nelson Foote, Jessie Bernard, Directors
1963 April 29-May1 St. Louis, MO The family in health and illness Clark Vincent, Program chair; Bert Glassberg, Donald Taylor, Program committee; Edwin Fritze, Local arrangements William Kenkel, Winston Ehrmann, Marvin Sussman, Jessie Bernard, Directors; Gladys Groves, Honorary Director
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1964 April 14-15 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN American poverty and family life in the mid-60s: Low-income families Catherine Chilman, Program chair; Helen Buchanan, Local arrangements Clark Vincent, Marvin Sussman, Winston Ehrmann, Nelson Foote, William Kenkel, Gladys Groves Jessie Bernard, Directors
1965 April 26-28 Philadelphia PA The one-parent family in the United States Robert Bell, Program chair; Genevieve Burton, Local arrangements Catherine Chilman, Clark Vincent, Marvin Sussman, Winston Ehrmann, Nelson Foote, William Kenkel, Gladys Groves, Ethel Nash, Jessie Bernard, Directors
1966 April 18-20 The Family Study Center, University of Missouri and The Kansas City Social Health Society Kansas City, MO Sex in our society: Symptoms and prognosis. American Association of Marriage Counselors and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists held four sessions preceding the meeting on Sunday, open to the conference Ira Reiss, Program chair; P. K. Houdek, Local arrangements Nelson Foote, Winston Ehrmann, Clark Vincent, William Kenkel, Catherine Chilman, Robert Bell, Directors
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1967 April 3- 5 University of Puerto Rico and Cornell University, and 11 sponsoring members not attending. San Juan, Puerto Rico The effect of parenthood on marriage Harold Feldman, Program chair; Howard Stanton, Local arrangements Nelson Foote, Ethel Nash, Gladys Groves, Clark Vincent, Catherine Chilman, Robert Bell, Ira Reiss, William Kenkel, Directors
1968 April 22-24 Boston, MA The American family in cross-cultural perspective Murray Straus, Program chair; John Mogey, Local arrangements Nelson Foote, Ethel Nash, Gladys Groves, Clark Vincent, Catherine Chilman, Robert Bell, Ira Reiss, Harold Feldman, Directors
1969 CANCELLED Texas Participation of minority groups Hugo Bourdeau, Program chair Marvin Sussman, Secretary
1970 April 26-29 Winston-Salem, NC Can we formulate a family policy for the community, the state, and the nation? Program committee: Marvin Sussman, David and Vera Mace Marvin Sussman, President
1971 May 7-10 University of Puerto Rico and Family Counseling Agency San Juan, Puerto Rico Future of marriage and parenthood Catherine Chilman, Program chair Marvin Sussman, President
1972 May 5-8 Dallas, TX Societal planning for family pluralism Marvin Sussman, Program chair Marvin Sussman, President
1973 May 10-13 Myrtle Beach, SC Letting many flowers bloom: Implications of ideology for research and the profession Robert Ryder, Program chair Harold Feldman, President
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1974 April 25-28 Hot Springs, AR Man’s place in a woman’s world Joy and Howard Osofsky, Program co-chairs Harold Feldman, President
1975 June 16-21 Committee on Family Research, ISA; East European Family Sociology Group; Family Research Section, Yugoslavia Sociological Association; International Union of Family Organizations, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Changing sex roles in family and society Marvin Sussman, Ruza First-Dilic, Program co-chairs Harold Feldman, President
1976 March 25-28 Kansas City, MO Needed programs and policies for families Lois and Paul Glasser, Program co-chairs; P. K. Houdek, Local arrangements Catherine Chilman, President
1977 May 5-8 Grossinger, NY Quality in parenting: How to achieve it Betty Cosgwell, Earl Schaeffer, Program co-chairs Catherine Chilman, President
1978 April 27-30 Washington, DC Toward the White House Conference on Families 1979: Plan for action Marvin Sussman, Program chair; Barbara Cameron and Barbara Settles, Local arrangements Catherine Chilman, President
1979 April 26-28 Washington, DC The well-being of the child in today’s families: Various family forms Marvin Sussman, Teresa Marciano, Program co-chairs; Roberta Cristofari, Kathleen Kerr, and Pat Moyer, Program committee Robert Ryder, President
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1980 May 28-June 1 Gatlinburg, TN Stress and the family Charles Figley, Program chair Robert Ryder, President
1981 May 27-30 Mt. Pocono, PA The pursuit of happiness: Progress and prospects Eleanor Macklin, Program chair; Roger Rubin, Joan Constantine, Richard Dunham, Program committee Robert Ryder, President
1982 May 30-June 4 Ocean City, MD Men’s changing roles and relationships Robert Lewis, Program co-chairs Charles Figley, President
1983 May 30-June 3 Freeport, Bahamas Families and ethnicity: Strengths in diversity Harriette McAdoo, Program chair; Marie Peters, Wilhelmina Manns, Harlan London, Joy Schulterbrandt, Program committee Charles Figley, President
1984 March 22-26 Pinehurst, NC In praise of fifty years: Groves Conference Ruth Jewson, Program chair; Barbara James, Wayne Adams, Charles Burnett, Joann Hendelman, Melinda Marsh, Maynard Rich, Program committee Charles Figley, President
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1985 May 29-June 2 Newport, RI Technology and families Larry and Joan Constantine, Program co-chairs Pauline Boss, President
1986 July 16-20 London, England Victimization and empowerment: A family approach Mary Hicks, Sally Hansen, Program co-chairs Pauline Boss, President
1987 April 1-5 San Antonio, TX Families on the move: Immigration, migration, and mobility Barbara Settles, Judith Fischer, Program co-chairs; Eleanor Macklin, Chair of the AIDS sessions Pauline Boss, President
1988 May 3- 8 New Orleans, LA Sexuality: Politics, privacy, professional freedom Robert Ryder, Jeri Hepworth, Program co-chairs Roger Rubin, President
1989 March 29-April 2 Savannah, GA Family health: Psychological, biological, and ecological Charles Burnett, Sharon Price, Program co-chairs Roger Rubin, President
1990 June 12-17 Big Sky, MT The family-peace connection Charles Cole, Carmen Knudson-Ptacek, Program co-chairs Roger Rubin, President
1991 March 6-10 Panama City, FL Friendships and the family Mary Hicks, Sally Hansen-Gandy, Program co-chairs Barbara Settles, President
1992 March 11-15 Washington, DC Families: The cross- cutting issue in domestic policy Margaret Feldman, Catherine Chilman, Program co-chairs; Virginia Heffernan, Local arrangements Barbara Settles, President
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1993 March 10-14 Perdido Beach Mobile, AL Colors of the heart: Crossing racial, cultural, & class boundaries in caring relationships Patrick McKenry, Patricia Bell-Scott, Program co-chairs; Roma Hanks, Local arrangements Barbara Settles, President
1994 March 16-20 San Jose, Costa Rica Building support for the well-being and future of the family in our Americas Barbara Settles, Yolanda Ingianna, Program co-chairs Mary Hicks, President
1995 April 5-9 Lexington, KY Besieged families: Creating caring and collaborative communities Leslie Koepke, Denise Skinner, Program co-chairs; Jeanette Coufal, Local arrangements Mary Hicks, President
1996 March 6-10 San Diego, CA Passing the torch: The study of intergenerational relations for the 21st century Judith Fischer, Program chair; Todd Gomez, Judy Kimberly, Boyd Pidcock, Anna Tacon, Program committee Mary Hicks, President
1997 June 25-29 Digby, Nova Scotia Families facing changing economic realities Eleanor Macklin, Program chair; Darene Lewis, Deborah McGinn Norris, Program committee; Maureen Potter, Local arrangements Judith Fischer, President
1998 March 11-15 Washington, DC The impact of human genetics on families: Psychosocial implications Marcia Lasswell, Program chair Judith Fischer, President
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
1999 June 17-21 St. Petersburg, FL Late life/new life: Creative aging in changing families and communities Roma Hanks, Jean Pearson-Scott, Program co-chairs Judith Fischer, President
2000 June 14-18 Asheville, NC Considering the past and contemplating the future: Family diversity in the next millennium Marilyn Coleman, Larry Ganong, Program co-chairs; Jo Lynn Cunningham, Local arrangements Connie Steele, President
2001 May 21-27 Anchorage, AL The American family we want to know: How Alaskan families are coping amid rapid social changes Connie Steele, Sherie Steele, Program co-chairs; Ray Barnhardt, Elise Patkotak, Local arrangements Connie Steele, President
2002 June 5-9 Chautauqua, NY Families, religions, and spirituality in the postmodern era Michael Farrell, Julia Malia, Program co-chairs Connie Steele, President
2003 June 28-July 2 Miami Beach, FL Cuban families: Cuba and the United States Harriette McAdoo, Program chair Roma Hanks, President
2004 May 26-30 Oklahoma City, OK Integrity and survival in families and communities Mary Hicks, Leslie Koepke, Program co-chairs; Dudley Chancey, Local arrangements Connie Steele, Acting President
2005 April 13-17 Washington, DC Native Americans dealing with change: Identity, economics, environment Margaret Feldman, Roger Rubin, Program co-chairs Connie Steele, Acting President
2006 April 5-9 Tucson, AZ Families: Borders and boundaries Judith Fischer, Yvonne Caldera, Anna Tacon, Program co-chairs Leslie Koepke, President
2007 May 30-June 3 Detroit, MI Social, economic, and environmental justice for all communities: Speaking out and standing up for families Lee Ann De Reus, Libby Blume, Program co-chairs Leslie Koepke, President
Year Date/Location Topics/Title Notes/Chairs Directors
2008 May 31-June 8 Ireland The impact of globalization on Ireland's families: A positive model Mary Hicks, Christine Readdick, Program co-chairs Leslie Koepke, President
2009 June 7-11 Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC Celebrating Groves Conference: 75 years of family research, theory, and practice Connie Steele, Marcia Lasswell, Virginia Sibbison, Program committee Christine Readdick, President
2010 June 16-20 Seattle, WA Families: Connection and communication within and across species Jo Lynn Cunningham, Program chair Christine Readdick, President
2011 March 14-18 New Orleans, LA Families, climate, environment: Change and interchange Julia Malia, Program chair; Betsy Garrison, Janice Weber, Local arrangements Christine Readdick, President
2012 CANCELLED Honduras Families creating sustainable communities Leslie Koepke, Dudley Chancey, Program co-chairs Christine Readdick, President
2013 June 2-6 Boston, MA “And justice for all”: Families and the criminal justice system Tessa le Roux, Joyce Arditti, Program co-chairs Anisa Zvonkovic, President
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