Harry Stack Sullivan Society


The Harry Stack Sullivan Society is the organization of candidates in our adult psychoanalytic training program and represents their interest in the Institute. The Sullivan Society organizes activities throughout the year in support of candidates’ training, including social gatherings, conferences, and dinners during Tuesday classes.

2023-24 Officers and Liaisons of the Sullivan Society


President: Michael Becker, Ph.D.

President Elect: Loong Kwok

Treasurer: Gergely Foldesi

Secretary: Jennifer Millard

Liaison to the Board of Trustees: Gal Katz, Ph.D.

Liaison to the Council of Fellows: Michael Clemens, L.C.S.W.

Liaison to the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society: Bevin Campbell

Liaison to Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Elissa Schpero

Representative to the International Psychoanalytic Studies Organization (IPSO): Ali M. Haidar, M.D.

Past Presidents of the Sullivan Society


Maurice R. Green, M.D., 1952
Benjamin Brody, Ph.D., 1953
Edgar A. Levenson, M.D., 1954
Chaim Shatan, M.D., 1955
Emmanuel Ghent, M.D., 1956
Benjamin Brody, Ph.D., 1957
Murray J. Stern, Ph.D., 1958
Alan L. Grey, Ph.D., 1959
William F. Weber, M.D., 1960
James R. Ware, M.D., 1961
Gordon Templeton, M.D., 1962
Leo Kovar, M.D., 1963
Nathan Stockhamer, Ph.D., 1964
Robert Cifu, M.D., 1965
Raymond W. Rakow, M.D., 1966
Raymond E. Edelman, M.D., 1967
Paul Lippmann, Ph.D., 1968
Jerome L. Fine, Ph.D., 1969
Alvin J. Glick, M.D., 1970
Robert B. Shapiro, Ph.D., 1971
Philip M. Bromberg, Ph.D., 1972
Joerg Bose, M.D., 1973
Jerry B. Finkel, M.D., 1974
Jay R. Greenberg, Ph.D., 1975
Jay S. Kwawer, Ph.D., 1976
Elizabeth B. Hegeman, Ph.D., 1977
Richard N. Atkins, M.D., 1978
Allison B. Stern Rosen, Ph.D., 1979
Richard L. Rubens, Ph.D., 1980
John Fiscalini, Ph.D., 1981
Ruth Szmarag, M.D., 1982
Stuart Kantor, Ph.D., 1983
Pasqual J. Pantone, Ph.D., 1984
M. Margit Winckler, Ph.D., 1985
Sherry Ross, Ph.D., 1986
Arlene McKay, Ph.D., 1987
Maria J. Nardone, Ph.D., 1988
Donald M. Levine, Ph.D., 1989
Gary Schlesinger, Ph.D., 1990
Steven Howard, Ph.D., 1991
Carol Albert, Ph.D., 1992
Anton Hart, Ph.D., 1993
Elizabeth Halsted, Ph.D., 1994
Judd Bortner, Ph.D., 1995
Evelyn Hartman, Ph.D., 1996
Ellen Tobey Klass, Ph.D., 1997
Elizabeth Krimendahl, Psy.D., 1998
Jennifer Nash, Ph.D., 1999
Carol Pepper, Ph.D., 2000
Anita Lanzi, Ph.D., 2001
Gail Harris, Ph.D., 2002
Janet Benton, Psy.D., 2003
Cynthia Field, Ph.D., 2004
Susan Fabrick, MA, MSW, 2005
A. Elizabeth Hirky, Ph.D., 2006
Ron Aviram, Ph.D., 2007
Frank Marrocco, Ph.D. 2008
Toni Andrews, Ph.D. 2009
Albert Banta, Ph.D. 2010
Katherine Noordsij, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. 2011
Nancy Nereo, Ph.D., 2012
Philip Rosenbaum, Ph.D., 2013
Rande Brown, L.C.S.W., 2014
Toni Hellmann, L.C.S.W., 2015
Ana Rosa Abolitz, L.C.S.W. 2016
Susan Heimbinder, L.C.S.W. 2017
Hopeton Shaw, M.A., 2018
John Eastman, L.C.S.W., 2019
James Polsky, J.D., 2020

Stephane Goldsand, M.B.A. 2021

Gal Katz, Ph.D. 2022

Michael Becker, Ph.D. 2023

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