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Visitors to this site who
wish to find out more about the Society should refer to the
British Journal of Addiction Special Issue [Volume 85, Number
8, August 1990].
This issue is entitled "The Society for the Study of
Addiction 1884-1988" and was written by Virginia Berridge,
an historian at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine. The editorial can be found here.
| Table 1. Presidents
of the Society |
|
1884 -
1899
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Norman Kerr
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| 1899 - 1902
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Wynn Westcott |
| 1902 - 1908
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|
Harry Campbell
|
| 1908 - 1910
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Thomas Claye
Shaw |
| 1910 - 1912
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Theodore
Bulkeley Hyslop |
| 1912 - 1916 |
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Mary Scharlieb
|
| 1916 - 1919
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Sir William
Collins |
| 1919 - 1922
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Sir Alfred
Pearce Gould |
| 1922 - 1924
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Charles J.
Bond |
|
1924 -
1927
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William Willcox
|
| 1927 - 1929
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Sir Arthur
Newsholme |
| 1929 - 1931 |
|
McAdam Eccles
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| 1931 - 1933
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Lady Barrett
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| 1933 - 1935
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Sir Humphrey
Rolleston |
| 1935 - 1937
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William Brown
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| 1937 - 1939
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Arthur Evans
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| 1939/40 -
1945 |
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W. Norwood
East |
| 1945 - 1947
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H. J. Norman
|
| 1947 - 1949
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J. B. Atkins
|
| 1949 - 1951
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F. L. Golla
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| 1951 - 1953
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G. W. Smith
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| 1953 - 1955
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H. K. V.
Soltau |
| 1955 - 1958 |
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W. R. Bett
|
| 1958 - 1966
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A. D. MacDonald
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| 1966 - 1972
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Francis Camps |
| 1972 - 1976
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Phillip Connell
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| 1976 - 1982
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D. L. Davies
|
| 1982 - 1992
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Malcolm Lader
|
| 1992 - 1996
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|
Ray Hodgson |
| 1996 - 2002
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|
Christine
Godfrey |
| 2002 - 2002
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|
Robert E
Kendell |
| 2003 - 2011 |
|
Gillian Tober |
| 2011 |
|
Eilish Gilvarry |
| Table 2. Editors
of the Society's Proceedings/journal. |
| 1884-1899 |
|
Norman Kerr |
| 1900-1903 |
|
E. T. Aydon Smith/Heywood
Smith |
| 1902-1903 |
|
Heywood Smith |
| 1903-1941 |
|
T. Kelynack |
| 1941-1961 |
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J. Y. Dent |
| 1961-1978 |
|
Max Glatt |
| 1978-2005 |
|
Griffith Edwards
|
| 2005-present |
|
Robert West |
| Table 3. Secretaries
of the Society |
| 1885 |
|
W. M. Shurrock
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| 1885 |
|
C. H. Bishop |
| 1891 |
|
T. A. Clifford |
| 1892-1903 |
|
E. T. Aydon Smith, J. J. Smith,
(Assistant Secretary) |
| 1901-1903 |
|
Heywood Smith |
| 1903-1938 |
|
T. Kelynack |
| 1939-1949 |
|
E. Stanley Lee (1944-7 J.Y.
Dent in practice) |
| 1949-1955 |
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H. Pullar-Strecker |
| 1955-1958 |
|
J. Y. Dent |
| 1958-1962 |
|
Ellis Stungo & W. R. Bett, (Programme
Secretary 1959/60)
|
| 1962-1965 |
|
Rev. Benson Harrison, Honorary
Secretary and Treasurer. (Miss Keys took the minutes 1962-7)
Ellis Stungo, Honorary Medical Secretary. |
| 1965-1966 |
|
D. Parr and C. Wilson |
| 1966-1968 |
|
A. Linken and C. Wilson |
| 1968-1972 |
|
Thomas Bewley |
| 1972-1979 |
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N. Rathod; J. H. Willis deputy,
|
| 1977 |
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Judy Bailey, 1975 Patrick
Mullin deputy. |
| 1979-1980 |
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Robin Murray |
| 1980-1982 |
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Betsy Ettorre; Hamid Ghodse
Programme Secretary. |
| 1982-19xx |
|
Hamid Ghodse |
| 19xx - 19xx |
|
Andrew Johns |
| 199xx - 2003 |
|
Gillian Tober |
| Table
4. Treasurers
of the Society |
| 1884-1900 |
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C. R. Drysdale
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| 1900-1901 |
|
Harry Campbell G. K. Poole
|
| 1905/6-1911 |
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G. Basil Price
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| 1911-1920 |
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E. Claude Taylor
|
| 1920-1922 |
|
Arthur Evans |
| 1922-1924 |
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Eric Pearce Gould
|
| 1924 |
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Eleanor Lowry |
| 1925 |
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Louisa Martindale
|
| 1929-1938 |
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Frank W. Willway
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| 1938-1949 |
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E. Stanley Lee (1944-7 J.
Y. Dent in practice)
|
| 1949-1955 |
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H. Pullar-Stecker
|
| 1955-1957 |
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T. C. Black |
| 1957-1963 |
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Ellis Stungo
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| 1963-1965 |
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Rev. Benson Harrison
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| 1965-1972 |
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Miss E. M. Keys
|
| 1972-1973 |
|
Thomas Bewley,
Miss Keys |
| 1973 |
|
Dr Lucas |
| 1974 -1976 |
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N. Rathod |
| 1976 -1981 |
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Patrick Mullin
|
| 1981 -1986 |
|
Howard Rankin |
| 1986 -1992 |
|
Timothy Kidger
|
| 1992 - 1998 |
|
Martin Jarvis |
| 1998 - 2007 |
|
Michael Farrell |
| 2007 - 2011 |
|
John Strang |
| 2011 - present |
|
Catriona Matheson |
Table
5. Official Society Lectures 1905-1988
| 1905 |
T. D. CROTHFRS,
(1906) British Journal of Inebriety, 3, pp.
105-126. |
| 1908 |
R. W. BRANTHWAITE,
(1908) Inebriety: its causation and control,
British Journal of Inebriety, 5, pp, 105-145.
|
| 1909 |
TAAV LAITINEN,
(I 909) The influence of alcohol on immunity,
British Journal of Inebriety, 7, pp. 61-106.
|
| 1911 |
G. SIMS WOODHEAD,
(I 912) The action of alcohol on body temperature
and the heart, British Journal of Inebriety,
9, pp. 1109-1132. |
| 1913 |
Sir THOMAS CLOUSTON,
(1914) Some of the psychological and clinical
aspects of alcohol, British Journal of Inebriety,
II, pp. 105-131. |
| 1915 |
Sir WILLIAM COLLINS,
(1916) The ethics and law of drug and alcohol
addiction, British Journal of Inebriety, 13,
pp. 131-154. |
| 1917 |
McAdam ECCLES,
(1918) War and alcohol, British Journal of
Inebriety, 15, pp. 89-105. |
| 1919 |
MARY ScHARLiEB,
(1920) The relation ofalcohol and alcoholism
to maternity and childwelfare, British Journal
of lnebriety, 17, pp. 91-139. |
| 1921 |
Sir ARTHUR NEWSHOLME,
(I 921-22) Some international aspects of alcoholism
with special reference to prohibition in America,
British Journal of Inebriety, 19, pp. 93-113.
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| 1923 |
WILLIAM WILCOX,
(1924) Drug addiction, British Journal of
lnebriety, 21, pp. 75-97. |
| 1925 |
R. HERCOD, (1926)
Alcoholism as an international problem, British
Journal of Inebriety, 23, pp. 107-126. |
| 1927 |
W. E. DIXON, (1928)
The tobacco habit, British Journal of lnebriety,
25, pp. 99-121. |
| 1929 |
Sir Joshua Stamp,
(1930) Alcohol as an economic factor, British
Journal oflnebriety, 27, pp. 129-166. 14th
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| 1931 |
VISCOUNT BRENTFORD,
(1932) How the alcohol question concerns the
duties of the Home Office, British Journal
of lnebriety, 29, pp. 107-133. |
| 1934 |
MALCOLM DELFVINGNE,
(I 935) Some international aspects of the
problem of drug addiction, British Journal
of lnebiiety, 32, pp. 125-151. |
| 1936 |
D. K. HENDERSON,
(1937) Alcoholism and psychiatry, British
Journal of lnebriety, 34, pp. 99-123. |
| 1938 |
E. MAPOTHER, (I
938-39) The physical basis of alcoholic mental
disorder, British Journal of Inebriety, 36,
pp. 103-132. |
| 1940 |
Sir ARTHUR HURST,
(1941) The influence of alcohol on the organs
of digestion, British Journal of Inebriety,
38, pp. 102-1 1 1. |
| 1942 |
Postponed because
of the war. |
| 1943 |
A. NINIAN BRUCE,
(1944) Alcohol and avitaminosis, British Journal
off Inebriety, 41, pp. 49-69. |
| 1947 |
F. L. GOLLA, (1948)
Auto-regulation of chemical equilibrium, British
Journal of addiction, 45, pp. 3-14. |
| 1949 |
P. 0. WOOLFF, (
1949) Problems of drug addiction in South
America, British Journal of addiction, 46,
pp. 66-78. |
| 1949 |
Henri Revilliod,
(1950) Some aspects of the problem of alcoholism
in Switzeriand,British Journal of Addiction,
47, pp. 6-17. |
| 1952 |
P. 0. WOLFF, (1953)
The activities ofthe WHO in drug addiction,
British Journal of addiction, 50, pp. 12-28.
|
| 1953 |
E. M. JELLINEK.
International aspects of alcoholism. |
| 1954 |
HARRY FELDMANN.
The modern treatment of alcoholism, with special
reference to apopmorphine: biological, psychological
and social aspects. |
| 1958 |
H. J. KRAUWEEL,
(I 959) Incidence and treatment of alcoholism
in the Netherlands, British Journal of Addiction,
55, pp. 71-93. |
| 1959 |
H. HALBACH, (1959)
Possibilities of prevention of drug addiction,
British Journal of addiction, 56, pp. 27-44.
|
| 1960 |
H. ISBELL, (1961)
Perspectives in research on opiate addiction,
Btitish Journal of addiction, 57, pp. 17-29.
|
| 1961 |
GUNNAR LUNTQUIST,
(1962) The treatment of alcoholism in Sweden,
British Journal of addiction, 58, pp. 5-12.
|
| 1962 |
ARCHER TONGUE,
(I 963) What the state does about alcohol
and alcoholism. An international survey of
state programmes, British Journal of addiction,
59, pp. 41-59. |
| 1963 |
L. WISLICKI, (1963)
Addiction in Israel, British Journal of addiction,
59. |
| 1965 |
NATHAN EDDY, (1966)
The chemotherapy of drug dependence, Biitish
Journal of addiction, 61, pp. 155-167. |
| |
|
| 1964 |
Professor LEONARD
GOLDBERG, (1965) Dependence on alcohol, British
Journal of Addiction, 61, pp. 5-7. |
| 1966 |
Dr EVERETTE L.
MAY. Analgesic drugs and drug dependence.
|
| 1967 |
J. P. VON WARTBURG.
Alcohol: its effects and metabolism. |
| 1968 |
M. H. SEEVERS.
Psychological aspects of drug dependence.
|
| 1969 |
SELDON BACON. Alcohol,
Science and Society. |
| 1970 |
HANS W. KOSTERLITZ.
|
| 1972 |
H. 0. J. COLLIER,
(1972) Drug dependence. A pharmacological
analysis, British Yournal ofaddiction, 67,
pp. 277-286. |
| 1974 |
Lecturer and Title
not traced. |
| 1975 |
JOHN LITTLETON,
(I 975) The experimental approach to alcoholism,
British Journal ofaddiction, 70, pp. 99-122.
|
| 1976 |
JOHN HUGHES, (1976)
Enkephalin and drug dependence, British Journal
of addiction, 71 pp. 199-209. |
| 1977 |
JOYCE O'CONNOR.
|
| 1978 |
JOYCE O'CONNOR.
Drink and ethnic origin |
| 1979 |
GRIFFITH EDWARDS
(Addiction Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry),
Opium and after, Lancet, pp. 351-354. |
| 1981 |
MALCOLM LADER (Dept.
Pharmacology, Institute of Psychiatry). Dependence
on prescribed psychotropic drugs. |
| 1982 |
DONALD JASINSKI.
(Director Addictions Research Center, Baltimore
City Hospital, Maryland) Common mechanisms
in substance abuse. |
| 1984 |
GEORGE VALLIANT.
(Dartmouth Medical School, NH (Centennial
Symposium)) The history of alcohol and heroin
abuse: contrasts and similarities. |
| 1985 |
PHILIP CONNELL,
(1986) 'I need heroin': 30 years of drug dependence
and of the medical challenges at local, national,
international and political levels. What next?
British Yournal ofaddiction, 81, pp. 461-472.
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| 1986 |
SHEPARD SIEGEL.
(Professor of Psychology, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario (Joint Symposium with the
British Association of Psychopharmacology))
Drug anticipation and drug tolerance. |
| 1987 |
RAY HODGSON. Resisting
Temptation; a psychological analysis. |
| 1988 |
BENNO POLLAK. (Dept.
General Practice, St Thomas's Medical School
(Symposium: Primary health care and the addictions:
Practical and theoretical issues) )Where to
start: where to go? |
| 1989 |
DAVID PITMAN -
(Dept. Sociology, Washington University, St
Louis, MO) Dent Lecture: Alcohol and other
drugs: The response of the social, legal and
medical institutions (Symposium: Crime, alcohol
and other drugs) |
| 1994 |
JASPER WOODCOCK
- Commissions (Royal and other) on drug misuse:
who needs them? |
| 1995 |
HAMID GHODSE -
International drug control policies |
| 1997 |
JEROME JAFFE -
Whither treatment: Does evidence of treatment
effectiveness influence national strategies? |
| 1998 |
KAYE MIDDLETON-FILLMORE
- Social influences on scientific research:
(the case of mortality in relation to alcohol
consumption and that abstainers do not have
increased risk) |
| 1999 |
ROBERT E KENDELL
- Drug misuse and public policy in the UK |
| 2000 |
TOM BABOR - The
nature and treatment of dependence. Biological,
psychological and sociological theories, models
and interventions |
| 2001 |
HAROLD HOLDER -
Treatment and policy as part of a public health
approach to alcohol problem reduction |
| 2002 |
JONATHAN CHICK
- Changes in the management of alcohol dependence |
| 2003 |
JOHN STRANG - Injectable
Opiate Maintenance Treatment |
| 2004 |
GRIFFITH EDWARDS
- Addiction: A journal and its invisible college |
| 2005 |
KATHY CARROLL -
W(h)ither EVTs (Symposium) |
| 2006 |
JIM ORFORD - Family
and network treatment: Theory and practice
(Symposium) |
| 2007 |
No Society Lecture |
| 2008 |
VIRGINIA BERRIDGE
- What's new about the new abstinence? History,
and treatment policy
(Symposium: Addiction across the lifespan) |
| 2009 |
Christine Godfrey:
Addiction treatment: Do economists contribute
to the policy debate? |
| 2010 |
Sally Casswell:
The current status of alcohol marketing policy:
A quintessential alcohol control policy issue |
| 2011 |
Barbara McCrady:
Family interventions for drug & alcohol
problems |
Note: Many Dent lectures were not published
in the Society's Journal unlike the Kerr and Kelynack lectures.
They are not consistently mentioned in the Society's minute
books and so it has not always been possible to trace precise
titles.
Table 6. Membership 1884-1989
|
Year
|
Medical |
Lay |
Total |
|
1884
|
165 |
67 |
. |
|
1899
|
52 |
37 |
. |
|
1903
|
. |
. |
70 |
|
1905
|
262 |
395 |
. |
|
1910-1
|
. |
. |
705 |
|
1918-9
|
234 |
546 |
. |
|
1932
|
190 |
264 |
. |
|
1941
|
270 |
380 |
. |
|
1942
|
170 |
160 |
. |
|
1943
|
148 |
140 |
. |
|
1948
|
. |
. |
263 |
|
1953
|
. |
. |
350 |
|
1957
|
total=203, UK=103
|
total=155, UK=117
|
358 |
|
1958*
|
total=214, UK=110
|
total=170, UK=131
|
384 |
|
1965
|
. |
. |
c480 |
|
1969
|
. |
. |
394 |
|
1972
|
. |
. |
447 |
|
1980
|
. |
. |
c250 |
|
1981
|
. |
. |
103 |
|
1988
|
. |
. |
380 |
|
1989
|
. |
. |
462 |
|
Nov 2000**
|
. |
. |
c. 370 |
|
Nov 2001
|
. |
. |
475 |
|
March 2002
|
. |
. |
388 |
|
Nov 2002
|
. |
. |
407 |
|
Nov 2003
|
. |
. |
478 |
|
Nov 2004
|
. |
. |
377 |
|
Nov 2005
|
. |
. |
454 |
|
Nov 2006
|
. |
. |
407 |
|
Nov 2007
|
. |
. |
372 |
*Membership figures from the late 1950's to
the early 1980's, if not before, are estimates.
**2000 figure approximate - records transferred
over from administration by publishers direct to SSA.
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