1950s - Goin

Marcia Kraft Goin, M.D. ’58, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, was elected president of the American Psychiatric Association in February. She will serve a one-year term as president-elect that began in May, followed by a one-year term as president starting in May 2003. As president, Goin will head the governing board of the organization and help guide policy and financial decision making. Her goals include decreasing the stigma associated with mental illness, increasing public education and research funding for mental health, getting businesses to offer greater mental health insurance benefits and improving government mental health services.