The Society was organized June 8, 1931 and accepted as a Constituent Society by the American Psychoanalytic Association in 1932, with the following Charter Members:

• Franz Alexander, MD
• Leo H. Bartemeier, MD
• Lionel Blitzsten, MD
• Hans Deutsch, MD
• Edwin R. Eisler, MD
• Alan D. Finlayson, MD
• Thomas M. French, MD
• Ralph C. Hamill, MD
• Helen Vincent McLean, MD
• Karl A. Menninger, MD
• George J. Mohr, MD
• George Morgenthau, MD

FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE CHICAGO PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY

N. Lionel Blitzsten, MD, 1931-34

Karl A. Menninger, MD, 1934-36

Thomas M. French, MD, 1936-38

Helen V. McLean, MD, 1938-40

George J. Mohr, MD, 1940-42

Edwin R. Eisler, MD, 1942-44

Margaret W. Gerard, 1944-46

George W. Wilson, MD, 1946-48

Harry B. Lee, MD, 1948-50

Roy R. Grinker, MD, 1950-52

Hugh T. Carmichael, MD, 1952-54

Lucia E. Tower, MD, 1954-56

Louis B. Shapiro, MD, 1956-57

Joan Fleming, MD, 1957-58

Therese Benedek, MD, 1958-59

Maxwell Gitelson, MD, 1959-60

Irene M. Josselyn, MD, 1960-61

Gerhart Piers, MD, 1961-62

Frances Hannett, MD, 1962-63

Heinz Kohut, MD, 1963-64

Joseph C. Kepecs, MD, 1964-65

Herman M. Serota, MD, 1965-66

Samuel D. Lipton, MD, 1966-67

Fred P. Robbins, MD, 1967-68

Charles Kligerman, MD, 1968-69

Jay E. McCormick, MD, 1969-70

Robert Gronner, MD, 1970-71

Robert Koff, MD, 1971-72

Henry Fineberg, MD, 1972-73

Jerome Kavka, MD, 1973-74

Morris Sklansky, MD, 1974-75

Jerome Beigler, MD, 1975-76

Sol Altschul, MD, 1976-77

Robert Kohrman, MD, 1977-78*

Nathan Schlessinger, MD, 1978-79

Leo Sadow, MD, 1979-80

Max Forman, MD, 1980-81

John E. Gedo, MD, 1981-82

David D. Brockman, MD, 1982-83

Harry Trosman, MD, 1983-84

George H. Pollock, MD, 1984-85

Paul H. Tolpin, MD, 1985-86

Henry R. Seidenberg, MD, 1986-87

George H. Klumpner, MD, 1987-88

George Moraitis, MD, 1988-89

Barbara S. Rocah, MD, 1989-90

Arnold Goldberg, MD, 1990-91

Samuel Weiss, MD, 1991-92

David Terman, MD, 1992-93

Robert J. Leider, MD, 1993-94

Meyer S. Gunther, MD, 1994-95

Harvey S. Strauss, MD, 1995-97

Henry M. Evans, MD, 1997-99

Phil Lebovitz, MD, 1999-2001

Jorge Schneider, MD, 2001-03

Jerome M. Grunes MD, 2003-05

Robert P. Gordon MD, 2005-07

Robert M. Galatzer-Levy, MD, 2007-09

Ronald F. Krasner, MD, 2009-11

Neal Spira, MD, 2011-13

James Fisch, MD, 2013-15

Jeffrey Stern, PhD, 2015-2017

James Anderson, PhD, 2017-2019

R. Dennis Shelby, PhD, 2019-21

Lucy Freund, PhD, 2021-2024

*Robert Kohman passed away in October 1977. His term was completed by Nathan Schlessinger.