mind; and with supervision and licensing of all institutions, public,
private or corporate, in which mental patients are detained. The De-
partment is directed by a Commissioner, appointed by the Governor
with the approval of the Mental Hygiene Advisory Board, who has
full power and authority to supervise, control and direct all State
institutions caring for and treating persons of unsound mind. There
are within the Department of Mental Hygiene two divisions, the
chiefs of which, together with all technical and professional person-
nel, are appointed by the Commissioner with the approval of the
Advisory Board (Acts 1949, Ch. 686 [16 (a-d)]).

Division of Psychiatric Education and Training

It is the function of the Division of Psychiatric Education and
Training to advise, consult with and direct the staffs of the several
State institutions concerning psychiatric services, nursing, rehabilita-
tion and social work.

Division of Administration and Finance

It is the function of the Division of Administration and Finance
to advise, consult with and direct the staffs of the several State mental
hospitals concerning personnel and public relations, budget and ac-
counting, procurement, farm management, engineering and mainte-
nance and food supervision.

Mental Hygiene Advisory Board

Chairman: John C. Whitehorn, M.D.,
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Jacob Finesinger, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Univer-
sity of Maryland; Ernest L. Stebbins, Director, School of
Hygiene, The Johns Hopkins University; J. Milton Patter-
son, Director, State Department of Public Welfare; Geneva
Faith Ely, Supervisor, Special Education, State Department
of Education.

The Mental Hygiene Advisory Board was established by the General
Assembly of 1949. It consists of the Professor of Psychiatry at the
University of Maryland, the Professor of Psychiatry at The Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, the Director of the School of Mental
Hygiene of The Johns Hopkins University, the Director of the State
Department of Public Welfare and the Supervisor of Special Educa-
tion of the State Department of Education. The chairman of the
board is selected by its members. In addition to making recommenda-
tions to the Governor and to the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene
in regard to the appointment of personnel, the board has advisory
powers in professional and technical matters relating to the adminis-
tration of the Department (Acts 1949, Ch. 685 [16 (e)]).

Mental Hygiene Board of Review

Chairman: Kenneth B. Jones, M.D., 1965

George W. Della, President of the Senate; John C. Luber,
Speaker of the House of Delegates; Elisabeth LaForge, Chief
Psychiatric Social Worker, University of Maryland, 1952;
Robert C. Thompson, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation,
State Department of Education, 1962; Orin Kenny, 1953;
Harry M. Murdock, M.D., Medical Director, Sheppard and