76 MARYLAND MANUAL
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 accounting, procurement, farm management, engineering and
maintenance and food supervision.
Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ............................ $320,496 $314,333
Staff: 51.
Mental Hygiene Advisory Board
Chairman: John C. Whitehorn, M.D.
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Jacob Finesinger, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University
of Maryland; Ernest L. Stebbins, Ph.D., Director, School of
Hygiene, The Johns Hopkins University; Thomas J. S. Wax-
ter, Director, State Department of Public Welfare; Geneva
Ely Flickinger, Supervisor, Special Education, State Depart-
ment 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
Education of the State Department of Education. The chairman of
the board is selected by its members. In addition to making recom-
mendations 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 administration of the Department (Code 1951, Art. 69, sec. 15e).
Mental Hygiene Board of Review
Louis L. Goldstein, President of the Senate; John C. Luber,
Speaker of the House of Delegates; Robert C. Thompson,
Director, Vocational Rehabilitation, State Department of
Education, 1958; Webster Sewell, M.D., 1957; Harold M.
Skeels, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda,
1956; E. W. Ditto, Jr., M.D., 1956, Irving Taylor, M.D., 1961;
Herbert L. Wynne, 1961; Robert Felix, M.D., Director, Na-
tional Institute of Public Health, Bethesda, 1961.
The Mental Hygiene Board of Review is composed of the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, ex-officio,
and nine members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate for a term of six years. Of these members,
two must be psychiatrists, one a physician not specializing in psy-
chiatry, one a psychologist, one an educator, one a psychiatric social
worker and three persons of recognized ability. Of the first persons
appointed, two shall serve for one year, one for two years, two for
three years, one for four years, one for five years and two for six
years. The Board of Review shall visit each of the institutions in the
Department of Mental Hygiene at least twice in each year and shall
make a written report of its findings and recommendations concern-
ing the operations of the hospitals and the Department of Mental
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