OCR Text |
Show MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR NAMED Mrs. Jane R. Thomas has been appointed director of the Utah Association As-sociation for Mental Health, Charles A. Boynton, Jr., president of the board announced. Mrs. Thomas' appointment was the result of recent re-cent board action confirmed by the executive committee Wednesday evening. ev-ening. The executive commiittee is composed of Mr. Boynton, Richard L. Bird Jr., first vice president; Olin H. Ririe, second vice president; Mrs. Rex W. Williams, secretary; and Raymond M. Smith, treasurer. In the statement, Mr. Boynton said, "We feel very fortunate to have been able to obtain Mrs. Tho- V v ' J ! mas' services as her experience in this field is unusual. She was trained train-ed at a course set up by the National Institute for Mental Health and the National Association for Mental Health, for the purpose of educating educa-ting directors in all phases of the mental health movement. Mr. Thomas made practical use of her training as executive director of the Utah Association for Mental Health for three years." Mrs. Thomas is a graduate of the University of Utah and past president presi-dent of the Salt Lake Junior League. Lea-gue. Sha was instrumental in developing de-veloping the Utah Spastic Clinic and served as a member of the Girl Scout Board, Salt Lake Welfare Council and the Governor's committee com-mittee on Child and Youth Fitness. - |