dr. howard owen who worked alongside dr. ford in the department of psychiatry at nyu school of medicine and sits on the jars. he's going to tell us about fountain house and a couple of minutes. i want to say how much i deeply admire both of your works working in one of the most challenging careers possible, caring for those in our country that our country often abandons. please join me in welcoming dr. owen to the strand. [applause] >> i want to thank you and the strand for being here for this event. there are two reasons why i am here. first is because i'm a very old and dear friend of elizabeth ford and the second is i'm also an old friend of fountain house. fountain house is an organization that is not quite as old as the strand. it was first established in 1948 by it are the people who had been patience at the rockland state hospital and they came back to new york city and wanted to create a place for themselves where they wouldn't be shunned and stigmatized, where they would have their own place. one of the main problem