ford is owen doctor howard owen who worked along side dr. ford in the department of psychiatric psychiatry at nyu school of medicine and sits on the board of directors at fountain house and tell us about fountain house in a couple of minutes. i want to say how much i do admire most of your work you work in one of the most challenging careers possible. caring for those in our country that our country often abandons join me in welcoming dr. owen to the strand. [applause] >> right i want to thank -- i want to thank you and the strand for being here for this event. there are two reasons why i'm here, the first is because i'm a very old and dear friend of elsz ford. and second is because -- i'm also an old friend of fountain house. fountain house is not as old as the strand. it was -- it was first established in 1948 by a group of people who had been patients at the rockland 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