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A Plea about PhC

To the Editor:

Because of its various responsibilities assigned by the Board of Directors, the Association's Committee on Research has occasion to take note of the credentials of members, especially of those members who have been, or are, engaged in research.

A number of months ago, under our previous chairman, we had occasion to note the use of the initials "PhC" after a member's name. We were at first a bit nonplussed by what "PhC" meant but an informal inquiry, and other information available to us, revealed that the initials are used in at least one academic setting to indicate "candidate for the PhD."

Quite naturally, we were disturbed by the apparent public use of initials, after a name, that ordinarily (in the United States) indicate academic degree, professional degree, or official registration, licensure, or certification, but that, in this instance, represented none of these things....

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