Journal of Biosocial Science. Following the 1960s, the Eugenics Society experienced a loss of support and prestige and eventually shifted its focus from eugenics in Britain to biosocial issues such as fertility and population control in Third World countries. The Eugenics Society changed its name to the Galton Institute in 1989, a reflection of the negative public sentiment towards eugenics following WWII. Position on eugenics The Galton Institute's website currently states that "the Galton Institute rejects outright the theoretical basis and practice of coercive eugenics, which it regards as having no place in modern life." Furthermore, "the current Galton Institute has disassociated itself completely from any interest in the theory and practice of eugenics, but recognises the importance of the acknowledgement and preservation of its historical records in the interest of improving awareness of the 20th century eugenics movements in the social and political context of the times." Former President Veronica van Heyningen has acknowledged that "Galton was a terrible racist," but she believes it is "reasonable to honour him by giving his name to institutions" due to his significant contribution to the field of genetics. Prominent members Leonard Arthur, tried for murder in 1981 but acquitted Arthur Balfour Florence Barrett William Beveridge Paul Blanshard Walter Bodmer Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain Chris Brand Cyril Burt Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister (1937–1940) Winston Churchill, Honorary Vice President John Cockburn David Coleman James Herbert Curle Charles D'Arcy Charles Davenport, Vice President (1931) Mary Dendy Robert Geoffrey Edwards Havelock Ellis Hans Eysenck Ronald Fisher E. B. Ford Agnes Fry Francis Galton, after whom the institute was eventually renamed Charles Goethe Ezra Gosney Madison Grant David Starr Jordan, Vice President (1916, 1931) Franz Josef Kallmann John Harvey Kellogg John Maynard Keynes, Director (1937–1944), Vice President (1937) Richard Lynn James Meade Peter Medawar Naomi Mitchison Sybil Neville-Rolfe, née Gotto, founder Henry Fairfield Osborn Frederick Osborn Roger Pearson Alfred Ploetz, Vice President (1916) Margaret Pyke Margaret Sanger Eliot Slater Marie Stopes James Mourilyan Tanner Richard Titmuss Alice Vickery Frank Yates Presidents Past presidents. Eugenics Education Society (1911-1926) James Crichton-Browne, President (1908–1909) Montague Crackanthorpe, President (1909–1911) Leonard Darwin, son of Charles Darwin, President (1911–1929) Eugenics Society (1926-1989) Bernard Mallet, President (1929–1933) Humphry Rolleston, President (1933–1935) Thomas Horder, President (1935–1949) Alexander Carr-Saunders, President (1949–1953) Charles Galton Darwin, grandson of Charles Darwin, President (1953–1959) Julian Huxley, Vice-president (1937–1944), President (1959–1962) James Gray, President (1962–1965) Robert Platt, President (1965–1968)