.^nR REFERENCE ^s Room " i-q ^ o T $ -1 = D m S D ~ i-i ^ SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Seventh Edition 1960-1961 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA SEVENTH EDITION Part I Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States Compiled in the Library NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES— - NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Part II Scientific and Technicfd Societies of Canada Compiled in the Public Relations Office NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, CANADA Publication 900 National Academy of Sciences — National Research Council Washington, D. C. 1961 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number. -27— 21604 Copyright © 1961 by tlie National Academy of Sciences PREFACE This edition of Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada presents information collected during the summer and fall months of 1960. As in earlier editions, the preparation of the United States section took place in the Library of the National Academy of Sciences— National Research Council in Washington, while the Canadian section was compiled at the National Research Council in Ottawa. Entries are limited to professional and selected amateur societies in scientific and technical fields. Both national and local membership societies are included, but the following are excluded : trade associations ; institutions composed principally of paid staffs ; most county and small- city medical and engineering societies ; most local chapters of national - societies ; strictly undergraduate groups ; voluntary health agencies whose sole membership activity is the raising of money for research or therapy ; and societies whose primary interest in a subject is not scientific or technical. The last named category causes to be excluded from the directory those flower-growing societies which have no real involvement in scientific horticulture, and also "nature study" groups whose members are principally interested in the recreational or entertainment values of the subject. In general, the attempt was made to exclude those societies whose members are not personally involved in the scientific and technical aspects of a subject field. Approximately 2500 questionnaires were mailed to societies in the United States and Canada, and 2037 were returned. From these returns, a total of 1836 were accepted for listing in the seventh edition. Although this represents a slight increase over the sixth edition, the figures for the two editions are not strictly comparable, since the inclusion-exclusion criteria described above are partially new. Although the attempt was made to identify and list as many scientific and technical societies as possible, the present compilation should not be considered a population subject to statistical analyses. The questionnaire method may, in itself, introduce unknown biases. The National Academy of Sciences— National Research Council and the National Research Council of Canada can accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained herein. Furthermore, the listing of a society does not imply that it is approved by the National Academy of Sciences — National Research Council or by the National Research Council of Canada, nor does omission of a society imply disapproval. This work could not have been compiled without the support of many persons. Thanks must be given, first of all, to Mr. Robert A. Lay of the National Research Council of Canada for assuming complete editorial responsibility for the Canadian section, and for his cooperation in solving joint editorial problems. With respect to the United States section, the skillful assistance of Mrs. Mary G. Flannery is gratefully acknowledged. Other persons who contributed to the compilation of the United States section included : Mrs. Luisa F. Marshall, Mrs. Harriet J. Myers, Mr. Page Kilgore, Mr. John Meid, and Mr. Frank M. Holz. Finally, appre- ciation is expressed to the hundreds of society officers who supplied the information which made this compilation possible. John H. Gribbin Librarian National Academv of Sciences — National Research Council CONTENTS PART I Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States PART II Scientific and Technical Societies of Canada INDEXES Part I UNITED STATES SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES / SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES Seventh Edition 1. Abilene Geological Society. P. O. Box 974, Abilene, Tex. President: Louis A. Williams, Sun Oil Company, P.O. Box 240, Abilene Tex. Term expires January 1, 1961. Secretary: Frank L. Schatz. Term expires January 1, 1961. History: Organized 1946. Purpose: To promote sciences of petroleum geology and technology in West Central Texas ; to foster scientific spirit in these fields ; to encourage professional cooperation among geologists and associated scientists. Membership: Persons engaged or interested in geological or allied problems, and who are mem- bers of or qualified for membership in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, or who, in the opinion of the Executive Com- mittee, would be desirable members. Total membership 292. Meetings: Biweekly. Professional activities: Scholarship Award of $100 to outstanding science student for the year at Abilene High School ; Monroe G. Cheney Memorial Award of $100 savings bond to out- standing science student at Coleman High School ; cash award of $50 to outstanding geology student at Hardin-Simmons University ; cash award of $50 to outstanding science student at McMurray College; cash award of $50 to outstanding science student at Abilene Christian College ; Honorary Life Membership award. Publications: Newsletter, monthly, free to members. Editor : Elton E. Rodgers. 2. Aboriginal Research Club. President: Darrel J. Richards, 6584 Balfour Street, Allen Park, Mich. Term expires December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: Edward J. Wahla, 17846 Peters Avenue, Roseville, Mich. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Organized November 23, 1935. While not affiliated with any other organization, keeps close contact with the University of Michigan, Cranbook Institute of Science, and the Detroit Historical Museum. Purpose: To promote the study of American archaeology and to encourage the collecting and preserving of prehistoric artifacts. Membership: Active, 90, actively interested in any phase of archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, or history ; Institutional, 20. Meetings: Monthly, October through June. Piiblications: The Totem Pole, monthly, nine times per year to coincide with meetings, cur- rent volume : 43, $1.50. Editor : D. J. Richards. 3. Academy of Applied Osteopathy. President: S. M. Pugh, 3010 Hoyt Avenue, Everett, Wash. Term expires January 1962. Secre- tary: Margaret W. Barnes, P. O. Bin 1050, Carmel, Calif. Term expires January 1962. History: Founded 1937 as the Osteopathic Manipulative Therapeutic and Clinical Research Association ; incorporated 1944 under present title. Fourteen component societies representing state or regional distribution. Committees : Graduate Instruction ; Structural Consultation ; College Assistance ; Fellowship Program ; Clinical Observation. Purpose: To develop the science and art of osteopathic manipulative therapy; to encour- age physicians toward greater proficiency in the distinctive skills of osteopathic, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. Membership : Regular, 900 ; based on member- ship in the American Osteopathic Association and legal requirements as demanded at the site of practice ; Honorary Life, 20, awarded ; Life, 21, conferred upon all past presidents as well as qualifying candidates; Associate, 7. Total membership 948. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Sponsorship of gradu- ate instruction seminars and courses ; sponsor- ship of undergraduate courses at osteopathic colleges ; Andrew Taylor Still Medallion of Honor ; Academy Lecturer Award ; Yearbook Dedication Award. Publications: Yearbook, current volumes are unnumbered, $5 to nonmembers. Directory, an- nual, current volumes are unnumbered, free. Newsletter, bimonthly, current volume: 15, free. Editor: M. W. Barnes. 4. Academy of Denture Prosthetics. 807 Medical Arts Building, Salt Lake City 11, Utah. President: A. W. Sears, 2705 Atlantic Boule- 78312 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES vard, Jacksonville 7, Fla. Term expires May 12, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: W. Les Warburton. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1918 as National Society of Denture Prosthetists ; name changed to present title 1940; incorporated 1951. Purpose: To promote the science and art of denture prosthetics as a specialty of dentistry ; to provide for the dissemination of knowledge of this specialty throughout the dental profes- sion ; to encourage study and investigation of its various phases and related subjects. Membership: By invitation only, after having made a presentation before the Academy. Active Fellows, 49; Associate Fellows, 10; Life Fel- lows, 8. Total membership 67. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Educational and Re- search Fund, initiated February 1960. Publications: Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry (cosponsored with two other denture societies), bimonthly, current volume : 10, $12. Editor : Carl O. Boucher, Ohio State University, Colum- bus, Ohio. Newsletter, irregular, free, for Fellows only. Editor : W. Les Warburton. 5. Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati. 320 Broadway, Cincinnati 2, Ohio. President: Robert E. Howard, 2600 Union Central Build- ing, Cincinnati 2, Ohio. Term expires Septem- ber 19, 1961. Executive Secretary: Edward F. Willenborg. Term indefinite. History: Organized March 5, 1857; incor- porated March 6, 1869 ; Cincinnati Medical Society, organized 1851, merged with Academy February 13, 1893. Purpose: The interchange of ideas in medicine and surgery and the maintenance of a central information bureau for the public on medical questions. Membership: Senior Active in practice more than 3 years, 901 ; Senior Active not in private practice, 104; Junior Active in practice less than 3 years, 75 ; Junior Active not in private practice, 13 ; Associates, 13 ; Nonresident, 191 ; Intern-Resident, 178; Retired, 75. Total mem- bership 1,550. Meetings: Annual, third Tuesday in Septem- ber ; monthly, third Tuesday, October through May. Professional activities: Health campaigns, scientific programs, awards to past presidents upon retirement from Presidency, awards to members in medical practice for fifty years. Publications: Cincinnati Journal of Medicine, monthly, current volume: 41, domestic $4.00, foreign $5.00. Editor-in-Chief : George X. Schwemlein. 6. Academy of Medicine of Cleveland. 2009 Adelbert Road, Cleveland 6, Ohio. President: P. J. Robechek, 10300 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert A. Lang. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1824. Purpose: To promote the interests of the medical profession and the general welfare of the community, and to foster the prosecution of medical research. Membership: Requires degree of M. D. from accredited medical school, license for the prac- tice of medicine in the State of Ohio, member- ship in American Medical Association, and active medical practice. Total membership 2,200. Meetings: Annual and monthly. Professional activities: Fifty-year awards are presented to those who have been practicing medicine for that period ; Health Education Foundation, $10,000 ; Lower Fund Lectures, for continuance of a scientific educational program for members. Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- ume : 45, $3. Editor : Leon H. Dembo. 7. Academy of Medicine of Washington, D. C. Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. President: Joseph Hyram Roe, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, D. C. Term ex- pires December 1962. Secretary: Angus M. Griffin. Term expires December 1962. History: Incorporated February 1935 as the Washington Academy of Medicine ; name changed to present title November 1935. Purpose: To advance the science and art of medicine, and to promote the mutual exchange of knowledge between medical and other scien- tific groups. Membership: Limited to leading clinicians, medical research scientists, and medical admin- istrators of Washington, D. C. Total member- ship 150. Meetings: Three times a year. 8. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- ences. 9038 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood 46, CaXii. President: B. B. Kahane. Term expires July 1961. Secretary: Hal Elias. Term ex- pires July 1961. History: Organized May 1927. Purpose: To advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures. Membership: Active, Honorary, and Life Members ; must be sponsored by two Academy UNITED STATES members and be voted on by the Board of Governors. Total membership 1,760. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Annual Awards of Merit, for outstanding achievement ; special awards voted by the Board of Governors. Library: 3,000 volumes. 9. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 19th Street and Parkway, Philadelphia 3, Pa. President: M. Albert Linton. Director: H. Radclyffe Roberts. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1812, incorporated 1817; oldest center for natural science research in the western hemisphere; has complete facilities for basic taxonomic research, study collections ; has active research projects in malacology, ornithology, entomology, limnology, geology, and ichthyology. Purpose: Research in the natural science field. Membership: Open to any person interested in the program of the Academy. Annual In- dividual Members, Junior Members, Family Members, Contributing Members, Life Members, Sustaining Members, Benefactors, and Patrons. Total membership 2,600. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Jessup Fund Grant, awarded to college or graduate students, men or women, for special projects; Hayden Me- morial Geological Award, for geological or paleontological research ; Leidy Medal and Richard Hopper Day Memorial Medal, for out- standing work in natural science. Publications: Proceedings, annual. Editor: C. W. Hart, Jr., Frontiers, five times yearly, $2.50, free to members. Editor : M. E. Drinker. Library: 140,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: natural sciences. 10. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. President: George F. Sutherland, 3700 North Charles Street, Baltimore 18, Md. Term ex- pires October 15, 1961. Secretary: Bertram B. Moss, 55 East Washington Street, Chicago 2, 111. Term expires October 15, 1961. History: Organized March 28, 1952. Purpose: To advance scientific knowledge and practice of medicine relating to interaction of mind, body, and environment. Membership: Requires membership in the medical profession or in related disciplines in the psychosomatic field. Total membership 515. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Annual award for best paper presented at meeting. Publications: Psychosomatics, bimonthly, cur- rent volume : 3, $10 ; Meeting Abstracts, annual, current volume : 2, $5. Editor : Wilfred Dorfman. 11. Academy of Religion and Mental Health. 16 East 34th Street, New York 16, N. Y. President: Harvey J. Tompkins, Reiss Mental Health Pavilion, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, N. Y. Term expires June 1962. Executive Secretary: George C. Anderson. Term expires June 1962. History: Former name: National Academy of Religion and Mental Health. Incorporated in 1955 and had its first offices in the New York Academy of Medicine. Purpose: Education and research in relation between religion and health, especially mental health. Membership: Requires affiliation with pro- fessional groups involved in Academy's pro- gram ; primarily clergymen, psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, and social workers. Total mem- bership 2,700. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Grants in aid; re- search grants. Publications: Academy Reporter, monthly (to members only), current volume: 5. Library: 2,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: religion and mental health. 12. Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pitts- burgh 13, Pa. President: O. E. Jennings. Term expires February 1961. Executive Secretary: H. E. Phifer, 1104 La Clair Avenue, Pitts- burgh 18, Pa. Term expires February 1961. History: Organized 1889; incorporated March 10, 1890. Sections : Astronomical, Photo- graphic. Purpose: Advancement of science and art through lectures and the work of the sections. Membership: Open to persons with interest in the purpose of this Academy. Total member- ship 1,700. Meetings: Weekly, October to April. Professional activities: Walter B. Scaife Nature Lectureship, capital $10,000; geograph- ical lectures ; Annual Photographic Salon, con- ducted by Photographic Section ; laboratory con- struction of telescopes and participation in satellite observations by Astronomical Section. 13- Academy of Science of St. Louis. 2 Oak Knoll Park, St. Louis 5, Mo. President: Stratford Lee Morton, 1825 Boatmen's Bank Building, St. Louis 2, Mo. Term expires January 1961. Executive Secretary: Roy W. Jordan, 8224 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton 5, Mo. Term expires January 1961. 4 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES History: Organized March 10, 1856; incor- porated January 17, 1857. Purpose: To encourage interest in and under- standing of the sciences, and, as a means to this end, to develop and maintain a museum and library, to hold meetings, to sponsor lectures, and to engage in any other appropriate scientific activities. Membership: An interest in the purposes of the Academy. Total membership 1,100. Meetings: Monthly. Professional activities: Maintains a museum of science, a science school service, and a science career program for promising young people. Publications: Your Museum, monthly, free to members. Editor : Sally Haven. Library: 75,000 Volumes. 14. Acoustical Society of America. 335 East 45th Street, New York 17, N. Y. President: Robert W. Young, United States Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego 52, Calif. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: Wallace Waterfall. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized May 10, 1929. Chap- ters : Delaware Valley ; Los Angeles ; Michigan ; Northwest ; San Diego ; Washington, D. C. Committees : Architectural Acous- tics ; Audio Engineering and Electroacoustics ; Musical Acoustics ; Noise ; Physical Acoustics ; Psychological and Physiological Acoustics ; Shock and Vibration ; Sonic and Ultrasonic Engineering ; Speech Communication ; Under- water Acoustics. The Society is a founder and Member Society of the American Institute of Physics and participates in the management of the Institute through representation on its Governing Board. Purpose: To increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics and to promote its prac- tical applications. Membership: Associate: open to any person interested in acoustics ; Active : open to any ])erson active in acoustics, who has an academic degree or its equivalent in scientific or profes- sional experience in acoustics or in a closely related field ; Fellow : based on assessment of the candidate's contributions to the advancement of acoustical science and technology ; Sustain- ing : available for corporations and other organizations interested in materially supporting the publications and activities of the Society ; Honorary. Total membership 2,814. Meetings: Semiaimual. Professional activities: The Society is an agency in the management of the Acoustical Standards Board of the American Stand- ards Association and various committees and subcommittees reporting to that Board ; the Society contributes to the development and maintenance of standards for acoustical devices affecting health and industrial efficiency ; to encourage professional activity on a local scale, the Society has sponsored several regional chapters and has provided for more as needed ; the Society's ten technical committees assist and cooperate with local program chairmen in the arrangement of meetings, the promotion of new developments in their respective fields, the representation of the Society in joint sponsor- ship of meetings with other organizations, re- sponsibility for adequate coverage of subject matter in the publications of the Society ; the committees also promote improved educational facilities for the study of acoustics in technical schools; each committee publishes in the Jour- nal an annual report of its membership and activities ; Biennial Award of $100 and a bound set of the Journal is made in the spring of each even-numbered year to a member of the Society not over thirty-five years of age who has made outstanding research contributions to acoustics ; Gold Medal, awarded in the spring of each odd- numbered year to a member, without respect to age, whose services to the science of acoustics and to the Society have been unusually distin- guished ; Wallace Clement Sabine Medal, award- ed at fall meetings every two to three years to a member who has made outstanding contributions in the field of architectural acoustics ; Under- water Acoustics Medal, awarded at fall meet- ings to a member who has made outstanding contributions in the field of underwater acoustics. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume : 32, $18, free to members. Editor : R. Bruce Lindsay. Noise Control, bimonthly, current vol- ume : 6, $8. Managing Editor : Herbert A. Erf. 15. Aerospace Medical Association. Washington National Airport, Washington 1, D. C. Presi- dent: George J. Kidera, United Air Lines, Inc., 5959 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago 38, 111. Term expires April 1961. Executive Vice President : William J. Kennard. Term expires April 1961. History: Organized 1928; formerly Aero Medical Association. Purpose: To promote the science and art of aerospace medicine by stimulating investigation and study and disseminating knowledge ; to establish and maintain cooperation between the medical and other sciences concerned with aero- nautical development and progress ; and to pro- mote, protect, and maintain safety in aviation and astronautics. Membership: Open to physicians licensed in country of residence, or designated as aviation medical examiner, flight surgeon, or aviation medical director, past or present, by government of nation of citizenship ; to allied scientists or UNITED STATES engineers concerned with life sciences as related to aviation or astronautics ; to workers in, or contributors to, aerospace medicine, if college graduates or commissioned in the armed services with equivalent qualifications ; to those persons connected with commercial airline or aerospace industry ; and to those persons engaged in teach- ing of research in aerospace or related medicine. Corporate membership is authorized for com- panies supporting the Association and its ob- jectives. Total membership 2,420. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Theodore C. Lyster Award, annual, established 1947, for outstanding achievement in the general field of aviation medicine ; Raymond F". Longacre Award, annual, for outstanding accomplishment in psychological and psychiatrical aspects of aviation medicine ; Arnold D. Tuttle Award, annual, established 1952, to individual or group for the most signifi- cant contribution toward solution of a challeng- ing problem in aviation medicine by original research, and which has been published in Aerospace Medicine during the previous two years; Eric Liljencrantz Award, annual, estab- lished 1957, to individual for the best paper on basic research in problems of acceleration and altitude. Publications : Aerospace Medicine, monthly, current volume: 31, $10, free to members. Editor : John P. Marbarger. 16. Agricultural History Society. Room 3446, South Agriculture Building, U. S. Agricul- tural Marketing Service, Washington 25, D. C. President: Gilbert C. Fite, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Term expires spring 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Wayne D. Rasmussen. Term indefinite. History: Founded February 14, 1919; incor- porated June 6, 1924. Purpose: To stimulate interest in the history of agriculture, to promote its study and to facilitate research and publication. Membership: Based on interest in the history of agriculture. Total membership 725. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Everett E. Edwards Memorial Awards, $50 each, awarded annually for (1) the best manuscript article on agricul- tural history submitted by an author in the course of taking a degree and (2 ) the best article published in Agricultural History. In cooperation with the University of Illinois Press, an annual award for the best book manuscript dealing with a subject in agricultural history. Publications: Agricultural History, quarterly, current volume : 34, $5. Editor : C. Qyde Jones. 17. Agricultural Research Institute. 2101 Con- stitution Avenue, N. W., Washington 25, D. C. President: C. H. Mahoney, National Canners Association, 1133 20th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. Term expires October \96\. Secretary: R. E. Krauss. Term indefinite. History: Organized December 1951. The Institute was conceived by industrial scientists as a supporting organization for the Agricul- tural Board of the National Academy of Sci- ences — National Research Council in promotion of the kinds of research and policies needed to insure the long-time utilization of agricultural resources for the national welfare. The Institute operates under the Division of Biology and Agriculture of the National Academy of Sci- ences — National Research Council. Purpose: To promote the objectives of the Agricultural Board : namely, to advance and interpret scientific knowledge pertaining to agriculture ; to initiate and provide recommenda- tions relative to the science of agriculture based on objective analysis, and to disseminate the facts and conclusions by publication or otherwise among those agencies and population groups, including industry, where appropriate utiliza- tion and implementation can be effected ; to aid the Agricultural Board in the selection, initia- tion, and interpretation of its studies ; and to provide financial support to the Board. Membership: Qass A, 68, corporations and individuals who are interested in the industrial applications of scientific agriculture ; Class B, 100, experiment stations, academic institutions, scientific societies, and other associations, organizations, or individuals who are engaged in activities related to the science of agricul- ture and who are nominated by the National Research Council and elected by the Governing Board of the Institute. Total membership 168. Meetings : Annual. Publications: Reporter, bimonthly, current volume: 1, free; Proceedings, annual, free. Editor : LeRoy Voris. 18. Air Pollution Control Association. 4400 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh 13, Pa. President: Harry A. Belyea, Chief Air Pollution Control Officer, Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, De- partment of Works, 55 Eglinton Avenue, East Toronto 12, Canada. Term expires June 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: Arnold Arch. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1906 as International Association for the Prevention of Smoke ; name changed to Smoke Prevention Association in 1915; incorporated in 1923; name changed to Smoke Prevention Association of America in SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 1940; name changed to Air Pollution and Smoke Prevention Association of America in 1950; name changed to present title in 1952. Sec- tions : Central States ; East Central ; Mid- Atlantic States ; Mid-West. Committees : Auditing ; Awards ; By-Laws ; Entertainment ; Finance; Incinerator; Ladies Entertainment; Management ; Marine ; Membership ; Meteor- ological ; Nominating ; Program ; Public Rela- tions ; Railroad Smoke ; Research and Develop- ment ; Resolutions ; Standardization ; Standards for Dust Emission ; Standards for Emission of Solids ; Vapors, Fumes, and Noxious Gases ; Ways and Means. Purpose: To improve air sanitation and foster control of atmospheric pollution afifecting health and/or causing damage to property, nuisance to the public, and waste of natural resources ; to encourage public acceptance of the necessity for atmospheric pollution prevention and assist governmental units toward a solution of this problem ; to encourage the development and adoption of apparatus, equipment, and operating procedures that will economically prevent pollu- tion of the atmosphere; to encourage the par- ticipation, cooperation, assistance, and support of medical societies, health associations, and other organizations in air pollution prevention activities ; to encourage industrial, manufactur- ing, producing, and distributing firms and trans- portation agencies and associations of such firms to contribute knowledge and effort to promote experimentation and application of methods to- wards the reduction of atmospheric pollution ; to encourage the development and adoption of engineering standards of performance on a national and international scale that are work- able and reasonable ; to promote research in the solution of problems embracing all sources of atmospheric pollution ; to aid municipalities and public bodies in adopting regulations con- trolling the discharge into the atmosphere of harmful contaminants ; to prepare and distribute literature and publications pertaining to the problems involved in providing cleaner air ; and to maintain a library and information service of professional papers, technical articles and pub- lications, and descriptive material pertaining to cause, effect, and remedy of processes involving atmospheric pollution. Membership: Any person of good character, and firms and/or organizations, interested in accomplishing the purposes of this Association. Total membership approximately 2,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Frank A. Chambers Award. Richard Beatty Mellon Award. Honor- ary lifetime membership. Publications: Journal, bimonthly, current vol- ume : 10, free to members. APCA Abstracts, monthly, current volume : 5, free to members. Editor : Arnold Arch. 19. Airlines Medical Directors Association. President: G. Earle Wight, Room 501, Wind- sor Station, Montreal, Canada. Term expires April 24, 1961. Secretary: James N. Wag- goner, 9851 Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles 45, Calif. Term expires April 24, 1961. History: Organized 1946; affiliate. Aerospace Medical Association. Purpose: To improve practice and standards of aviation and industrial medicine, particularly pertaining to airline operations, and to encour- age research and study of medical problems in these fields. Membership: Physicians and surgeons of medical departments of commercial airlines, and other persons who have contributed to the prac- tice of aviation medicine in civil airlines. Total membership 85. Meetings: Semiannual. 20. Alabama Academy of Science, Inc. Depart- ment of Forestry, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. President: James R. Goetz, 2101 6th Avenue, N., Birmingham, Ala. Term expires April 1961. Secretary: W. B. De Vail. Term expires March 1962. History: Organized April 1924. Sections: Biological Sciences; Chemistry; Geology and Anthropology ; Forestry, Geography, and Con- servation ; Physics and Mathematics ; Industry and Economics ; Science Education ; Social Sciences ; Medical Sciences. Purpose: To encourage scientific research, promote diffusion of useful scientific knowledge, and unify scientific interests of the State. Membership: Individual, 535, persons in the State of Alabama actively engaged in science who have four-year college degrees or ten years of professional experience ; Collegiate, 62), col- lege students interested in promotion of science in Alabama ; Complimentary, 61 ; Life, 5 ; In- dustrial, 6, firms and corporations interested in advancement of science in Alabama; Sustain- ing, 11. Total unduplicated membership 664. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Student research awards ; research grants ; various awards through Junior Academy include individual and school awards and awards for best scientific papers and best science exhibits. Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- ume : 31. Editor : A. T. Hansen, P. O. Box 2982, University of Alabama, University, Ala. UNITED STATES 21. Alabama Pharmaceutical Association. 304 Thomas Jefferson Hotel, Birmingham, Ala. President: M. G. Mullendore, 2911 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. Term expires Jmie 1961. Executive Secretary: Thelma Morris Coburn. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1881. Purpose: To improve science and art of pharmacy. Membership: Active Members. Total mem- bership 700. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Administration of Pharmacy Scholarship Foundation. 22. Alabama Psychological Association. Presi- dent: Neil B. Sims, Veterans Administration Hospital, Birmingham, Ala. Term expires July 1, 1961. Secretary: Paula McKinney Brown, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Term expires July 1, 1963. History: Organized 1950. Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, a profession, and a means for promoting human welfare. Membership: Membership in American Psy- chological Association, or equivalent qualifica- tion. Total membership 83. Meetings: Annual. 23. Alabama Society of Anesthesiologists. 115 Jordan Lane, Spring Hill Station, Mobile, Ala. President: Vernon N. Balovich. Term expires April 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Joyce R. Chapman, 1804 12th Avenue South, Birmingham 5, Ala. Term expires April 1961. History: Organized May 4, 1948. Purpose: To advance the science of anesthesi- ology in Alabama. Membership : Active and Junior Members, 30 ; membership in the State Society and in the County Society. Meetings: Quarterly. 24. Alabama Society of Professional Engineers. P. O. Box 1325, Birmingham, Ala. President: Henry R. Hudson, P. O. Box 7062, Mont- gomery, Ala. Term expires May 31, 1961. Secretary: R. T. Moore, 312 Moore Building, Montgomery, Ala. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1952 and affiliated with National Society of Professional Engineers. Chapters : Birmingham ; Montgomery ; Au- burn; Northeast Alabama (Huntsville), Purpose: The advancement of the public wel- fare and the promotion of the professional, social. and economic interest of the professional engineer. Membership: Requires registration by State Board of Registration for Engineers, or that engineers in training and graduate engineers (or equivalent) be working to become registered. Total membership 300. Meetings: Semiannual. 25. Alaska Society of Professional Engineers, Inc. 2508 Eide Street, Anchorage, Alaska. President: Arthur R. Jacobs, 835 9th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: James R. Clinton. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Founded 1957. Incorporated and affiliated as member. National Society of Pro- fessional Engineers, 1958. Purpose: The advancement of the public wel- fare and the promotion of the professional, social, and economic interest of the professional engineer ; cooperation with national, state, and local societies. Membership: Active, 55; Engineer in Train- ing, 1. Requirements: Active, registration as professional engineer ; Engineer in Training, registration as such, or qualification to become so registered. Total membership 56. Meetings: Monthly. Professional activities: Armco national schol- arships (sponsored by National Society of Pro- fessional Engineers). 26. Alaska State Medical Association. 718 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska. President: Ben- jamin E. McBrayer, P. O. Box 637, Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska. Term expires May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Robert B. Wilkins. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized 1930; incorporated 1947 as Alaska Territorial Medical Association ; name changed to present title March 1959. Com- ponent Societies : Anchorage Medical Society ; Fairbanks Medical Association; Juneau Medical Society; Ketchikan Medical Society; Sitka-Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Society. Purpose: To promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. Membership: Requires M. D. degree from accredited institution, license for practice of medicine and surgery issued by Alaska Board of Medical Examiners. Regular members, 103 ; Associate, 12. Total membership 115. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Alaska Medicine, quarterly, cur- rent volume: 2, $6. Editor: William Mills. 8 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 27. Albany Society of Engineers. 25 South Allen Street, Albany 8, N. Y. President: Louis B. Calcagni, East Greenbush. N. Y. Term ex- pires December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: John F. McColl, 20 Glendale Avenue, Delmar, N. Y. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Organized 1905-06 as Albany Society of Civil Engineers ; name changed to present title April 25, 1922. Purpose: Advancement of engineering knowledge and practices, maintenance of high professional standards, and welfare of engineers. Membership: Requires active engagement in engineering or kindred professions. Total membership 320. Meetings: Monthly. Publications: Yearbook, biannual. Editor : John F. McColl. 28. Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc. Volta Bureau, 1537 35th Street, N. W., Washington 7, D. C. President: George T. Pratt, Clarke School for the Deaf, Northampton, Mass. Term expires January 1961. Executive Secretary: Jeanette Ninas Johnson. Term expires January 1961. Secre- tary: June Miller, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 12, Kans. Term expires January 1961. History: Organized and incorporated 1890 as American Association to Promote the Teach- ing of Speech to the Deaf. National Forum on Deafness and Speech consolidated with the Association. Name changed to present title June 1953. Purpose: To promote the teaching of speech to the deaf and to help educators of the deaf in their efforts to teach speech and lip reading; to furnish information to those interested in any of the problems occasioned by deafness. Membership: Regular, Sustaining, and Life members, 4,000; open to all who are interested in the objectives of the Association. Meetings: Business meetings, annual ; National Program meetings, biennially in even years ; Regional Program meetings in odd years. Publications: Volta Review, monthly except July and August, current volume : 62, $5, free to members. Editor : Jeanette Ninas Johnson. Library: The 20,000 volume John Hitz Me- morial Library. 29. Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity. 5503 East Washington Street, Indianapolis 19, Ind. President: Frank J. Zvanut, Country Club Road, St. Charles, Mo. Term expires June, 1962. National Secretary: Roy W. Loan. Term permanent. History: Founded 1902 at the University of Wisconsin. At first a professional collegiate organization, it was divided in 1922 into col- legiate and professional branches : forty-nine chapters in universities or colleges ; thirty-one professional chapters. Incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin. An associate of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science. Purpose: To advance chemistry as a science and profession ; to aid members by every honor- able means in the attainment of their ambitions as chemists throughout life. Membership: Satisfaction of academic degree and competence in chemistry and/or chemical engineering, with the usual personality require- ments of fraternities. Total membership, Col- legiate and Professional, 29,750. Meetings: Biennial. Professional activities: National fund to finance grants-in-aid ; local awards, usually for scholarships, among various chapters ; two national traveling efficiency cups are awarded biennially to outstanding collegiate chapters that best represent the organization's ideals as well as its value to the chemistry department and institution ; a traveling scholarship is awarded biennially to the highest-rated collegiate chapter ; the Reserve Trust Funds approximate $141,000; the professional branch of the organization finances annually the American Chemical So- ciety Award in Pure Chemistry, $1,000, to be given to a chemist not over thirty-five years of age who contributes to. the literature the most outstanding research in pure chemistry ; the collegiate branch of the organization operates a national safety program in the interest of safe practice in chemical laboratories, in con- junction with the National Safety Council, with which the national fraternity and all of its collegiate chapters are associated. Publications: Hexagon, quarterly, current volume: 50, $1.25 to professional members. Proceedings, annual, free to members. 30. Alpha Epsilon Delta. 7 Brookside Circle, Bronxville, N. Y. President: Norman F. Witt, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. Term expires 1962. Secretary: Maurice L. Moore. Term expires 1962. History: Founded April 28, 1926; incor- porated August 2, 1949. Seventy-five chapters in accredited colleges throughout the United States. Purpose: To encourage excellence in pre- medical scholarship ; to stimulate appreciation of importance of premedical education in study of medicine ; to promote cooperation and con- tacts between medical and premedical students and educators in developing an adequate program UNITED STATES of premedical education ; to bind together similarly interested students. Membership: Active, 18,721, students engaged in courses leading to study of medicine who have completed at least three semesters or five quar- ters of work with general scholastic standing of 80 percent and average of 80 percent in sciences, and who rank in upper 35 percent of class in general scholarship ; Active Alumni, 180, those deemed worthy by chapter ; Honorary, 739, deemed worthy by chapter and approved by National Officers. Total membership 19,630. Meetings: Biennial. Professional activities: Distinguished Service Award, presented to outstanding leader in pre- medical education. Alumni Award, recipient nominated by chapter and selected by National Officers. Chapter Activity Award, presented to chapter at biennial convention for most con- structive program of activities during biennium. Publications: Scalpel, quarterly, current vol- ume : 30, $2.50. Editor : Maurice L. Moore. 31. American Academy for Cerebral Palsy. 1520 Louisiana Avenue, New Orleans 15, La. President: G. W. N. Eggers, 2201 Market Street, Galveston, Tex. Term expires Novem- ber 11, 1961. Secretary: J. D. Russ. Term expires November 11, 1961. History: Organized 1948; incorporated 1952. Committees : Brain Registry ; Evaluation of Therapy ; Audio- Visual ; Research. Purpose: To foster and stimulate interest in cerebral palsy and correlate all aspects of work for welfare of its victims. Membership: Active, 253, on specialty boards working in cerebral palsy, and with M. D. de- gree ; Associate, 11, working in cerebral palsy with doctorate other than M. D., or physicians not qualified for active membership ; Honorary, 5, with M. D. or other doctorate, preeminent in fields allied to cerebral palsy ; Foreign Corre- sponding, 14, with M. D. or other doctorate, preeminent in field of cerebral palsy and residing outside Western Hemisphere ; Emeritus, 3, active members past age 70 or retired from practice. Total membership 286. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Annual Proceedings. 32. American Academy of Allergy. 756 North Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee 2, Wis. Presi- dent: Bram Rose, McGill University Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital. Montreal, Canada. Term expires March 7, 1961. Executive Sec- retary: James O. Kelley. Term indefinite. History: Organized December 4, 1943, through merger of two parent societies, the Society for the Study of Asthma and Allied Conditions, founded March 7, 1923, and the American Asso- ciation for the Study of Allergy, founded June 25, 1923. Purpose: Advancement of knowledge and practice of allergy by discussion at meetings, by fostering education of students and public, by encouraging cooperation among those engaged in this field, and by promoting and stimulating research and study in allergy. Membership: Members. 652, minimum of five years from graduation from medical school ; Fellows, 391, proficiency in research in profes- sion of allergy ; Foreign Members, 41 ; Foreign Fellows, 10; Emeritus Members and Fellows, 2)7 ; Honorary Fellows, 18; Affiliate Fellows, 53. Total membership 1,202. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Membership directory, bi- ennially. Journal of Allergy, bimonthly, current volume: 31, $8.50. Editor: Francis C. Lowell, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 33. American Academy of Applied Nutrition. 10651 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles 64, Calif. President: Weston W. Shay. 5514 Wil- shire Boulevard, Los Angeles 36. Calif. Term expires Alay 1961. Executive Secretary: Donald B. Haynie. Term indefinite. History: Organized and incorporated 1936. Purpose: To promote and advance by educa- tional means the science and art of nutrition, especially as it pertains to prevention and treat- ment of disease. Membership: Professional, 265, dentists, physicians, chemists, nutritionists, agriculturists, or veterinarians, with doctors' degrees or equivalent, who are proficient in nutrition ; non- professional, 1,222. Total membership 1,487. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal of Applied Nutrition, quarterly, current volume : 13, $5. Editor : Gran- ville F. Knight. Modern Nutrition, monthly, current volume : 13, $5. Editor : Margaret Haake. 34. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 280 Newton Street, Boston 46, Mass. Presi- dent: Kirtley F. Mather, 3 Concord Avenue, Cambridge 38, Mass. Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: Ralph W. Burhoe. Term expires May 1961. History: Chartered in 1780 under Acts of the Legislature of the Province of Massachusetts. Committees : Special committees are estab- lished for promotion of knowledge in various projects in highly specialized fields of study. Purpose: To cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor. 10 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES dignitjf and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people. Membership: Election is based on nomination by members and not on application by nominee, it implies recognition of scholarship or pro- fessional eminence. There are two groups of members : Fellows, elected from citizens or residents of the United States ; Foreign Honor- ary Members. On January 1, 1960, there were 1,385 Fellows, 64 Fellows Emeriti; 187 Foreign Honorary Members. Total membership 1,636. Meetings: Monthly, October through May. Professional activities: Permanent Science Fund ($382,471). Cyrus M. Warren Fund ($18,405), established in 1891 by the will of Cyrus M. Warren. From the income, grants are made for encouragement and advance- ment of research in chemistry. Rumford Fund ($86,819), established 1796 by Benjamin Thomp- son, Count Rumford. The income is used for awarding of the Rumford premium, consisting of a gold and a silver medal, to authors of any important discovery or useful improvement in light or heat which shall have been made in any part of America. It is also used to make grants- in-aid of research along these lines. Francis Amory Fund ($53,759), established by will of Francis Amory, is to be used for a Septennial Prize for outstanding work with reference to alleviation or cure of diseases affecting human genjto-urinary system. Publication Fund ($42,887), established for publication of results of research contributed by members of the Academy, and other proceedings. Publications: Daedalus, quarterly, current volume : 89, $4.50. Records annual, current vol- ume : 2, $2.30. Bulletin, monthly, October-May, current volume: 14, $1. Editor: Gerald Holton. 35. American Academy of Child Psychiatry. President: Marion Kenworthy, 1035 5th Ave- nue, New York, N. Y. Term expires 1961. Secretary: Reginald S. Lourie, 2125 13th Street, N. W., Washington 9, D. C. Term expires 1961. History: Organized February 22, 1953. Purpose: To provide a forum for free and full discussion of matters relevant to advancement of child psychiatry; to delineate the scope of practice of this specialty and to encourage recog- nition of this practice among psychiatrists and other members of the medical profession ; to encourage and support high standards of train- ing and practice ; to stimulate physicians to enter this field ; to promote and advance activi- ties in areas of prevention, treatment, research, and teaching in child psychiatry; and to honor physicians who have made considerable con- tributions to this subject and activity. Membership: Fellows must be members of American Psychiatric Association, certified by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in psychiatry, or eligible to take examination of this Board. Associates must be physicians not eligible for Fellowship, but who have made out- standing contributions in child psychiatry. Membership by invitation. Total membership 196. Meetings: Semiannual. Publications: Journal, quarterly. 36. American Academy of Compensation Medi- cine, Inc. 221 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. President: Donald A. Covalt, 400 East 34th Street, New York 16, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: William T. Foley, 441 East 68th Street, New York 21, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized and incorporated June 22, 1946. Purpose: To establish standards of practice and to promote education and research in work- men's compensation and industrial medicine ; to encourage, foster, and promote advancement of medicine and surgery in relation to industrial medicine; to develop medical criteria for the determination of causal relationship between in- jury, disease, and disability; to serve as a forum for exchange of ideas and discussion of problems. Membership: Fellows, 209, licensed physicians who are members of their county and state medical societies and the American Medical Association and who are diplomates in a spe- cialty, or Fellows of the American College of Surgeons, or Fellows of the American Col- lege of Physicians, or who have special qualifica- tions acceptable to the Board of Governors ; Associate Fellows, 6, licensed physicians whose training and qualifications indicate meeting re- quirements for fellowship within five years ; Members, licensed physicians in good standing. Total membership 225. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Postgraduate courses are held in cooperation with New York Uni- versity Post-Graduate Medical School and with other postgraduate medical schools by invita- tion ; lectures with county medical societies. Publications: Compensation Medicine, quar- terly, current volume: 11, domestic $5, foreign $7. Editor: Samuel M. Peck. 37. American Academy of Dental Medicine. President: Hermann Becks, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif. Term expires June 1961. Secretary: George F. Clarke, 554 Franklin Street, Mel- rose, Mass. Term expires June 1961. UNITED STATES 11 History: Organized 1946; incorporated in New York. Sections : Connecticut ; Mary- land; Massachusetts; Michigan; Missouri; Montreal ; New Jersey ; New York ; Pennsyl- vania; South Carolina; Texas. Purpose: To promote study and dissemination of knowledge of cause, prevention, and control of diseases of the teeth, their supporting struc- tures, and adnexa and of related subjects; to promote better scientific understanding between fields of medicine and dentistry. , Membership: Active members, 905, members of dental profession who have been graduated from college for at least five years and who are members of representative national societies and qualified by special interest or accomplish- ment in field of dental medicine; Associate members, 53, from allied professions ; Honorary members, 22, nonmembers of outstanding service in field of dental medicine. Total membership 980. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Endowment and Re- search Fund, for dento-medical research projects. Publications: Journal of Dental Medicine, quarterly, current volume: 15, $5. Editor: I. Yudkofif. 38. American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology. First National Bank Building, Rochester, Minn. President: Francis W. Lynch, 350 St. Peter Street, St. Paul 2, Minn. Term expires December 1960. Secretary- Treasurer: Robert R. Kierland, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Term expires December 1962. History: Organized 1936. Purpose: Education in dermatology and syphilology. Membership: Fellows, 1,637, certified by American Board of Dermatology and Syphil- ology; Associates, 384, three years full-time training in dermatology and syphilology : AfBliates, 61, three years part-time in derma- tology and syphilology, public health, education, or research in connection with this specialty ; Non-resident Fellows, 46, approximately equiva- lent requirements to those for certification by the Board; Special, 49, retired, in the Armed Forces, etc. Total membership 2,177. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Earl D. Osborne Fel- lowship in dermal pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D. C. 39. American Academy of General Practice. Volker Boulevard at Brookside Street, Kansas City 12, Mo. President: John G. Walsh, 2901 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, Calif. Term expires April 1961. Executive Director: Mac F. Cahal. Term indefinite. History: Organized June 1947. Incorporated in Illinois, November 1947. Commissions : Education ; Hospitals ; Legislation and Public Policy ; Membership. Committees : Finance ; Publication; Insurance; Scientific Assembly; Constitution and By-Laws ; Mental Health ; Industrial Health; Rural Health; National Defense ; Voluntary Prepaid Medical Care. Purpose: To promote and maintain high standards of general practice of medicine and surgery ; to encourage and assist young men and women in preparing, qualifying, and estab- lishing themselves in general practice ; to pre- serve the right of the general practitioner to engage in medical and surgical procedures for which he is qualified by training and experience ; to assist in providing postgraduate study courses for general practitioners, and to encourage and assist practicing physicians and surgeons in par- ticipating in such training ; to promote the sci- ence and art of medicine and surgery and the betterment of public health, and to preserve for the patient the right of free choice of physician. Membership: Eligibility: Active members must be physicians engaged in the general prac- tice of medicine and surgery. A general practi- tioner is defined as one who does not limit him- self to one field of medicine or surgery. He must have graduated from a medical school approved by the American Medical Association. He must be duly licensed to practice in the state or province in which he practices, and must be a member of the constituent state or provincial medical society of the American Medical Asso- ciation or Canadian Medical Association of the state, territory, or province in which he prac- tices, or hold membership in the recognized medical society of the country of his residence. A candidate for membership who was graduated from medical school after January 1, 1950, must have had at least one year of rotating internship at a hospital approved for internship training by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association. In addi- tion, he must have completed one of the follow- ing : two years of graduate training acceptable to and approved by the Commission on Educa- tion, one year of such training followed by two years of general practice, or three years of general practice. Total membership 25,842. Meetings: Annual. Publications: GP, monthly, current volume: 21, $10, members $5. Managing Editor: Walter H. Kemp. 12 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 40. American Academy of Implant Dentures. 2120 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn 29, N. Y. President: Arthur C. Jermyn, 240 Danbury Circle, N., Rochester, N. Y. Term expires October 1961. Secretary: A. Norman Cranin. Term expires October 1961. History: Organized 1951. Purpose: To promulgate the art and science of implantodontology ; to influence standards of practice and elevate the theoretical and clinical science of implant dentistry. Membership: Requires affiliation with Ameri- can Dental Association or National Dental Association and local constituent society. Writ- ten and oral examination must be passed. Total membership 150. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: An annual President's plaque is presented. Periodic awards are made to deserving scientists or officers of the Academy for achievement in its field. Publications: Journal of Implant Dentistry, semiannual, current volume : 6, $2.50. Editor : A. C. Jermyn. Newsletter, monthly, current volume: 1, free to members. Editor: A. N. Cranin. 41. American Academy of Microbiology, Inc. 900 Market Street, Wilmington, Del. Chair- man: C. A. Evans, Department of Micro- biology, University of Washington, Seattle 5, Wash. Term expires May 2, 1961. Executive Secretary: G. I. Wallace, 232 Burrill Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Term ex- pires May 2, 1961. History: Organized September, 1955; spon- sored by the Society of American Bacteriologists. Purpose: To promote the highest professional standing of microbiologists ; to carry on profes- sional activities on behalf of the science of microbiology ; to promote programs of recogni- tion, certification and/or accreditation of micro- biologists where needed to accomplish the afore- said purposes. Membership: Active Fellows, 515, a doctor's degree, a minimum of seven years full-time post doctorate experience in microbiology, member- ship in good standing in at least one scientific society, high ethical standards and professional excellence and experience ; Emeritus Fellows, 24, fellow who is retired because of age. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Certification and accreditation programs for microbiologists. Con- ferences on Educational and Professional Stand- ards in Microbiology. 42. American Academy of Neurological Sur- gery. President: George S. Baker, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Term expires Octo- ber 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: Robert L. McLaurin, Cincinnati General Hospital, 3231 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati 29, Ohio. Term expires October 1960. History: Organized 1938. Purpose: To promote scientific intercourse among members, and knowledge and skill of those devoted to neurological surgery. Membership: Requires graduation from ac- credited colleges and acceptable postgraduate training in neurology, neurological surgery, and related fields. Total membership 69. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: American Academy of Neurological Surgery Award, annual, to a neurosurgeon in training, for original investiga- tion. 43. American Academy of Neurology. 4307 East 50th Street, Minneapolis 17, Minn. President: Augustus S. Rose, Division of Neurology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 24, Calif. Term expires April 1961. Executive Secretary: Mrs. J. C. McKinley. Term indefinite. History: Organized and incorporated 1948. Purpose: To promote and encourage interest in the field of neurology through education and research. Membership: Fellows, 348, diplomates of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or certified in neurology by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, predomi- nantly interested in organic neurology, practic- ing chiefly in neurology and having made per- sonal contributions to advancement of scientific knowledge of their profession ; Active, 463, diplomates of American Board or certified by Royal College; Associates, 815, those in field related to neurology ; Junior, 367, graduates of Class A medical schools and engaged in post- graduate training for neurological specialty ; Honorary-Corresponding, 50, persons outside of United States and Canada, who have dis- tinguished themselves in neurology ; Honorary, 8, not diplomates of American Board but having rendered distinguished service to neurology. Total membership 2,051. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: S. Weir Mitchell .A. ward by Women's .-Au-xiliary to the .American Academy of Neurology, $200, awarded annually to junior member of the A AN who submits the most commendable manuscript in the field of neurology. UNITED STATES 13 Publications: Neurology, monthly, current volume: 10, $12, $9 to junior members. Editor: Russell N. Dejong, Ann Arbor, Mich. AA. American Academy of Occupational Medi- cine. President: Joseph A. Quigley, National Lead Co., P. O. Box 158, Mt. Healthy Station, Cincinnati 31, Ohio. Term expires February 9, 1961. Secretary: Paul J. Whitaker, Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co., P. O. Box 512, Milwaukee 1, Wis. Term expires February 9, 1961. History: Organized April 26, 1946. Purpose: Maintenance and improvement of the health of industrial vi^orkers. Membership: Full-time practice in occupa- tional medicine. Total membership 350. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Award of Honor. Publications: Archives of Environmental Heahh. 45. American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. 15 2nd Street, S. W., Rochester, Minn. President: Dean McAllister Lierle, Iowa City, Iowa. Term expires De- cember 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: Wil- liam Lemuel Benedict. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Organized in 1896 as the Western Ophthalmological, Otolaryngological and Rhin- ological Association ; name changed to Western Ophthalmologic and Otolaryngologic Associa- tion in 1899, and to present title in 1903. Com- mittees : Conservation of Hearing; Stand- ardization of Tonometers ; Optics and Visual Physiology ; Ophthalmic Pathology ; Otolaryn- gologic Pathology ; Reconstructive Plastic Sur- gery ; Audio- Visual Education; Implants and Implant Techniques ; Use of Diagnostic Pro- cedures and Therapy in Uveitis ; Research in Otolaryngology. Purpose: To promote and advance the science and art of medicine appertaining to the eye, ear, nose, and throat ; to encourage the study of the relationship of these specialties to surgery, gen- eral medicine, and hygiene. Membership: A candidate for Active Fellow- ship shall be a m.ember in good standing of a local and national medical society and shall be certified and approved by a national examining and certifying specialty board acceptable to the Council. Active Fellows shall automatically be- come Life Fellows after twenty-five consecutive years in good standing. Active Fellows, 5,797 ; Life, 938; Inactive, 130; Honorary, 29; Asso- ciate, 10. Total membership 6,904. Meetings: Annual. Professional acfiz'itics: Wherry Memorial Lecture Fund ; Educational Trust Fund ; schol- arships in ophthalmic and otolaryngic path- ology ; awards for research in otolaryngology ; awards for theses. Publications: Transactions, bimonthly, cur- rent volume : 64, $2 ; Orthoptic Journal, annual, current volume : 10, $2. Editor : William L. Benedict. 46. American Academy of Optometry. 1506 Foshay Tower, Minneapolis 2, Minn. Presi- dent: Lawrence Fitch, Pennsylvania State College of Optometry, 12th and Spencer Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires De- cember 1960. Secretary: Carel C. Koch. Term expires December 1960. History: Founded 1921. Purpose: To support research on vision and to promote postgraduate education. Membership: Members must be optometrists in practice, faculty teachers of professional optometric courses, or research workers in vision. Total membership 920. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Grants in aid for re- search projects. Publications: American Journal of Optometry, monthly, current volume : 37, $8. Editor : Carel C. Koch. 47. American Academy of Oral Pathology. President: Robert Colby, School of Dentistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. Term expires April 4, 1961. Secretary- Treasurer: Robert J. Gorlin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Term in- definite. History: Founded 1947. Founded the Ameri- can Board of Oral Pathology 1948. Purpose: To stimulate study and research in oral pathology ; to advance the understanding of the application of scientific procedures to dentistry ; to promote and assist a certification board in oral pathology ; to encourage the estab- lishment of fellowships ; to aid in the mainte- nance of the Registry of Dental and Oral Path- ology of the American Dental Association. Membership: Interest in oral pathology. Total membership approximately 350. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Helen McLain Lec- ture, annual. Publications: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, monthly, current volume: 13, $12. Editor : K. Thome. 14 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 48. American Academy of Orthopaedic Sur- geons, Inc. 29 East Madison Street, Chicago 29, 111. President: Hugh Smith, 869 Madison Avenue, Memphis 3, Tenn. Term expires January 1961. Executive Secretary: John K. Hart. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1933; incorporated. Purpose: Advancement of all phases of orthopaedic surgery. Membership: Members must have been gradu- ates of medical school for seven years, practiced othopaedic surgery for three years, and been certified by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Active, 2,442 ; Associate, 7 ; Honorary, 34; Emeritus, 157; Corresponding, 37. Total membership 2,677. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Kappa Delta Award for research ; certificates are awarded for scientific exhibits. Publications: Bulletin, quarterly. Editor: William A. Larmon. History: Organized February 21, 1914; incor- porated in Michigan. Committees : Mem- bership ; Constitution and ByLaws ; Education ; Research in Periodontology ; Nomenclature and Classification ; Scientific Sessions ; Ethics. Purpose: To advance the art and science of periodontology, and by its application to im- prove and maintain public health. Membership: Requires affiliation with Ameri- can Dental Association or a recognized dental association, with periodontics as a major part of practice. Active, 285 ; Associate, 304 ; Non- Resident, 17; Academic, 17; Honorary, 10; Fellows, 14; Retired, 11. Total membership 640. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Sponsoring Graduate Workshop for Teachers in Periodontology, Uni- versity of Minnesota, 1960. Publications: Journal of Periodontology, quar- terly, $8, free to members. Editor : Maynard K. Hine, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Ind. 49. American Academy of Pediatrics. 1801 Hin- man Avenue, Evanston, 111. President: Wil- liam W. Belford, 420 Walnut Street, San Diego 3, Calif. Term expires October 1960. Executive Director: E. H. Christopherson. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1930. Geographic Sec- tions : Nine districts covering United States and Canada ; District X covering Spanish- speaking Latin America ; District XI covering Brazil. Committees : Thirty scientific com- mittees and five sections of the Academy, includ- ing Allergy, Cardiology, Diseases of the Chest, Military Pediatrics, and Surgery. Purpose: To foster and stimulate interest in pediatrics and in all aspects of work for welfare of children. Membership: Requires certification by Ameri- can Board of Pediatrics, and other professional qualifications. Total membership 6,270. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Residency fellowships in pediatrics ; Mead Johnson Research Grants in pediatrics ; Borden Award ; Mead Johnson Awards for research in pediatrics. Publications: Pediatrics, monthly, current volume: 25, $12. Editor: Charles D. May. 50. American Academy of Periodontology. President: B. O. A. Thomas, 668 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif. Term expires Octo- ber 1961. Secretary: Clarke E. Chamberlain, 1101 North North Street, Peoria, 111. Term expires October 1960. 51. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 30 North Michigan Ave- nue, Chicago 2, 111. Executive Secretary: Dorothea C. Augustin. Term indefinite. History: Organized September 1938 as Ameri- can Society of Physical Therapy Physicians ; name later changed to American Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and, still later, to present title. Committees : Advisory for Advancement of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ; Membership Nominating ; Sci- entific Program. Purpose: To promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health through understanding and utilization of func- tions of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Membership: Active members, must be cer- tificants of American Board of Physical Medi- cine and Rehabilitation ; Senior, active members for fifteen years and over sixty-five years of age ; Corresponding, doctors of medicine from countries other than the United States and Canada with recognition, training, and experi- ence comparable to Diplomates of American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ; Honorary, for unusual contribution to this field of medicine. Total membership approximately 300. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Seminars in physical medicine, sponsored periodically through grants by American Rehabilitation Foundation. Publications: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, monthly, current volume: 41, $8.50. Editor: Paul A. Nelson. UNITED STATES 15 52. American Academy of Restorative Den- tistry. President: Carlisle C. Bastian, 22 Cen- tral Park, S., New York 19, N. Y. Term ex- pires February 5, 1961. Secretary: Morton H. Mortonson, Jr., 735 North Water Street, Milwaukee 2, Wis. Term expires February 5, 1961. History: Organized 1928. Purpose: To promote the art and science of dentistry, especially as it applies to use of natural teeth in restoring and maintaining a healthy, functioning mouth ; to disseminate among its members and to the profession the knowledge gained. Membership: Active (limited to 165), 156; Associate, 10, dental graduates not in restora- tive work, and full-time teachers ; Honorary, 20, chiefly former active members no longer in practice. Total membership 186. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, bimonthly, current volumes: 17-18, $9. Editor: C. O. Boucher, Ohio State University, Colum- bus, Ohio. The Journal is cosponsored with other dental organizations. American Academy of Sanitary Engineers. See American Sanitary Engineering Intersociety Board, Inc. 53. American Academy of the History of Den- tistry. President: Van B. Dalton, 116 Gar- field Place, Cincinnati, Ohio. Term expires 1961. Executive Secretary: Milton B. Asbell, 25 Hadden Avenue, Camden, N. J. Term expires 1961. History: Organized as a national society in Washington, D. C, 1950. Purpose: Research activities in the history of dentistry. Membership: Limited to individuals interested in the purpose of the organization. Total mem- bership approximately 125. Meetings: Annual. Publications : Bulletin, monthly. 54. American Academy of Tuberculosis Phy- sicians. P. O. Box 7011, Denver 6, Colo. Secretary: George P. Bailey. Term indefinite. History: Organized June 1935 at Kansas City, Mo. Purpose: To alleviate the sufferings of the tuberculous and eradicate tuberculosis through scientific pursuits ; to elevate the standard of physicians specializing in tuberculosis and allied diseases and to designate those qualified accord- ing to the best scientific and practical informa- tion available. Membership: Graduation from Class A medi- cal school, experience and training in tuber- culology, thoracology, and allied diseases. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Gold Key awards. Certificates of Honor. Excellate awards to very select group. Publications: Tuberculology, irregular, $6. Editor : H. J. Corper. 55. American Alpine Club. 113 East 90th Street, New York 28, N. Y. President: Robert H. Bates, 153 High Street, Exeter, N. H. Term expires December 1961. Executive Secretary: Lawrence G. Coveney, 199 Oak Ridge Avenue, Summit, N. J. Term expires December 1961. History: First meeting, Washington, D. C, January 2, 1903; incorporated in Pennsylvania, December 30, 1915. Purpose: Scientific exploration and study of higher mountain elevations and of regions within or about the Arctic and Antarctic Cir- cles ; cultivation of mountain craft ; promotion and dissemination of knowledge regarding such regions. Membership: Requirements: Active, mountain ascents acceptable to Board of Directors ; ex- ploration in Arctic or Antarctic; contributions to the science of mountaineering, recent glaciology, or alpine art, considered by Board of Directors to be of permanent importance in advancing knowledge of these subjects ; mini- mum age twenty years. Honorary, preeminent distinction in mountaineering, exploration, or research ; election by unanimous vote of Board of Directors. Honorary members exempt from dues and assessments but possess privileges of active memberhip except right to vote, propose or second candidates, or hold office unless elected from active membership. Active members, 527 ; Honorary, 8. Total membership 535. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Assistance given to various expeditions in respect to mountain ex- ploration and geological research. Ptiblications: American Alpine Journal, an- nual, current volume: 12, $3, members $2. Accidents in American Mountaineering, annual, $0.25, free to members. American Alpine Club News, bimonthly, $1.50, free to members. Edi- tor : Adams H. Carter. Library: 6,600 volumes. Subject emphasis: Mountaineering. 56. American Animal Hospital Association. President: Wayne H. Riser, 3511 Kent Street, Kensington, Md. Term expires April 1961. Executive Secretary: Frank R. Booth, 3920 East Jackson Boulevard, Elkhart, Ind. Term indefinite. 16 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES History: Founded 1933 as an association of animal hospitals. Purpose: To provide the best possible veter- inary service and hospital facilities for the care and treatment of animal pets ; to advance the professional interests of veterinarians engaged in hospitalization of animals ; to maintain high standards of hospital facilities. Membership: Requirements: A hospital build- ing, suitably constructed and maintained for proper housing of small animals, subject to an- nual inspections to guarantee proper mainte- nance, and managed by a director complying with Code of Ethics of the profession. Meetings: Annual. Professional aetivities: Annual scientific con- vention, six regional scientific meetings ; Moss Essay Award to senior veterinary student ; Morris Memorial Animal Foundation Award for research ; Veterinarian of the Year Award ; special awards. Puhlieations: Bulletin, bimonthly, members only. Editor : Frank R. Booth. 57. American Anthropological Association. 1530 P Street, N. W., Washington 5, D. C. Presi- dent: Margaret Mead, American Museum of Natural History, 77th Street and Central Park West, New York 24, N. Y. Term expires November 20, 1960. Executive Secretary: Betty J. Meggers. Term indefinite. History: Incorporated 1902, at Washington, D. C ; reorganized 1947, as a professional asso- ciation. Purpose: To advance all branches of science of anthropology and further professional inter- est of American anthropologists. Membership: No requirements for members except dues payments ; Fellows must be pro- fessional anthropologists with qualifications ap- proved by Executive Board. Fellows, 771 ; Members, 2,130; Library Subscribers, 1,050. Total membership 3,951. Meetings: Annual. Publications: American Anthropologist, bi- monthly, current volume : 62, $8.50 to members, institutional subscribers $11.75. Editor: Edward H. Spicer. Fellow Newsletter, ten annually, current volume: 1, $2. Editor: Betty J. Meggers. 58. American Association for Cancer Research, Inc. President: Murray J. Shear, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda 14, Md. Term ex- pires April 8, 1961. Execufi-i'e Secretary: Hugh J. Creech. Institute for Cancer Re- search, 7701 Rurholme Avenue, Fox Chase, Philadelphia 11. Pa. Term indefinite. History: Organized May 7, 1907; incorporated 1940 in New York. Two local sections, South- west and Chicago. Purpose: Association of research workers for presentation and discussion of new and significant observations and problems in cancer ; to foster cancer research. Membership : Active : persons having at least two years of meritorious research resulting in publications clearly relevant to cancer, residence in the Americas. Honorary : distinguished sci- entists and others contributing significantly to advance of cancer research. Emeritus : those sixty-five years of age, active members ten years or longer. Corresponding membership open to qualified persons not residents of the Americas. Active, 1,011; Honorary, 9; Emeri- tus, 39 ; Corresponding, 7. Total membership 1,066. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Cancer Research, monthly, cur- rent volume : 20, $15. Editor : Harold P. Rusch, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 59. American Association for Cleft Palate Re- habilitation. President: Samuel Pruzansky, University of Illinois, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago 12, 111. Term expires May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Betty Jane McWilliams, Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized 1942; incorporated Octo- ber 8, 1951. Committees: Medical; Dental; Para-Medical-Dental. Purpose: To promote the science and art of rehabilitation of persons with cleft palate and associated deformities ; to encourage scientific research in the causes of cleft palate and cleft lip ; to encourage cooperation among and stimulation of specialists interested in rehabilita- tion of cleft palate persons ; to stimulate public interest in and support of this activity. Membership : Open to persons possessing de- grees in dental surgery, dental medicine, medi- cine, philosophy, or education, and possessing recognized professional certificates in this field. This is an inter-disciplinary organization, made up of qualified people concerned with patient management. Total membership 600. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Cleft Palate Bulletin, quarterly, $3. Editor : Ernest H. Hixon, State University of Towa, Towa City, Iowa. 60. American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. 1201 16th Street, N. \V., Washington 6, D. C. President: Minnie L. Lynn, Bouve Boston School, Tufts Uni- UNITED STATES 17 versity, Bedford, Mass. Term expires March 1961. Executive Secretary: Carl A. Troester, Jr. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1885 as Association for the Advancement of Physical Education ; name changed in 1886 to American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education, in 1903 to American Physical Education Associa- tion, in 1937 to American Association for Health and Physical Education, and in 1938 to present title. Association is a department of National Education Association. Sections : Six Dis- trict Associations : Central ; Eastern ; Midwest ; Northwest ; Southern ; Southwest. State Asso- ciations in fifty States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Divisions : Health Education ; Physical Education ; Recreation Edu- cation ; Girls' and Women's Sports ; Men's .Athletics ; Safety and Driver Education ; Gen- eral. Forty-eight sections based on special interest groups. Purpose: To promote and improve education in health, safety, physical training, athletics, and recreation in schools, colleges, and communities ; to interpret the aims and purposes of these areas to teachers, allied professional groups, and the public ; to raise standards of preparation and encourage and assist in research ; to encourage national and international cooperation in the subject fields. Membership: Professional, 13,000, and Life, 200, professionals in subject fields; Student, 7,000, enrolled for professional preparation in subject fields. Total membership, including institutional subscriptions, 25,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Funds are allocated in varying amounts to the Research Council of the -Association and to other sections. Honor Awards : William G. Anderson Award ; Luther H. Gulick Award. Publications: Journal, monthly except June, July, and August, current volume: 31, free to members ; subscription $10, available to in- stitutions and libraries only. Research Quar- terly, current volume: 31, free to members; subscrijjtion $5, available to institutions and libraries only. Editor : Nancy H. Rosenberg. 61. American Association for Rehabilitation Therapy, Inc. 12020 Joan Drive, Pittsburgh 35, Pa. President: Robert B. Miller, 362 East Loucks Street, Sheridan, Wyo. Term expires July 15, 1961. Policy Board Chairman: Joseph H. MacQueen. Term expires July 15, 1961. History: Organized September 14, 1950 at Topeka, Kans. Sections : Manual Arts Therapy; Educational Therapy; Industrial Therapy ; Medical Coordinators or Directors ; Recreation Therapy ; Volunteer Directors ; Spe- cial Teachers. Nineteen chapters throughout the LTnited States. National Boards : Conven- tion ; Editorial ; Fiscal ; History ; Policy ; Rehabilitation Careers. National Commit- tees : Editorial ; Education; Legislation; Liai- son ; Membership ; Nominations ; Public Rela- tions Research. Purpose: To promote the use of curative and technical modalities within the scope, philosophy, and approved medical concepts of rehabilitation ; to advance its practice ; to establish and advance the standards of education and training of re- habilitation therapists ; to encourage and further research ; to cooperate with other organizations in the realization of common objectives. Membership: Active: bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field applicable to rehabilitation therapy, and work as rehabilitation personnel under the direction of a physician in pursuance of a medical objective as prescribed and super- vised by him, or work in an administrative, advisory, or therapeutic capacity ; physicians qualify as active members. Student : enrollment in an accredited college in a course applicable to rehabilitation therapy. Associate members, those not qualified for active or student member- ship. Active, 473 ; Student, 3 ; Associate, 43. Total membership 519. Meetings: .Annual; biannual meetings in each chapter. Professional actii'ities: Joseph F. Harris .Award, annual, presented to the member who does the most for professional advancement of the Association ; Long Term Service Award, annual, Edgar E. Best Award, annual, for best scientific exhibit in Manual Arts Therapy ; "Wise Owl" Award, for best professional paper published by a member ; Registry of Medical Rehabilitation Therapists and Specialists (chartered). Publications: American Archives of Re- habilitation Therapy, quarterly, current vol- ume: 8, $3. Editor: Hollis J. McCoy, 3725 West 10th Street, Topeka, Kans. Rehabilitation Therapy Bulletin, four to eight times per year, current volume: 10. free to members. Editor: Joseph H. MacQueen. Directory of Registered Rehabilitation Therapists and Specialists, an- nual, current volume : 6, $2. Registrar : Joseph !•'. Harris. 62. American Association for Textile Tech- nology, Inc. President : Cameron A. Baker, Better Fabrics Testing Bureau, 101 West 31st Street. New York 1, N. Y. Term expires January 1961. Executive Secretary: Bernice S. Bronner, 100 West 55th Street, New A'ork 19, N. Y. Term indefinite. 18 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES History: Organized 1934; incorporated 1945. Purpose: To encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of textile technology in all its branches ; to promote inter- change of professional knowledge among mem- bers of this Association and between this Asso- ciation and other technical societies, associations, and organizations ; to stimulate fraternal inter- course among technologists ; to provide means for the diffusion of the knowledge of textile technology ; to consider the establishment and promulgation of standards. Membership: Regular membership, open to those graduates of accredited colleges or textile technical schools of collegiate rank who are engaged in the technical branches of the textile and affiliated industries, who at time of appli- cation for membership are pursuing the profes- sion of technologist and have had two years of textile technical experience. In lieu of gradua- tion from a college or textile technical school of collegiate rank, applicant must have had at least five years of practical experience in the technical branch of the textile or affiliated in- dustries and must be qualified as a technologist at the time of application for membership. Total membership 944. Meetings: First Wednesday of each month, except July and August. Professional activities: Plaques awarded an- nually in June to the best textile graduate in each of ten accredited textile schools. 63. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington 5, D. C. President: Thomas Park, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. Term expires December 1961. Executive Officer: Dael Wolfle. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1848 in pursuance of a resolution adopted at Boston, September 1847, by the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists to resolve itself into the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; incorporated March 1874. Sections : A, Mathematics ; B, Physics ; C, Chemistry ; D, Astronomy ; E, Geology and Geography ; F, Zoological Sciences ; G, Botanical Sciences ; H, Anthropology; I, Psychology; K, Social and Economic Sciences ; L, History and Philosophy of Science ; M, Engineering ; N, Medical Sci- ences ; Nd, Dentistry ; Np, Pharmacy ; O, Agriculture ; P, Industrial Science ; Q, Educa- tion. Divisions : Alaska Division, members resident in Alaska, and others who meet the Division's requirements ; Pacific Division, mem- bers resident in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Hawaiian Islands, and Montana west of the Continental Divide ; Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division, members resident in Ari- zona, New Mexico, Colorado, Sonora, Chihua- hua, Texas west of the 100th meridian, Wyo- ming, and Montana east of the Continental Divide. In June 1960, there were two hundred and ninety-one scientific organizations which were officially affiliated with the Association. Affiliated organizations have representatives in the coun- cil of the Association and take part in the direc- tion of its affairs. Of the affiliated organizations, forty-six are academies of science, two hundred and forty-five are other societies. Purpose: To further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, and to increase public under- standing and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress. Membership: Sustaining members; Life mem- bers ; Annual members, separated into Members and Fellows, the latter being those who have made meritorious contributions to science. Total membership about 60,000. Meetings: Annual. The Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division annual meeting is held in the Spring ; the Pacific Division annual meeting is held in June ; and the Alaska Division annual meeting is usually held in September. The AAAS Gordon Research Conferences are held each Summer at the Colby Junior Col- lege, New London, N. H., New Hampton School, New Hampton, N. H., and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., to stimulate research in universities, research foundations, and industrial laboratories. Professional activities: General Endowment Fund, capital in 1960 about $506,000, income approximately $39,000. Newcomb Cleveland Prize of $1,000, established in 1923, is awarded each year to a person presenting a noteworthy contribution to science at the annual meeting of the Association. This paper must be presented at the meeting, though the author need not be a member of the Association. AAAS Prize in Sociology of $1,000, funds provided for this purpose by an anonymous friend of the Asso- ciation, to be awarded annually for a paper or book using successfully methods of the natural sciences in the field of sociology. Theobald Smith Award of $1,000, established in 1937 by Eli Lilly and Company, for a distinguished con- tribution to medical science by a person under 35 years of age. Other grants awarded through state academies of science. Publications: Science, weekly, current vol- ume : 131-132, $8.50, free to members. Editor : Graham DuShane. UNITED STATES 19 64i. American Association for the History of Medicine, Inc. Smithsonian Institution, Wash- ington 25, D. C. President: Chauncey D. Leake, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio. Term expires 1962. Secretary: John B. Blake. Term expires 1961. History: Founded 1925; incorporated in New York State as nonprofit membership corpora- tion ; acts as United States and Canadian Sec- tion of International Society of the History of Medicine. Sections : Twenty-seven constituent societies. Committees : Bibliography ; Teach- ing of History of Medicine ; Research in Ameri- can Medical History. Purpose: To encourage a high standard of interest in the history of medicine, including the history of public health, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medical social work, and allied subjects. Membersliip: Active: requires residence in the United States or Canada, and interest in history of medicine. Active Members, 550; Non- resident Members, 20 ; Honorary, 8 ; Constituent Societies, 27. Meetings : Annual . Professional activities: William H. Welch Medal, for contributions of outstanding schol- arly merit in medical history ; William Osier Medal, for student prize essay; Fielding H. Garrison Lecture ; preparation of annual bibliog- raphy in history of medicine in United States and Canada. Publications: Bulletin of the History of Medi- cine, bimonthly, current volume : 34, free to members. Editor : Owsei Timken, Johns Hop- kins School of Medicine, Baltimore 5, Md. 65. American Association for the Study of Neoplastic Diseases. President: Norman N. Steinberg, Royal Oak, Mich. Term expires July 1961. Executive Secretary: Bruce H. Sisler, National Cancer Institute, Research Grants Branch, Bethesda, Md. Term expires July 1961. History: Organized in 1932 at Johns Hop- kins University. Purpose: To bring together the pathologists, radiologists, surgeons, and other members of the specialties most concerned in the treatment of neoplastic diseases ; to continue the study of such diseases. Membership: Limited to individuals with de- grees of doctor of medicine or doctor of dental surgery, with an interest in the scientific study of neoplasia. Total membership 160. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Maintains a tumor registry; holds the Joseph Colt Bloodgood Lecture annually. G6. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. President: Harrison L. McLaugh- lin, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, New York 32, N. Y. Term begins October 1960. History: Organized June 14, 1938, at San Francisco, Calif. Purpose: Cultivation and improvement of the science and art of surgery of trauma and allied sciences. Membership: Members of state or provincial societies with ten years' practice limited to sur- gery or allied specialties, certified by American Board of Surgery or specialty board with which identified, who are Fellows of American College of Surgeons or of one of the Royal Colleges, and have contributed to medical literature. Active members, 250; Senior, 140; Honorary, 16. Total membership 406. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal of Surgery, bimonthly. Editor : Charles G. Johnston, 1401 Rivard Street, Detroit, Mich. 67. American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 308 Carondelet Building, 7730 Carondelet Avenue, St. Louis 5, Mo. President: John H. Gibbon, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires April 1961. Secretary: Hiram T. Langston. Term expires April 1961. History: Organized 1917 in New York City at a meeting of the New York Society for Thoracic Surgery. Purpose: To encourage and stimulate investi- gation and study that will increase the knowledge of intrathoracic physiology, pathology, and therapy ; to correlate and disseminate such knowledge. Membership: Active: individuals who have been associate members, elected for distinction in thoracic field or meritorious contribution to knowledge pertaining to thoracic disease and surgical treatment. Associate : individuals hav- ing an active interest in thoracic disease as a practitioner, teacher, or investigator. Senior : individuals who have been active members for not less than ten years, active members who have passed the age of sixty or who have become incapacitated by illness. Honorary : persons who have rendered distinguished service to the profession. Active, 271; Associate, 176; Sen- ior, 86 ; Honorary, 9. Total membership 542. Meetings : Annual . Professional activities: Sponsorship and sup- port of the Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, open to young thoracic surgeons from Europe, to bring a well trained thoracic surgeon from abroad to this country for additional experience and training in a center of his choice. 20 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Publications: Journal of Thoracic and Cardio- vascular Surgery, monthly, current volume : 39, $20. Editor : Emile Holman. 68. American Association of Anatomists. Presi- dent: Edward W. Dempsey, School of Medi- cine, Washington University, 4580 Scott Ave- nue, St. Louis 10, Mo. Term expires March 24, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Louis B. Flexner, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Phila- delphia 4, Pa. Term expires spring 1964. History: Organized September 17, 1888 at Washington, D. C. as the Association of Ameri- can Anatomists, in affiliation with the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons ; name changed to present title December 29, 1909. Committees : Motion Pictures ; Journal Trust Fund ; Anatomical Nomenclature. Purpose: Advancement of anatomical science. Membership: Members must be engaged in the investigation of anatomical or cognate sci- ences, with the equivalent of an M.D. or Ph.D. degree, and at least one publication on an anatomical subject. Total membership 1300. Meetings: Annual, each year at a different medical school, at the invitation of a depart- ment of anatomy or biology. Professional activities: Journal Trust Fund, approximately $19,800, for assistance in publica- tion or original research in anatomy. Publications: American Journal of Anatomy, bimonthly, current volume: 105-106, $15. Edi- tor : Donald Duncan. Anatomical Record, monthly, current volume: 134-136, $22.50. Edi- tor : Charles M. Goss. 69. American Association of Bioanalysts, 490 Post Street, San Francisco 2, Calif. President: William G. Gilleland, 1216 Pennsylvania Ave- nue, Fort Worth, Tex. Term expires July 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: Lucien D. Hertert. Term expires July 1, 1961. History: Formed 1956 by a merger of The Council of American Bioanalysts and The Na- tional Association of Clinical Laboratories. Incorporated under the laws of California. Organized into four regions, each of whicli holds scientific meetings throughout its geographic area. Purpose: To provide for a common meeting place of individuals teaching and applying the bioanalytical sciences ; to encourage research into all phases of bioanalytical tests and testing ; to diffuse analytical knowledge that student, teacher, analyst, and the health of the general public be benefited by these efforts. Membership: Active, open to scientist- directors of clinical laboratories, 480 ; Honor- ary, 3. Total membership 483. Afectings: Annual, rotating through the four regions. Professional activities: Margaret Beattie Lec- ture, annual ; Herbert Johnstone Memorial Fund ; maintenance of Central Standards Laboratory. Publications: Abstracts of Bioanalytic Tech- nology, quarterly, current volume : 8, $9. Editor : H. B. McDaniels. Bulletin, quarterly, current volume : 4, free. Editor : Lucien D. Hertert. Library: A slide library of permanent specimens. 70. American Association of Blood Banks. 30 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 2, 111. President: John R. Schenken, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, 3612 Cuming Street, Omaha, Nebr. Term expires October 27, 1961. Manager, Central Office: Miss Lois J. James. Term indefinite. History: Founded November 19, 1947, at Dallas, Tex. Central Office established in Chi- cago March 3, 1958. Purpose: To furnish guidance and advice on problems in establishment and administration of blood banks, provide information regarding schools offering blood bank training, and dis- tribute informative material on blood banking. Membership: Individual membership open to any person interested in blood banking and transfusion therapy. .Associate institutional membership open to hospitals and clinics which do not operate blood banks. Institutional mem- bership open to ethical institutions, including those operated by American Medical Association registered hospitals engaged in blood banking. Total membership, including both individual and institutional, approximately 3,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: John Elliott Award; Landsteiner Award. Publications: Bulletin, montlily current vol- ume : 13, $5. Editor : Kurt Stern. In January 1961 the Bulletin will be discontinued and re- placed by a new scientific journal, Transfusion, bimonthly, members $6, nonmcmbers $8. Editor : T. J. Greenwalt. 71. American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboretums. 1632 Chestnut Street, Phila- delpliia 3. Pa. President: John E. \'oight, Alfred L. Boerner Botanic Garden, 5819 South 92nd Street, Hales Corners, Wis. Term ex])ires October 1961. Secretary: Carl W. lenninger, P. O. Box 216, Lima, Pa. Term e.xpires October 1961. History: Organized September 1940. Purpose: To promote the interests of botan- UNITED STATES 21 ical gardens and arboretums, and public, includ- ing municipal, interest in living plants. Membership: Requirement for voting mem- bership : association with a botanic garden or arboretum. Associate membership : no special requirement. Total membership 160. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, free to members. 72. American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 1955 University Avenue, St. Paul 4, Minn. President: John A. Johnson, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. Term expires April 1961. Executive Secretary: Raymond Tarleton. Term indefinite. History: Founded May 8, 1915, at Kansas City, Mo. Merged with the American Society of Milling and Baking Technology March 28, 1923. Sections : Northwest ; Pioneer ; Kan- sas City ; Nebraska ; Central States ; Niagara Frontier; Pacific Northwest; Midwest; New York ; Lone Star ; Toronto ; Cincinnati ; Cana- dian Prairie ; Northern California ; Southern California ; Chesapeake. Committees : Fifteen Association Committees, thirty-five Technical Committees. Purpose: To encourage and advance scientific and technical research in cereals and their prod- ucts, particularly milling and baking, but in- cluding other industries utilizing cereals and products ; to study analytical methods used in cereal chemistry and develop and adopt uni- form or standard methods of examination and analysis ; to promote spirit of scientific coopera- tion among workers in field of cereal knowledge and maintain high professional standards in .Association as conditions of membership ; to encourage more general recognition of the chemist and biologist as essential factors in de- velopment of cereal industries. Membership: Active: Individuals having B.S. degree or four years in recognized institution, or minimum of two years chemistry and four years practical experience ; Sustaining : indi- viduals interested in or concerned with use of cereals or cereal products ; Corporate : corpora- tions interested in or concerned with use of cereals or cereal products. Total membership 1,300. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Thomas Burr Osborne Medal, awarded at irregular intervals for dis- tinguished contributions to field of cereal chem- istry ; established 1926. Publications: Cereal Chemistry, bimonthly, current volume: 2,7, $15. Editor: W. F. Geddes. Cereal Science Today, monthly except June and August, current volume : 5, $3. Editor : Paul E. Ramstad. 73. American Association of Clinical Chemists, Inc. Lebanon Hospital, New York 57, N. Y. President: Arnald Ware, Los Angeles Coun- ty Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif. Term ex- pires June 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert L. Dryer, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Term expires June 30, 1962. History: Organized December 15, 1948; in- corporated in New York State. Sections : Metropolitan New York; Boston; Philadelphia; Chicago : Washington - Baltimore - Richmond ; Southern California ; Midwest ; Upper New York. Purpose: To raise the level of clinical chem- istry, stimulate development of new methods, and maintain a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas. Membership: Fellows, 145, require certifica- tion by American Board of CHnical Chemistry; Members, 650, require Ph.D. degree and one year's experience, or Master's degree with three years' experience, or Bachelor's degree with five years' experience ; Associate members, 144; Honorary, 6, by vote of Executive Com- mittee. Total membership 875. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Ames .Award, formerly the Ernst Bischoff Award, annual, $1,000, scroll, and medal. Publications: Clinical Chemist, bimonthly, current volume: 12, $5. Editor: H. D. Appleton. 74. American Association of Colleges of Chiro- pody-Podiatry. 926 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia 23, Pa. President: Donald V. Anderson. Term expires .August 1961. Executive Secretary: L. C. Numbers. Term expires August 1961. History: Founded August 2, 1932, by repre- sentatives of California College of Chiropody, Chicago College of Chiropody, Illinois College of Chiropody, First Institute of Podiatry, Ohio College of Chiropody, and School of Chiropody of Temple University. Purpose: To improve the quality of chiropod- ical education. Membership: Colleges must be accredited by the Council on Education of the American Podiatry Association. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume: 50, $10. Editor: A. Rubin. Library: 3301 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 1,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: chiropody. 22 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 75. American Association of Colleges of Phar- macy. 833 South Wood Street, Chicago 12, 111. President: Henry M. Burlage, University of Texas, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Tex. Term expires July 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Charles W. Bliven, George Washington Uni- versity, School of Pharmacy, Washington 6, D. C. Term expires July 1961. History: Organized May 1900 as the Ameri- can Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties ; name changed to present title August 1924. Purpose: To promote pharmaceutical educa- tion and research. Membership : Active, 76 : college must have its full curriculum in operation and must be accredited by the American Council on Pharma- ceutical Education ; affiliate, 3 : must be a member of the Canadian Conference of Phar- niaceutical Faculties. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Annual seminar for teachers in the professional areas of instruction, witli a general teaching seminar every third year. Publications: American Journal of Pharma- ceutical Education, quarterly, current volume : 24, $5. Editor: Melvin R. Gibson, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. 76. American Association of Correctional Psy- chologists. President: Raymond R. Gilbert, Massachusetts Department of Correction, 120 Tremont Street, Boston 8, Mass. Term in- definite. Executive Secretary: Sheldon B. Peizer, Federal Correctional Institution, Ash- land, Ky. Term indefinite. History: Organized September 1953 as a special interest group under Division 18 (Psy- chologists in Public Service) of the American Psychological Association, with the name So- city of Correctional Psychologists. Name changed to present title in 1957 and the Asso- ciation became an affiliate of the American Correctional Association. Purpose: To further application of psy- chological knowledge to solution of correctional problems, and to work toward improved stand- ards for psychological services in the correc- tional field. Membership: Professional: Members of American Psychological Association presently employed in correctional work; Affiliate: psy- chologists, not members of American Psycho- logical Association, who are employed or inter- ested in field of correction. Professional mem- bers, 78 ; Affiliate members, 38. Total member- ship 116. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal of Correctional Psy- chology, quarterly, current volume: 4, $5 (in- cluded in dues). Editor: Sheldon B. Peizer. 77. American Association of Cost Engineers, c/o University of New Hampshire, Durham, N. H. President: Bernard J. Gaffney, Wood Conversion Co., St. Paul, Minn. Term ex- pires December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: Edward D. Shanken, 32 Garden Lane, Dur- ham, N. H. Term permanent. History: Founded June 2, 1956 at a meeting at the University of New Hampshire. Commit- tees : Admissions ; Awards ; Bibliography ; Capital Cost Control ; Capital Cost Estimating ; Coordinating ; Cost Index ; Education ; Mem- bership ; Operating Cost Estimating and Con- trol ; Planning ; Profitability ; Publications ; Publicity ; Regional Activities. Sections : Boston ; Chicago ; Cleveland ; Houston ; New York ; Philadelphia ; Pittsburgh ; San Fran- cisco ; Baton Rouge ; Detroit ; Kansas City ; Los Angeles ; Miami ; Seattle ; South Charleston, W. Va. ; St. Paul; Montreal; Ontario; Essex, England. Purpose: To advance the science and art of cost engineering ; to provide forums and media through which experiences with the principles and techniques of cost engineering may be re- ported, discussed, and published for the com- mon good; to promote standardization of terminology in cost engineering and so far as practicable develop standard methods ; to en- courage instruction in cost engineering in stand- ard engineering curricula ; to cooperate with other organizations having common interests. Membership: Members, 807, engaged in cost engineering and either graduates of a recognized engineering curriculum, with at least five years of experience in a responsible position, or holders of a license to practice Professional Engineer- ing, or having had at least ten years of experi- ence in the engineering profession, at least seven of which were in a responsible position ; Asso- ciates, 64, persons interested in cost engineering who do not qualify for membership ; Students, 6, engineering students regularly enrolled in a college or university. Total membership 877. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: A ACE Award of Merit, to recognize outstanding service in cost engineering ; active encouragement and par- ticipation in undergraduate and graduate courses in cost engineering in colleges and universities. Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- ume : 2, $5, free to members. Editor : Edward D. Shanken. UNITED STATES 23 78. American Association of Criminology, Inc. P. O. Box 5, Hanover, Mass. President: John D. Allan, 13 Lewis Park, Rockland. Mass. Term expires November 1961. Secretary: Wayne A. Laitinen, 894 Main Street. RFD 2. Hanover, Mass. Term expires November 1961. History: Organized in 1953 as a private voluntary society ; enlarged in 1955 and chartered as a private non-profit professional organization ; affiliated with the International Criminological Society ; holds membership in the Fourth Inter- national Criminological Congress ; has affiliated chapters in the United States and in foreign countries. Purpose: The advancement of the science of criminology. Membership: Must be actively engaged in some field of criminology as a full-time profes- sion, or must be a graduate of an accredited institution of higher learning with a major in criminology. Total membership approximately 500. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Registered Criminologist News- letter, irregular, free to members. Library: Approximately 1.000 volumes. 79- American Association of Dental Schools. 840 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 11, 111. President: Raymond J. Nagle, College of Dentistry, New York University, 421 1st Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. Term expires March 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Reginald H. Sullens. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1923 by amalgamation of the American Institute of Dental Teachers, the National Association of Dental Faculties, the Faculties' Association of American Univer- sities, and the Canadian Faculties' Association. Purpose: To promote dental education and research. Membership: Requirements: Active, any den- tal school in the United States or Canada classified as approved school by Council on Dental Education of either the American or the Canadian Dental Association. Pro- visional, any newly established dental school which is an integral part of an accredited col- lege or university in the United States, includ- ing Puerto Rico, or Canada. Associate, any educational institution which regularly oflfers a course in any or all auxiliary aids to den- tistry, but does not ofifer course of instruction leading to dental degree, provided ofifered courses are approved by Councils on Dental Education of American and Canadian Dental Associations ; entitled to all privileges of Asso- ciation except right to vote. Affiliate, U. S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Public Health Service, and Veterans Administration, and comparable agencies of Canadian Government, provided agency gives regular postgraduate courses of instruction duly authorized by law or regulation and maintained by duly appropriated Govern- ment funds, and further provided such courses do not lead to degree in dentistry. Honorary, for outstanding service to mankind or contribu- tions to art and science of dentistry, or excep- tional service to Association. Active members, 48 ; Provisional, 5 ; Associate, 5 ; Affiliate, 5. Total membership 63. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Honorary Member- sliip Award. Publications: Journal of Dental Education, quarterly, current volume : 24, $3. Editor : Marion W . McCrea. Proceedings, annual, cur- rent volume : Z7, $2. Editor : R. H. Sullens. 80. American Association of Endodontists. President: Paul P. Sherwood, 2165 Adelbert Road, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Term expires February 1961. Secretary: Edwin C. Van Valey, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y. Term expires February 1961. History: Organized 1943; incorporated 1955 in Illinois. Sections: United States; Canada; Mexico ; Cuba ; Chile ; Argentina ; Brazil ; Eng- land ; France; Israel; Switzerland. Committees: Research ; Nomenclature ; Essay ; Clinic ; Li- brary. Sponsors : American Board of Endo- dontics. Purpose: To promote interchange of ideas on methods of pulp conservation and endodontic treatment ; to stimulate research ; to help main- tain high standards of endodontic practice in the dental profession. Membership: Dentists who are members of a recognized national dental association in their country of residence and who have proved interest in endodontics. Total membership 675. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, subscrip- tion included in annual dues. Editor : Harry J. Healey, 1121 West Michigan St., Indianapolis. 2. Ind. Section in Journal of Oral Pathology, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine. 81. American Association of Engineers. 8 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 3, 111. President: Patrick J. Lucey, 216 South LaGrange Road. LaGrange, 111. Term expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: M. E. Mclver. Term expires October 1960. History: Founded June 1915. Purpose: To promote the social and economic welfare of the professional engineer. 24 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Mcnibcrship : Open to any engineer in any- field, or of any grade ; student engineers. Total membership 6,490. Meetings: Monthly. Professional activities: Scholarships; student loans. Clausen Medal awarded to person con- tributing the most to the engineering profession during a specified time. Publications: Professional Engineer, quar- terly, $1.50. Editor: M. E. Mclver. Library: Over 1,800 volumes on engineering. 82. American Association of Feed Micro- scopists. c/o Missouri Department of Agri- culture, Jefferson City, Mo. President: Albert J. Gehrt, Moorman Manufacturing Co., Quincy, 111. Term expires June 1961. Secre- tary-Treasurer: G. M. Barnhart. Term in- definite. History: Organized 1953 at the University of Kentucky. Distributed throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Committees in- clude : Check Sample ; Methods ; Publications ; Controversial Sample. Purpose: To study and advance the science of feed microscopy. Membership: Open to qualified feed micro- scopists or to persons showing an interest in feed microscopy. State Control Departments, 30 ; Feed and other Industrial Manufacturers, 100. Meetings: Annual. 83. American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons. President: Carl Rusche, 1400 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles 27, Calif. Term expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : William J. Engel, Cleveland Clinic. 2020 East 93rd Street, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Term expires 1961. History: Organized October 16, 1886. Purpose: To promote scientific advancement in treatment of diseases of the genito-urinary tract. Membership: By invitation to urologists who have demonstrated leadership in study of genito- urinary diseases. Active members, 66 ; Fellows, 40. Total membership 106. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Keyes Medal, for out- standing contribution to urology ; Barringer Medal, for outstanding contribution to control of malignant diseases of genito-urinary tract. Publications: Transactions, annual, current volume: 51. Editor: J. A. C. Colston. 84. American Association of Immunologists. President: Albert H. Coons, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston 15, Mass. Term expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Calderon Howe, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. Term expires 1962. History: Organized 1914. Purpose: To advance knowledge of im- munology and related disciplines, and to facilitate interchange of ideas and information among investigators in the various fields. Membership: Open to any qualified person engaged in the study of problems related to the purpose of the Association, -\ctive members, 543; Emeritus, 31. Meetings: Annual. Publications : Journal of Immunology, monthly, current volume: 84, $15. 85. American Association of Industrial Dentists. Pennsylvania Department of Health, P. O. Box 90, Harrisburg, Pa. President: Robert B. Nemeroff. 475 5th Avenue, New York, N. Y. Term expires April 26, 1961. History: Organized February 1943. Fostered by, and cooperating closely with, the z\merican Dental Association. Closely allied with other national industrial health organizations : Ameri- can Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, American Industrial Hygiene Asso- ciation, American Association of Industrial Nurses, American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists. Purpose: To sponsor the study and discus- sion of oral health as related to industrial health, productivity, and safety ; to promote standardiza- tion of methods for conservation or improve- ment of oral health among persons in indus- tries ; to initiate preventive industrial dental pro- cedures ; to promote a more general under- standing of purposes and results of dental health care of persons in industry ; to encourage de- velopment of new industrial oral health pro- grams and promote mutual understanding with other industrial hygiene personnel. Membership: Active: dentists who are mem- bers of the American Dental Association officially engaged in practice or promotion of an indus- trial dental program and who devote a sub- stantial part of their practice to treatment of industrial injuries. Associate: persons engaged in investigation, consultation, or promotion in connection with industrial health. Sustaining: any individual, group, association, company, cor- poration, or agency who displays interest in the improvement of industrial dental health by con- tributing financial support to the -Association, i'otal membership 148. UNITED STATES 25 Meetings: Semiannual in December and April. Publications: Transactions of annual meet- ings, which include all scientific papers pre- sented during the sessions. 86. American Association of Industrial Nurses, Inc. 170 East 61st Street, New York 21, N. \. President: Margaret L. Steele, 2838 Lawndell Drive, Brentwood 17, Mo. Term expires April 1961. Executive Director: Ella G. Casey. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1942. Seventy-eight local and State constituent associations in the United States. Several permanent and various special committees. Purpose: To constitute the professional asso- ciation of nurses engaged in industrial practice ; to maintain the honor and character of the nurs- ing profession ; to improve community healtli by bettering nursing service to workers ; to de- velop and promote standards for industrial nurses and nursing services ; to stimulate interest in and provide a forum for discussion of prob- lems in the subject field; to stimulate member- ship participation in all nursing activities, local, State, and national. Membership: Active: registered nurses em- ployed full time in commerce, industry, or in conserving the health of employed workers, or nursing consultants and nurse educators who devote full time to field of industrial nursing. Inactive : former Active Members who have re- tired from industrial nursing and are not en- gaged in other nursing activity. Associate : nurse educators, nurse editors, nurse writers, or other nurses who evidence sufficient interest in industrial nursing. Patron : persons, agencies, organizations, or companies interested in pro- moting the purpose of this Association. Active Members, approximately 4,400; Inactive and Associate Members, approximately 100. Total membership approximately 4,500. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Margaret Currie Achievement Award and Christina Sinkula Achievement Award, presented annually for out- standing educational programs and community activities ; Winifred Hardiman Scholarship Fund, maintained to provide loans for graduate industrial nurses desiring courses in nursing leading to baccalaureate or higher degrees. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume : 8, $6. Editor : Gertrude A. Stewart. 87. American Association of Jesuit Scientists (Eastern States Division). President: Clar- ence Schubert, Fordham University, X'ew York 58, N. Y. Term expires September 1961. Secretary: John Kinnier, Boston College, Chestnut Hill 67, Mass. Term expires Septem- ber 1963. History: Organized 1922. Sections: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Science, and Philosophy. Purpose: To promote the study and teaching of science in Jesuit high schools, colleges, and universities. Membership: Open to Jesuits teaching the sci- ences or otherwise engaged in scientific work in the eastern Atlantic states. Total membership 271. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- ume : 2)7, free. Editor: Bernard A. Fiekers. 88. American Association of Medical Clinics. P. O. Box 58, Charlottesville, Va. President: Russel V. Lee, Palo Alto Medical Clinic, 300 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif. Term expires October 1960. Executive Director: Edwin P. Jordan. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1949. Purpose: To elevate standards of practice, improve graduate medical education, promote research and exchange of ideas and experiences. Membership: A clinic, for full membership, must have seven or more full-time physicians in different specialties, two of which shall be internal medicine and general surgery. Total membership 135 clinics, with approximately 3,000 physicians. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Group Practice, monthly, cur- rent volume : 8, $8. Editor : Edwin P. Jordan. 89. American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, Inc. 405 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. President and Chairman of the Council: James P. Conway. Term ex- pires May 1961. Secretary: Charles Speaks. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized 1907. Committees: Methods and Standards for Production of Certi- fied Milk ; Containers and Closures ; Research. Purpose: To provide methods and standards for the production of milk as fine, nutritious, and clean as possible, approved by the medical profession. Methods and standards are changed annually to keep current with nutritional science and dairy technology. Membership: Open to Medical Milk Commis- sions appointed by county or state medical so- cieties or by public health officials. Total mem- bership approximately 450. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Methods and Standards for Pro- duction of Certified Milk, annual. Certified Milk Magazine, every other month, $1.50. 26 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 90. American Association of Medical Record Librarians. 840 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 11, 111. President: Elizabeth Price, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 111. Term expires October 1960. Executive Director: Doris Gleason. Term indefinite. History: Organized October 1928, in Boston, Mass., under sponsorship and guidance of American College of Surgeons. Purpose: To improve quality and efficiency of medical records in hospitals, clinics, and other health and medical institutions ; to establish standards and criteria of competency and pro- mote the education of medical record librarians ; to improve and develop teaching and practice of medical record library science. Membership: Active: registered medical rec- ord librarians. Associate : persons engaged in medical record work who are unregistered, or student medical record librarians, or student medical record technicians. Inactive : members no longer engaged in medical record work. Honorary. Total membership 4,486. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Institutes for medical record personnel approximately six times a year ; annual workshop for directors of approved schools. Publications: Journal, bimonthly, current vol- ume: 31, one year $3, two years $5. Editor: Doris Gleason. 91. American Association of Museums. Smith- sonian Institution, Washington 25, D. C. President: Froelich G. Rainey, University Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires May 1961. Director: Joseph A. Patterson. Term indefinite. History: Organized May 1906 in New York; headquarters established at Smithsonian Institu- tion, Washington, D. C, May 1923. Six regional conferences. Purpose: To promote the welfare of museums and the the museum profession ; to increase and diffuse knowledge relating to them, and to pro- vide national representation ; to provide useful services for the membership and for those interested in museums. Membership: Institutional membership, 711, includes all types of museums, art centers, his- toric houses and societies, planetariums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and libraries hold- ing special collections and exhibitions other than books. Individual membership, 1,679, open to museum trustees, members of the museum profession, and individuals interested in museums. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Museum News, ten issues an- nually, $10. Editor : Edward T. McClellan. 92. American Association of Neuropathologists. President: Richard Richter, Division of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago Z7, 111. Term expires June 1961. Secretary- Treasurer: Leon Roizin, 722 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. Term expires June 1961. History: Organized 1924 as the Club of Neuropathologists, name changed to present title 1932. Purpose: To advance the science of neuro- pathology. Membership: Active, 130, graduates in medi- cine who have specialized in neuropathology and who have contributed meritorious work in neuro- pathology ; Associates, 16, persons who, though not graduates in medicine, have meritoriously contributed to the scientific field of neuro- pathology; Honorary, 1 distinguished investi- gator in neuropathology. Total membership 147. Meetings: Annual. 93. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. 3010 Prudential Plaza, Chicago 1, 111. Presi- dent: Mrs. Evelyn E. Auld, 1800 Forest Road, Durham, N. C. Term expires September 1961. Secretary: Florence A. McQuillen. Term indefinite. History: Organized June 1931, in Cleveland as the National Association of Nurse Anes- thetists ; incorporated in Ohio March 1932. Headquarters moved from Cleveland to Chicago in 1937. Incorporated in Illinois and name changed to present title in 1939. Comprises forty-nine state associations and eight assem- blies, following groupings of the Hospital Asso- ciation Assemblies. Purpose: To advance the science and art of anesthesiology and to develop educational stand- ards and techniques in the administration of anesthetics. Membership: Active, 8,841, active registered nurses who have taken a 12-montli course with qualifying examination; inactive, 1,205, with the qualifications for active membership but not engaged in work with anesthetics ; honorary member, 1. Total membership 10,047. Meetings: Annual, concurrently with Ameri- can Hospital Association. Publications: Journal, bimonthly, current vol- ume : 28, $5. News Bulletin, bimonthly, current volume: 14. Editor: Bernice O. Baum. UNITED STATES 27 94. American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Secretary: Clyde L. Randall, 100 Meadow Road, Buffalo 16, N. Y. Term expires 1962. History: Organized 1888. Purpose: The cultivation and promotion of knowledge in whatever relates to obstetrics and gynecology. Membership: Fellows, must be citizens of a country in the Western Hemisphere and have completed medical school training and one year's internship at least ten years prior to election ; must be recommended by one or more of the Fellows, and have read an original paper or formally discussed a paper at an annual session by invitation of the Executive Council ; Emeritus Fellows, any Fellow who has served the Asso- ciation as an Active Fellow for twenty years or more. Total membership 200. Meetings: Annual, in September; Clinical, in March. Projcssional activities: Association Founda- tion Prize, awarded for the gathering, promotion and dissemination of theoretical and practical knowledge upon subjects of obstetrics and gynecology, capital $20,000. Publications: Transactions, annual, current volume: 70 (1959), $13.50. Editor: Clayton T. Beecham, Assistant Secretary, 105 Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia 44, Pa. 95. American Association of Orthodontists. 225 South Meramec Avenue, Clayton 5, Mo. President: William R. Humphrey, 1232 Re- public Building, Denver, Colo. Term expires April 16, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Earl E. Shepard. Term expires April 1962. History: Organized 1900 as American Society of Orthodontists and incorporated February 1917; present name adopted 1937. Cox- STiTUEXT Societies : General Section, Great Lakes, Middle Atlantic, Northeastern, Pacific Coast, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwestern. Purpose: To promote the art and science of orthodontics ; to adopt rules and regulations for their government and code of ethics. Membership: Persons in exclusive practice of orthodontics who are members of local. State, and national dental organizations, have practiced five years, and have completed orthodontic courses of 1,500 or more hours. Total member- ship 2,084. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Milo Hellman Award; Ketcham Award ; Mershon Award. Publications: American Journal of Ortho- dontics, monthly, current volume : 46, $10. Editor: H. C. Pollock. 96. American Association of Orthoptic Tech- nicians. University of California at Los Angeles, Medical Center, Los Angeles 24, Calif. President: Miss Frances Fowler. Term expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: Miss Julie Mimms, Mississippi Optical Dis- pensary, Medical Arts Building, Jackson, Miss. Term expires October 1961. History: Organized 1940. Purpose: To maintain orthoptic standards and promote related knowledge. Membership: Requires certification by Ameri- can Orthoptic Council. Total membership 265. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Walter B. Lancaster Award, established 1953, in recognition of out- standing contribution to orthoptics, for a tech- nique, paper, or book, or for teaching or leader- ship. Publications: American Orthoptic Journal, annual, current volume : 9, $2. 97. American Association of Osteopathic Col- leges. Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery, Kirksville, Mo. President: Joseph M. Peach, Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery, 2105 Independence Avenue, Kansas City 24, Mo. Term expires July 1961. Secretary: J. S. Denslow. Term expires July 1961. History: Established in June, 1898, in Kirks- ville, Mo., as The Associated Colleges of Osteopathy; name changed in 1941 to present title. Purpose: To established and maintain a high standard of osteopathic education and to advance osteopathic knowledge. Membership: Accreditation as an osteopathic college by the American Osteopathic Associa- tion. Total membership six colleges. Meetings: Semiannual. 98. American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. President: Douglas H. Sprunt, Institute of Pathology, University of Tennessee, 858 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tenn. Term expires December 31, 1960. Assistant Secretary: Jack P. Strong, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, La. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1900. Purpose: Advancement of the knowledge of disease. Membership: Active members must be nomi- nated by two members of the Association, accom- panied by evidence of accomplishment of creditable research in pathology or bacteriology. 28 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Active, 960; Emeritus, 20. Total membership 980. Meetings: Anmial, usually in April. Professional activities: Gold-Headed Cane, awarded to members distinguished in their fields and held for life or until the holder desires to pass it on. Pnblieations: American Journal of Pathology, monthly, current volume: 36, $10. Editor: Ed- ward A. Gall, Department of Pathology, Cin- cinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati 29, Ohio. 99. American Association of Petroleum Geol- ogists. P. O. Box 979, Tulsa 1, Okla. Presi- dent: Ben H. Parker, 4040 East Louisiana Avenue, Denver, Colo. Term expires April 27, 1961. Executive Director: Robert H. Dott. History: Organized at Tulsa, February 10, 1917, as the Southwestern Association of Petrol- eum Geologists ; name changed to present title in 1918; incorporated in Colorado, April 1924; domesticated in Oklahoma, February 1925. Sec- tions : Pacific. Rocky Mountain, Eastern. Di- visions : Paleontology and Mineralogy. Purpose: To promote the science of geology, especially relating to petroleum and natural gas ; to promote technology of petroleum and natural gas, and to encourage improvements in methods of exploring for and exploiting these substances ; to foster spirit of scientific research among members ; to disseminate facts relating to the Association's fields of interest. Membership: Active members, 10,687, must be college graduates with majors in geology and must have 3 years experience in petroleum geology or in application of geology to explora- tion, development, research or other phases of petroleum technology; Associate, 1,001, college graduates in allied sciences with 3 years experi- ence ; Junior, 3,658, must have one-half year of graduate study in geology as regularly enrolled student, or bachelor's degree plus 1 year experi- ence, and be engaged in graduate studies, teach- ing, or petrolum exploration or research ; Hon- orary. 36; Life, 38. Total membership 15,420. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Funds specially allo- cated as needed. Powers Medal, awarded for outstanding achievement in petroleum geology. President's Award, $100. to author, under 35 year of age, of most significant article in the monthly Bulletin during year. Distinguished Lec- tures, bringing outstanding speakers on geology to affiliated societies on self-supporting, non- profit basis. Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- ume: 44, $18, free to members. Editor: Grover E. Murray, Louisiana State LTniversity, Baton Rouge, La. 100. American Association of Physical Anthro- pologists. President: Walter W. Greulich, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. Term expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: T. Dale Stewart, L'^nited States National Museum, Washington, D. C. Term expires 1964. History: Organized 1928. Purpose: To promote research, publication, teaching, and study in physical anthropology ; to encourage cooperation with anatomists, physi- ologists, biologists, physicians, dentists, and scholars in various brances of anthropology in this and other countries. Membership: Candidates must be sponsored by two members and must have a scientific background and training applicable to the study of biological man. Total membership over 400. Meetings: Annual, in the spring. Professional activities: Viking Fund Medal and Prize in Physical Anthropology, $1,000 per year; to be discontinued after 1961. Publications: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, quarterly, current volume : 18, $10 domestic, $11 foreign, free to members. Editor: W. S. Laughlin, Department of Anthro- pology, University of Wisconsin. 101. American Association of Physics Teachers. American Institute of Physics, 335 East 45th Street, New York 17, N. Y. President: L. O. Olsen, Case Institute of Technology, Cleve- land, Ohio. Term expires February 1961. Secretary: Frank Verbrugge, University of Minnesota. Term expires February 1961. History: Organized December 1930. Sec- tions : Appalachian ; Central Pennsylvania ; Chesapeake ; Chicago ; Colorado-Wyoming ; Eastern Pennsylvania; Illinois; Indiana; Ken- tucky ; Michigan ; Minnesota ; New England ; Northern California ; Oregon ; Southern Cali- fornia ; Texas ; W' estern Pennsylvania ; Wash- ington; Wisconsin; Puerto Rico. Commit- tees : Awards ; Taylor Memorial ; Visual Aids ; Relations with Secondary Schools ; Physics in Engineering Education. Purpose: Advancement of teaching of physics and furtherance of appreciation of the role of physics in our culture. Membership: Regular membership restricted to teachers of physics in institutions of college and university grade, and teachers of physics in secondary schools who have demonstrated an active interest in the objectives of this Associa- tion, and such other persons as the council may deem likely to contribute materially to its ob- jectives. There may be elected as junior mem- bers only college or university students who have a major interest in physics and who have completed at least two 1-year college physics UNITED STATES 29 courses. Regular members, 3,945 ; Junior, 921 ; Emeritus, 48; Honorary, 5. Total membership 4,919. Meetings: Annual, in January or February. Summer, in June. Regional meetings. Professional actiznties: Oersted Medal, award- ed for notable contributions to teaching of physics. Richtmyer Memorial Lecture. Subsidy for annual lecturer selected each year by Com- mittee action. Award to high schools for superior physics teaching. Publications: American Journal of Physics, monthly, current volume : 28, $7.50. Editor : W. C. Michels. 102. American Association of Plastic Surgeons. President: Herbert Conway. 525 East 6Sth Street, New York 21. \. Y. Term expires May 21, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Thomas D. Cronin, 6615 Travis Street, Houston 25, Tex. Term expires May 21, 1961. History: Organized July 28, 1921, as Ameri- can Association of Oral Surgeons ; name changed in 1934 to American Association of Oral and Plastic Surgeons, and in 1942 to present title. Sections in tlie United States and Canada. Purpose: To stimuate and advance knowledse of the science and art of plastic surgery and tliereby to improve and elevate the standard of practice of this specialty. Meuihership: .Active Fellows. 88, by invita- tion only, must be certified by American Board of Plastic Surgery; Senior Fellows, 30, all Active Fellows who have attained the age of sixty-five, and Active Fellows who have been members for twenty years and are recommended by P>oard of Trustees and confirmed by mem- bers ; Honorarv Fellows, 7. Total membership 125. Mecfinfis: .Annual. 103. American Association of Psychiatric Clinics for Children. 250 west 57th Street, Xew York 19. N. Y. President: Othilda Krug, 3140 Harvey Avenue, Cincinnati 29, Ohio. Term expires spring 1961. Secretary: Mrs. Geraldine J. Korda, 322 ^Vest 21st Street, Los Angeles 7, Calif. Term expires spring 1961. History: Organized 1946. Charter member clinics formally ratified plan for national asso- ciation, 1948. Organization stemmed from for- mer Division of Community Clinics of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. Co^r- MiTTEES : Maintenance of Membership Stand- ards, Membership, Training in Child Psychiatry. Purpose: To provide coordination of activities of psychiatric clinics serving children in the L'nited States, its territories, and Canada. Membership: Active members, 117; Associate, 11; Inactive, 1. Of total number of member clinics (active), 54 are approved training cen- ters. An Active member shall be a clinic whose basic service is psychiatric work with children and whose basic discipline is psychiatry, working in collaboration with psychiatric social work and psychology, and which meets standards set up for this classification of membership by the Association. An Associate member shall be elected for a period not to exceed 3 years, dur- ing which it shall have opportunity to qualify, by developing its standards, for Active member- ship. An Inactive member shall be a clinic which has been found by the Committee on Mainte- nance of Membership Standards to have ceased to meet membership qualifications. Total mem- bership 129 clinics. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Newsletter, quarterly. Editor : Phyllis D. Schaefer. 104. American Association of Public Health Dentists. President: David B. Ast, New York State Health Department, 84 Holland Avenue, Albany 8, N. Y. Term expires October 15, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : Charles L. Howell, 1330 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Ind, Term expires 1961. History: Organized 1937. Purpose: To promote dental public health, maintain the ideals of organized dentistry in all public health projects, and afford opportunity for constructive discussion of administrative problems of dental health programs. Membership: Requires interest and engage- ment in dental public health. Total membership 178. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- ume : 20, $2. Editor : Harry Draker. 105. American Association of Railway Sur- geons. 5800 Stony Island Avenue, Chicago Z7, 111. President: \\^ilter D. Abbott, 900 Des Moines Building, Des Moines, Iowa. Term expires April 15, 1961. Secretary: Carl Y. Werelius. Term expires April 15, 1961. Executive Secretary: Frank Parker, 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago 5, 111. Term in- definite. History: Founded June 28, 1888, as National -Association of Railway Surgeons ; incorporated in Illinois, April 13, 1897; membership enlarged in 1898 to include surgeons in Canada and Mexico, and name changed to International Association of Railway Surgeons, which in turn was changed to present title. 30 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Purpose: Promotion and improvement of rail- way surgery. Membership: Active members, degree of doc- tor of medicine, membership in American or Canadian Medical Associations, and professional activity in some phase of medicine or surgery for the railroad industry. Total membership 3,100. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Industrial Medicine and Sur- gery, monthly, current volume : 29, free to mem- bers. Editor: Carey P. McCord, 605 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. 106. American Association of State Highway Officials. 917 National Press Building, Wash- ington 4, D. C. President: David H. Stevens, Chairman, State Highway Commission of Maine, Augusta, Me. Term expires December 2, 1960. Executive Secretary: A. E. Johnson. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1914. Organized in four sections by geographical regions. Committee : Standards. Purpose: To foster the development, opera- tion, and maintenance of a nation-wide integrated system of highways to serve adequately the transportation needs of the country. Membership: Membership is by Highway De- partment. Full-time employees of a member department are termed active members. Member departments, 53. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: George Bartlett Award, given in cooperation with the American Road Builders' Association and the Highway Research Board, to some individual who has made an outstanding contribution to highway progress. Twenty-Five Year Award of Merit, given to employees nominated by the Chief Administrative Officer of the member Depart- ments, who have completed twenty-five years of service. Thomas H. MacDonald Award, to a person having been employed by one or more member organizations of the Association for a period of at least five years who has rendered continuous outstanding service over an extended period of time or has made some exceptional con- tribution to the art and science of highway engineering. Publications: American Highways, quarterly, current volume : 39, domestic $2, foreign, $3. Editor : A. E. Johnson. 107. American Association of Texile Chemists and Colorists. Executive Secretary: George P. Paine. AATCC National Headquarters, P. O. Box 28, Lowell, Mass. Term permanent. History: Organized November, 1921 : incor- porated (Massachusetts) 1929. Sections: Northern New England ; Rhode Island ; West- ern New England ; Metropolitan New York ; Hudson-Mohawk ; Western New York ; Dela- ware A^alley ; Washington ; Piedmont ; South Cen- tral : Southeast : Midwest ; Pacific Northwest : Pacific Southwest. Student Chapters : Lowell Technological Institute ; Philadelphia Textile Institute ; North Carolina State College ; New Bedford Institute of Textiles and Tech- nology : Auburn University ; Georgia Institute of Technology : Clcmson College ; Bradford Durfee Technical Institute. Committee : Re- search. Purpose : To promote the increase of knowledge of the application of dyes and chemicals in the textile industry ; to encourage in any practical way research work on chemical processes and materials of importance to the textile industry : to establish for the members channels by which interchange of professional knowledge among them may be increased. Membership: Senior members, twenty-six years or over and with five years experience in the industry ; Junior members, lacking the re- quired years but connected with the industry ; Associate members ; Student members, enrolled in a course of study leading to Senior require- ments ; Corporation members, supporting the research of the Association. Senior, 5765 ; Junior, 153; Associate, 928; Student, 172; Cor- porations, 298. Total membership 7316. Meetings: Annual general meetings; section meetings. Professional activities: Olney Medal, awarded annually for achievement in textile chemistry; American Dyestuiif Reporter Award, annual, $200. for published paper. Publications: .\merican DyestufiF Reporter, fortnightly, free to members. Technical Manual, $6.50, free to members. Library: 2,000 volumes. 108. American Association of Variable Star Observers. 4 Brattle Street, Cambridge 38, Mass. President: Ralph N. Buckstaflf, 2119 Main Street, Oshkosh, Wis. Term expires October 1960. Director: Mrs. Margaret W. Mayall. Term indefinite. Execntive Secretary: Clinton B. Ford, Loomis Road, Suffield, Conn. Term indefinite. History: Organized in 1911, incorporated in 1917. Committees and Divisions: Nova Search, Occultations, Photoelectric Photometry, Solar. Purpose: To promote the study of variable stars, astronomy, and kindred subjects. Membership: Annual, 380; Students, under twenty-one years of age ; honorary, 8, outstand- ing service to the Association; Patron, 2; Sus- taining, 39 ; Life, 61 ; Library and Observatory UNITED STATES 31 Subscriptions, 27; Observing Contributors and Exchanges, 180. Total membership 697. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Nova Medal, for the discovery of a nova by visual methods ; Merit Award, for outstanding work for the Associa- tion ; research headquarters maintained in Cam- bridge with staff of three. Publications: Reports of Variable Star Ob- servations, quarterly, current volume : 24, $2.50. Editor: Margaret W. Mayall. Solar Bulletin, monthly, $5. Editor : Harry L. Bondy. Library: 2,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: Astronomy. 109. American Association of Veterinary Nutritionists. President: Roy E. Nichols, Veterinary Science Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Term expires August 1961. Secretary: Spencer H. Morrison, 515 Woodlands Drive, Clinton, Iowa. Term expires August 1961. History: Organized 1956. Purpose: To promote veterinary interest in and understanding of animal nutrition, provide a concerted means for discussion and exchange of information, and promote cooperation between veterinarians and others who share responsi- bility for maintaining optimum animal health through adequate nutrition. Membership: Full members, 125, actively en- gaged in field of nutrition; Associate, 27, open to all interested members of American Veter- inary Medical Association ; membership in latter organization is prerequisite to all membership in this Association. Total membership 152. Meetings: Annual. 110. American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums. Executive Secretary: Alfred B. LaGasse, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, W. Va. Term permanent. History: Organized October 1942. Affiliated with American Institute of Park Executives. Committees : Importations, Exportations, and Quarantine ; Aquariums ; Health and Welfare ; Planning and Construction. Purpose: To promote zoological parks, aquari- ums, and conservation; to aid in the exchange and importation of zoological specimens ; to provide exhibits for scientific and recreational purposes ; to aid in the preservation of wild life. Membership: Senior officer of public zoo or aquarium; owner of private animal park. Total membership 200. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Parks and Recreation, monthly, $3. Editor : Alfred B. LaGasse. Newsletter, monthly. 111. American Association on Mental De- ficiency, Inc. P. O. Box 96, Willimantic, Conn. President : Edward L. Johnstone, Woods School, Langhorne, Pa. Term expires May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Neil A. Dayton, Mansfield Training School, Mansfield Depot, Conn. Term indefinite. History: Organized June 1876; name changed 1933 from American Association for Study of the Feebleminded to present title. Eleven geo- graphic regions in the United States and Canada. Purpose: To study all phases of cause, care, treatment, and prevention of mental deficiency, and education of the mentally deficient. Membership: Fellows, xA.ctive Members, As- sociate Members, Affiliate Members, Students. Total membership 5,017. Meetings: Annual, in May; regional, in fall. Publications: American Journal of Mental Deficiency, bimonthly, current volume : 65, $14. Editor : William Sloan. 112. American Astronautical Federation. Presi- dent: Norris R. Peery, P. O. Box 487, Fair- banks, Alaska. Term expires 1961. Executive Secretary: Leon M. Slawecki, office of Sena- tor Joseph Clark, Washington 25, D. C. Term expires 1961. History: Organized July 4, 1954. Member societies ; Chicago Rocket Society ; M. I. T. Rocket Research Society; Pacific Rocket So- ciety, Los Angeles ; Detroit Rocket Society ; Philadelphia Astronautical Society ; Reaction Research Society, Glendale, Calif. ; member societies also in Boise, New Orleans, Salt Lake City. Purpose: To advance space flight in the United States by furthering technical cooperation among member societies, aiding them to educate public in accepting space flight as a rational and necessary project. Membership: Active members, approximately 400; Associates, approximately 600; Subscrib- ers, approximately 500. Requirements and dues set by individual societies. Total membership approximately 1,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Publication of results of research conducted by members. Commit- tee : Technical Coordination ; furnishes general assistance to members. Publications: Journal of Space Flight, quar- terly. Editor: Gary L. Bennett, 1107 North 16th Street, Boise, Idaho. 32 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 113- American Astronautical Society. 516 5th Avenue, New York 36, N. Y. President: George Arthur, General Electric Company, 3198 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires December 31, 1960. Executive Secre- tary: Fernand F. Martin, Radio Corporation of America, Front and Cooper Streets, Cam- den, N. J. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Organized January 22, 1954; incor- porated February 17, 1954, in New York. Purpose: To promote and support scientific research in the varied scientific and engineering fields related to astronautics, and to present findings to the public. Membership: Fellows, persons at least twenty-five years of age with college degree or large amount of relevant scientific or indus- trial experience or who have made a contribu- tion to the subject; Members, minimum eighteen years of age ; Student Members, less than eighteen years of age. Total membership 1,000. Meetings: Semiannual. Publications: Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, quarterly, $5. Editor : R. E. Roberson. Astronautical Sciences Review, quarterly, $4. Editor : R. Merrick. Proceedings. Editor Horace Jacobs. 114. American Astronomical Society. Dearborn Observatory, Northwestern University, Evans- ton, 111. President: Lyman Spitzer, Jr., Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, N. J. Term expires August 1962. Secretary: J. Allen Hynek. Term expires June 1961. History: Organized 1897 as a conference of astronomers; name changed 1899 to the Astro- nomical and Astrophysical Society of America ; name changed to present title 1914. Purpose: Advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science. Membership: Open to any person deemed capable of preparing an acceptable paper upon some subject of astronomy or related branch of science ; however, membership is generally limited to second year graduate students and professional people. A subscription to the Astronomical Journal or the Astrophysical Journal is required of all members over twenty- seven years of age. Life Membei ship has been discontinued and no more are elected to this category; Corporate Members (two types. Regular and Sustaining), open upon invitation to organizations whose activities are related to astronomy ; Emeritus Membership, open to any member on retiring from his academic or other duties. Members, approximately 1,100; Life, 150; Corporate, 20; Emeritus, 3. Total mem- bership approximately 1,273. Meetings: Normally three national meetings per year, usually at a college or an observatory. Professional activities: Ernest W. Brown Fund, in support of the Astronomical Journal ; Dorothea K. Roberts Fund and the Kovalenko Fund, used as specified by the Council ; Annie J. Cannon Prize, established 1933, awarded every three years to women for distinguished contribu- tions to astronomy or closely related sciences, open to women of all countries ; Henry Norris Russell Lectures, annual, first given December, 1946 ; Helen B. Warner Prize, to encourage research by younger members of the Society, awarded annually unless a suitable candidate is not found. Publications: Astronomical Journal, irregular, $8. Society is also associated with the Astro- physical Journal, bimonthly, $15. 115. American Automatic Control Council. President: John C. Lozier, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Whippany, N. J. Term expires June 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : William E. Vannah, Editor, Control Engineering, 330 West 42nd Street, New York 36, N. Y. Term expires December 1960. History: Formed in 1956. Committees: Applications, Bibliography, Components, Edu- cation, Publicity, Terminology, and Steering Committee for annual Joint Automatic Control Conference. Purpose: To promote cooperation among the various technological societies in the United .States that have an active interest in theory and practice of control engineering ; to provide representation in afi^airs of the International Federation for Automatic Control which will faithfully reflect technical opinion and society policy in the LTnited States. Membership: Requires that organization be a professional scientific or engineering society in which a division or group is actively engaged in control engineering, that its request for membership be approved by at least two thirds of the delegates representing the constituent societies of the Council, and that its head- quarters be in the continental United States. Total membership 5 societies. Meetings: Quarterly. Professional activities: A $100 award for best presentation of a suitable paper at the Joint Automatic Control Conference. 116. American Blood Irradiation Society. Presi- dent: R. C. Olney, 4740 F Street, Lincoln 10, Nebr. Term expires May 31, 1961. Secretary- Treasurer: H. T. Lewis, Jr., 1241 Peermont Avenue, Pittsburgh 16, Pa. Term expires May 31, 1961. UNITED STATES 33 History: Organized June 8, 1947; incor- porated September 13, 1948, in Delaware. Purpose: To encourage the study, maintain and improve the standards, and advance the knowledge of ultraviolet blood irradiation in accordance with the Knott technique. Membership: Open to members of American Medical Association, or corresponding associa- tions of other countries. Total membership approximately 70. Meetings : Annual. Publications: News Letter, quarterly, free to members. Editor : H. T. Lewis, Jr. 117. American Board for Psychological Ser- vices, Inc. Glendale, Ohio. President: Karl F. Heiser, 10 East Sharon Avenue, Glendale, Ohio. Term indefinite. Secretary-Treasurer: Wendell S. Dysinger, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, 111. Term indefinite. History: Established 1954 by the American Psychological Association as an independent body with the functions of recommending stand- ards of competence and quality for agencies and individuals who offer psychological services to the public, publishing a directory of voluntary applicants who meet the Board's standards, and evaluating and certifying agencies and individ- uals who seek registration with the Board. Purpose: To inform the public how to dis- criminate between competent and well-qualified psychological services, and those which do not meet professional and scientifically acceptable standards ; and to inform the public and the related professions through the Director where the services of competence and quality may be obtained. Membership: Six elected members. Services of 201 agencies and individuals in the United States and Canada have been evaluated and approved. Agency requirements : must have chief psychologists who have doctoral degrees in psychology and four years of approved, super- vised experience in professional work. Individ- uals in private, independent practice must be Diplomates of the American Board of Examin- ers in Professional Psychology ; Diplomate must have been examined by that Board in the field of his specialized knowledge, and must have had extensive experience as a psychologist. Meetings: Semiannual. Publications: Directory of American Psy- chological Services, biennial, $1.50. 118. American Board of Bio-Analysts. 81 East Front Street, Red Bank, N. J. President: Melvin S. Chuker, 2530 East Broadway, Tucson, Ariz. Term expires June 15, 1963. Secretary: William H. Krieger, 5407 56th Place, East Riverdale, Md. Term indefinite. History: Incorporated in New Jersey, August 18, 1959. Registered at Washington, D. C., October 20, 1959. Purpose: To certify qualified bio-analysts in one of 13 sciences pertinent to practice of bio- analysis ; to conduct seminars and publish scien- tific papers. Membership: Requires baccalaureate degree and ten years' practice. Admission by examina- tion only. Total membership 272. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: American College of Bio-Analysts. Awards : Dean Emeritus, Profes- sor Emeritus, Philosopher Emeritus. 1 19. American Board of Laboratory Animal Medicine. President: B. D. Fremming, 1887 Saw Mill Run Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pa. Term expires December 31, 1962. Secretary- Treasurer: R. J. Flynn, Argonne, 111. Term expires December 31, 1962. History: Incorporated 1957. Affiliated with the Animal Care Panel 1960. Purpose: To encourage education, training, and research in Laboratory Animal Medicine; to establish standards of training and experience for qualification of specialists in Laboratory Animal Medicine ; and to further the recognition of such qualified specialists by suitable certifica- tion and other means. Membership: Fellows, 51, veterinarians of good moral character who meet the require- ments, training, and experience set by the Board, and who have satisfactorily completed the Board examination and been elected by a majority vote of all Council members ; Associate, 14, veter- inarians who have had at least three years post- graduate experience in Laboratory Animal Medicine and who can meet all prerequisites for the Board examination excepting the advanced training and experience requirements. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Examination and cer- tification of specialists. 120. American Board of Neurological Surgery. 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston 15, Mass. Chairman: E. Jefferson Browder, 200 Hicks Street, Brooklyn 1, N. Y. Term expires September 1962. Secretary-Treasurer : Don- ald D. Matson. Term expires September 1964. History: Incorporated 1940. Purpose: To conduct investigations and ex- aminations to determine the competence of voluntary candidates for certificates issued by the Board ; to grant and issue certificates of qualification to candidates successful in demon- strating proficiency ; to stimulate development 34 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES of adequate training facilities ; to aid in evaluat- ing residencies and fellowships under considera- tion by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association ; to advise physicians desiring certification as to course of study and training to be pursued. Membership: Published once a year in detail in the Internship and Residency Number, Jour- nal of the American Medical Association. Total membership 875. Meetings: Examinations held each spring and fall. 121. American Board of Ophthalmology. P. O. Bo.x 236, Cape Cottage Branch, Portland, Maine. Chairman: Kenneth C. Swan, Depart- ment of Ophthalmology, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland 1, Oreg. Term ex- pires December 1960. Executive Secretary: Merrill J. King. Term expires December 1960. History: Organized in 1916 as the American Board for Ophthalmic Examinations, with three representatives from the American Ophthalm- ological Society, the Section on Ophthalmology of the American Medical Association, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology ; name changed later to present title; incorporated May 1917; reorganized in 1934 so that each component society elects four members, with one elected each year to serve a four-year term. Purpose: To elevate the standards of ophthalmology, to determine the competence of ophthalmologists who desire certification, to conduct examinations for candidates who ap- pear before the Board and to issue certificates to those who pass, to act as advisors to prospec- tive students of ophthalmology. Mem.bership: Members selected by the com- ponent societies, 12; consultants, 4; emeritus members, 4. Total membership 20. Meetings: Semiannual. 122. American Board of Pathology. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 7, Ind. President: William B. Wartman, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: Ed- ward B. Smith, 1200 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis 7, Ind. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Organized and incorporated 1936 in Michigan. Initially supported by American Medical Association and American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Subsequently supported also by College of American Pathologists, American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, and American Society for Ex- perimental Pathology. Purpose: To determine proficiency of phy- sicians specializing in practice of pathology. Membership: Requires M. D. degree, license to practice medicine, and special training in pathology as approved by Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of American Medical Association and by this Board. Twelve members (institutions), 4,000 diplomates. Aleetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Awards certificates for proficiency in pathology. 123. American Board of Preventive Medicine. 3438 Walnut Street, Philadelphia 4, Pa. President: Ernest L. Stebbins, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore 5, Md. Term expires June 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Tom F. Wliayne, Associate Dean, School of Medicine, Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires June 1962. History: A non-profit corporation formed upon recommendation of a joint committee com- posed of representatives from the Section on Preventive and Industrial Medicine and Public Health of the American Medical Association and the Committee on Professional Education of the American Public Health Association, and created in accordance with the action of the Advisory Board for Medical Specialties ; incor- porated in Delaware June, 1948, as the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Incorporated; in 1949 recognized and approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hos- pitals of the American Medical Association as a Medical Specialty Board authorized to certify properly qualified specialists in public health, specialists in aviation medicine in Eebruary 1953, and of specialists in occupational medicine in June 1955. Name changed to present title in 1952. Purpose: To encourage the study, improve the practice, and elevate the standards and advance the cause of preventive medicine ; to grant and issue to physicians, duly licensed by law to prac- tice medicine, certificates of special knowledge in the various fields of preventive medicine : public health, aviation medicine, and occuptional medicine. Membership: Limited to graduates from a medical school in the United States or Canada approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Asso- ciation, or from a foreign school satisfactory to the Board, with a hospital internship of at least one year approved by the same Council and Board, with authority to practice medicine in a State, territory, commonwealth, or possession UNITED STATES 35 of the United States or in a Province of Canada ; of good moral character and high ethical and professional standing. Total membership 2111 Meetings: Annual. 124. American Board of Psychiatry and Neu- rology, Inc. 102-110 2nd Avenue, S. W ., Rochester, Minn. President: Francis M. Forster, 1300 University Avenue, Madison 6, Wis. Term expires December 10, 1960. Executive Secretary-Treasurer: David A. Boyd, Jr. Term indefinite. History: Founded in 1934 following confer- ences of committees appointed by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neuro- logical Association, and the Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical -Association. Purpose: To determine the competence of specialists in psychiatry and in neurology ; to arrange, control, and conduct investigations and examinations to test the qualifications of volun- tary candidates for certificates issued by the Board ; to grant and issue certificates or other recognition of special knowledge in the field of psychiatry and neurology to successful volun- tary applicants therefor ; to serve the public, physicians, hospitals, and medical schools by preparing lists of practitioners who shall have been certified by the Board ; to consider and advise as to any course of study and technical training, and to diffuse any information cal- culated to promote and ensure the fitness of persons desirous of qualifying for a certificate of qualifications to be issued thereby. Membership: Diplomates, 6,815, physician duly licensed by law to practice medicine, of acceptable ethical and professional standing, a member of the American Medical Association, satisfactory completion of adequate training in psychiatry or neurology, or both, as a specialty. Meetings: Annual, in December; another meeting in spring. 125. American Board of Surgery, Inc. 1617 Pennsylvania Boulevard, Philadelphia 3, Pa. President: J. Englebert Dunphy, University of Oregon School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Portland 1, Ore. Term expires August 31, 1961. Executive-Trcasxirer : John B. Flick, 1617 Pennsylvania Boulevard, Phila- delphia 3, Pa. Term indefinite. History: Organized January 9, 1937 by a committee representative of certain national and sectional surgical societies called together through the initiative of the American Surgical Association. Purpose: To conduct examinations of eligible candidates who seek certification by the Board ; to issue certificates of qualification to all those meeting the Board's requirements and satis- factorily completing its examinations ; to im- prove the opportunities for the training of surgeons. Membership: Members, 18, one of whom is nominated by the Board as Secretary-Treasurer. The other seventeen are nominated as follows : The American Surgical Association — 4 ; The Section on Surgery of the American Medical Association — 4 ; The American College of Sur- geons — 4; The Southern Surgical Association — 1 ; The Western Surgical Association — 1 ; The Pacific Coast Surgical Association — 1 ; The New England Surgical Society — 1 ; The Central Surgical Association — 1. Term of membership is six years, except for the Secretary-Treasurer whose membership terminates with his office. Meetings: Annual. 126. American Broncho-Esophagological Asso- ciation. President: F. Johnson Putney, 1712 Locust Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. Term ex- pires May 25, 1961. Secretary: Daniel C. Baker, 903 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. Term expires May 25, 1961. History: Organized 1917 as Association of American Peroral Endoscopists ; name changed in 1921 to American Bronchoscopic Society, and in 1939 to present title. Purpose: Promotion of knowledge of diseases and injuries in respiratory and upper digestive tracts, and advancement of the art of broncho- esophagology. Membership: Active members, 177; Associate, 5 ; Corresponding, 49 ; Honorary, 7 ; Emeritus, 32. Membership by invitation only. Active members must submit theses on subjects per- taining to broncho-esophagology ; applicants must be leaders or potential leaders in their fields. Total membership 270. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Transactions, annual, free to members. Editor : Stanton A. Friedberg, 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. 127. American Bryological Society. President: Roy F. Cain, University of Toronto, Canada. Term expires August 1961. Secretary- Treasurer: WiUiam A. Weber, University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colo. Term ex- pires December 1961. History: Organized January 1, 1898 as the Sullivant Moss Chapter ; title changed April 1908 to SulHvant Moss Society; changed to present title January 1949. Purpose: To promote interest in the study of bryology and lichenology, to facilitate ex- 36 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES change of specimens, and to build up reference collections of mosses, hepatics, and lichens. Membership : Open to individuals interested in bryology. Individual members, 283 ; institutional and commercial, 216; total membership 499. Meetings: Annual, with meeting of the Ameri- can Institute of Biological Sciences. Professional activities: Three herbaria : moss, Duke University ; hepatics. University of Cin- cinnati ; lichens, University of Colorado. A moss exchange is located at Syracuse University, and an hepatic exchange at Millbrook, Ontario, both under the direction of the Society. Publications: Bryologist, quarterly, current volume: 63, domestic $5, foreign $5.15. Editor: Howard Crum. 128. American Cancer Society, Inc. 521 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. President: Warren H. Cole, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago 13, 111. Term expires November 1, 1960. Executive Vice President: Lane W. Adams. Term indefinite. History: Organized in 1913 as the American Society for the Control of Cancer, and incor- porated as such under New York State laws in May 1922; name changed to present title in 1944. Sections : The Society has 60 organized Divisions in all the states and the District of Columbia. Technical Committees : Medical and Scientific, Public Information, Research. Purpose: To collect, collate, and make avail- able statistical information relative to the in- cidence, mortality, and curability of cancer, to investigate conditions under which cancer occurs, to encourage and foster medical and scientific re- search by others in the field of cancer, and to that end voluntarily to assist, by grants of money or otherwise, qualified individuals and institu- tions ; to encourage and foster the education and training of persons to qualify them to engage in medical and scientific research in the field of cancer and in detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer and to that end to assist such persons and institutions qualified so to educate and train such persons, by grants of money or otherwise ; to encourage, foster, and conduct programs for the continuing education and training of physicians, dentists, nurses, tech- nicians, and others as to all matters concerned with the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; to encourage, foster, and conduct programs for the continuing education of the public concerning cancer, its symptoms and detection, so as to further the timely use of medically and scientifically recognized means for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and preven- tion of cancer ; to encourage and foster the establishment, and voluntarily to assist financially and otherwise the equipment, maintenance, and operation of hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and other facilities for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer ; to encour- age, foster, and voluntarily assist financially and otherwise the establishment and carrying out of a program of service to cancer patients ; volun- tarily to assist and cooperate with medical and scientific societies and other official and non- official organizations interested in cancer any- where in the world; to encourage international cooperation in connection with the study and control of cancer ; to carry on any other activi- ties which may contribute to the control of cancer, except the actual treatment of cancer patients or the actual ownership and operation of hospitals, clinics, laboratories, or other facili- ties for the detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer within such limitations as are provided by law. Membership: Membership of the Society pro- vides for two delegate members from each Di- vision and the Board of Directors. There is also provision for honorary life members. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: The Society makes grants for research and for personnel for re- search. The final authority for making grants is vested in the Society's Board of Directors or its Executive Committee, acting upon the recom- mendations of the Research Committee of the Board, the Research Advisory Council, and appropriate advisory committees. The Research Committee is a standing com- mittee of the Board of Directors and is respon- sible for : (a) developing plans for carrying out the research objectives of the Society; (b) setting the broad policies of the programs; (c) administering the program; (d) evaluating its results; (e) rendering reports on activities and progress ; (f ) providing prompt and full dis- semination of knowledge gained; (g) appoint- ing from time to time policy advisory commit- tees of experts in the field of medical and scien- tific research to advise it on specific problems and undertake such other activities as it may consider necessary or desirable in carrying out its responsibilities. The Research Advisory Council is composed of fifteen investigators representing the various scientific disciplines and administrative skills concerned with present day cancer research and is responsible for : (a) examining the progress and needs of all research on cancer; (b) recom- mending appointment of standing and, where needed, special scientific advisory committees ; (c) reviewing recommendations of all such committees. Standing scientific advisory committees are : Research on the Etiology of Cancer, Research on the Pathogenesis of Cancer, Research on the Therapy of Cancer, Institutional Research UNITED STATES ?>7 Grants, and Personnel for Research. These com- mittees are charged with: (a) recommending approval or disapproval of applications for grants ; (b) evaluating and reporting progress and initiating activity in their respective assigned areas. Ad Hoc Scientific Review committees are appointed as advisory groups to the Research Advisory Council. Certain aspects of progress made in cancer research are evaluated, and specific recommendations are made relative to further research. In the period 1945 to April 1960. the Society allocated $78,385,000 to support research en- deavors. During a twelve-month period in 1959-1960, expenditures for research amounted to $11,883,256, and on March 1, 1960, there were 620 grants in effect which represented total expenditures of $16,603,693. Publications: Cancer, bimonthly, $15. CA, a Bulletin of Cancer Progress, bimonthly, $2.50. Cancer News, 3 times a year, free. Library: 7,000 volumes. 129. American Catholic Psychological Associa- tion. Tordham University, New York 58, N. Y. President: William C. Cottle, Guid- ance Bureau, University of Kansas, Law- rence, Kansas. Term expires August 31, 1961. Executive Secretary: Rev. William C. Bier, S. J., Fordham University, New York 58, N. Y. Term expires August 31, 1961. History: Organized 1948. Purpose: To interpret to Catholics the mean- ing of modern psychology and to advance its acceptance in Catholic circles ; to provide a forum for the discussion of psychological ques- tions of special interest to Catholics. Membership: Constituent members must be Fellows or members of the American Psy- chological Association ; Associate members must be associate members of the APA or meet the same membership requirements as APA asso- ciates. Constituent members 525 ; Associate members 117. Meetings: Annual, at time of the APA Convention. Publications: Newsletter, bimonthly, current volume : 10, $10. Editor : Rev. William C. Bier. 130. American Ceramic Society, Inc. 4055 North High Street, Columbus 14, Ohio. President: George Spencer-Strong, Pemco Corporation, 5601 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore 24, Md. Term expires April 25, 1961. President-Elect: J. S. Nordyke, 440 Sulgrave Road, Pittsburgh 11, Pa. Term expires May 1. 1962. General Secretary: Charles S. Pearce. Term in- definite. History: Organized 1899, incorporated 1905, reorganized 1918. Twenty-four local sections. Committees : Executive ; Rules ; Member- ship ; Research ; Classification, Nomenclature and Glossary ; Standards ; Publications ; Fi- nance ; Classes and Divisions ; Sections ; Stu- dent Branches ; Trustees Nominating ; Meetings ; Pension Fund ; Patents ; Ceramic Education. Divisions : Basic Science, Design, Electronics, Enamel, Glass, Materials and Equipment, Re- fractories, Structural Clay Products, White Wares. Purpose: To promote the art, science, and technology of ceramics. Membership: Open to any individual interested in any phase of ceramic work. Personal mem- bers, 5,178; corporation members, 309; sub- scriptions, 2,003. Total membership 7,490. Meetings: Annual in spring; division meet- ings also annual in fall. Professional activities: Frank Forrest Award, for the promotion of research papers in the field of glass technology; S. B. Myer, Jr. Award, for the promotion of research papers in the field of glass technology ; Ross Cofiin Purdy Award, for outstanding paper in ceramic literature ; John Jeppson Medal, for scientific, technical, or engineering achievements in the ceramic field ; Binns Medal, for outstanding work in ceramic design ; Orton Lecture ; Fellow, for broad and productive scholarship in ceramic science and technology. Honorary Membership accorded to persons of professional eminence and achieve- ments in ceramics. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume : 43, $20. Ceramic Abstracts, monthly. Bulletin, monthly current volume : 39, free to members. Editor : C. S. Pearce. Library: 1,100 volumes. 131. American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. President: Arthur C. Cope. Term expires December 31, 1961. Executive Secretary: Alden H. Emery. Term indefinite. History: Organized April 20, 1876; incor- porated 1877; reorganized 1891-1892 to secure national participation ; incorporated under Fed- eral Charter, 1937. Sections : There are 159 local sections ; boundaries determined geo- graphically. Divisions : Agricultural and Food Chemistry ; Analytical Chemistry ; Bio- logical Chemistry; Carbohydrate Chemistry; Cellulose Chemistry ; Chemical Education ; Chem- ical Literature ; Chemical Marketing and Eco- nomics ; Colloid Chemistry ; Fertilizer and Soil Chemistry ; Gas and Fuel Chemistry ; History of Chemistry ; Industrial and Engineering Chem- istry ; Inorganic Chemistry ; Medicinal Chem- istry; Organic Chemistry; Organic Coatings 38 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES and Plastics Chemistry ; Petroleum Chemistry ; Physical Chemistry ; Polymer Chemistry ; Rub- ber Chemistry; Water and Waste Chemistry. Committees: Committees of the Council: Council Policy Committee ; Nominations and Elections ; Chemical Education ; Constitution and Bylaws ; Local Section Activities ; Mem- bership Affairs ; National Meetings and Di- visional Activities ; Professional Relations and Status ; Publications ; Admissions ; Air Pollu- tion ; Analytical Reagents ; Annual Report on Atomic Weights ; Nomenclature, Spelling, and Pronunciation; Professional Training; Stand- ardization Relations ; Women's Service. Com- mittees of the Board: Awards and Recognitions ; Corporation Associates ; Education and Stu- dents ; Finance ; Grants and Fellowships ; Public, Professional and Member Relations ; Publica- tions ; Advisory to the Chemical Corps ; Civil Defense ; Clinical Chemistry ; Editors, ACS Journals ; Education Liaison and Advisory Panel ; Exchanges ; Frasch Foundation Awards ; Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board. Special Committees: Building Committee; Investments Committee; Paper; Pension Com- mittee ; Planning, Building Fund Campaign. Purpose: To encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of chem- istry in all its branches ; to promote research in chemical science and industry ; to improve the qualifications and usefulness of chemists through high standards of professional ethics, education, and attainments ; to increase and diffuse chemical knowledge ; and by its meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussions, and pub- lications, to promote scientific interests and inquiry, thereby fostering public welfare and education, aiding the development of the coun- try's industries, and adding to the material prosperity and happiness of its people. Membership: Member, Senior Grade, ade- quate collegiate training in chemistry or chem- ical engineering, or its equivalent, and five years of graduate training or experience in some form of chemical or chemical engineering work ; how- ever, only two years of postgraduate study or experience are required from those who have studied in a department of chemistry or chemical engineering approved by the ACS and who have been certified by the head of the depart- ment as having completed the course recom- mended by the Society; furthermore, an un- certified graduate with a bachelor's degree from a non-approved institution who subsequently obtains a master's degree from an approved institution may be admitted to full membership at the end of two years following the granting of this degree. Member, Junior Grade, adequate basic training but insufficient graduate study and experience for Member, Senior Grade, or in- adequate training but engaged in chemical work. Emeritus, member for thirty-five continuous years or over who is retired from active busi- ness, teaching, or professional activity or who is over seventy years of age. Student Affiliate, a student in good standing majoring in chemistry of chemical engineering and regularly uiatric- ulated in a technical school, college, or uni- versity authorized to grant degrees, who has not taken a baccalaureate degree in chemical or chemical engineering and who has been duly nominated by two members of the ACS, one of whom is an instructor in the institution he attends. Corporation Associate, any reputable firm, association, corporation, or institution or one or more subdivisions thereof desiring to support the program of the Society, particularly the expansion and improvement of the publica- tions which are not self-supporting. Junior and Senior Grade Members, 90,011 ; Life Members, 1 1 ; Emeritus Members, 747 ; Corporation Asso- ciates, 464; Student Affiliates, 6,282. Total membership 97,515. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Petroleum Research Fund, $70,000,000 charitable trust fund to sup- port fundamental research and advance scientific education in the petroleum field, which may in- clude any field of pure science that may afford a basis for subsequent research directly con- nected with the petroleum field. National, Re- gional, Local Section and Divisional Awards: Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry, to recognize and encourage outstanding contribu- tions to research in organic chemistry, estab- lished 1959, sponsored by Organic Syntheses, Inc., Organic Reactions, Inc., and the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society; American Chemical Society .\ward for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, to recognize and encourage creative work in synthetic organic chemistry, established 1955, sponsored by the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association ; American Chem- ical Society Award for Nuclear Applications in Chemistry, to recognize, encourage, and stimulate isotopic applications in chemistry, established 1953, sponsored by the Nuclear- Chicago Corporation ; American Chemical So- ciety Award in Biological Chemistry, to stimu- late fundamental research in biological chemistry by young chemi.sts working in the colleges and universities and other nonprofit institutions of the United States, established 1934, sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company ; American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Instrumentation, to recognize and encourage achievement in origina- tion, improvement, or application of instrumental methods of chemical analysis, established 1953 by Beckman Instruments, Inc., since 1959 spon- sored by E. H. Sargent & Company ; American Chemical Society Award in Industrial and UNITED STATES 39 Engineering Chemistry, to stimulate funda- mental research in industrial and engineering chemistry and in development and application of chemical engineering principles to industrial processes, established 1955, sponsored by the Esso Research and Engineering Company ; American Chemical Society Award in Chroma- tography and Electrophoresis, to recognize out- standing contributions to chromatography and electrophoresis, established 1959, sponsored by Labline, Inc., American Chemical Society Award in Petroleum Chemistry, to recognize, encour- age, and stimulate outstanding research achieve- ments in petroleum chemistry in the United States and Canada, established 1948, sponsored by Precision Scientific Company ; American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry, to recognize and encourage fundamental re- search in pure chemistry carried out in North America by young men and women, established 1931, sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity since 1940; American Chemical Society Award in the Chemistry of Milk, to recognize and en- courage outstanding research achievements in the chemistry of milk in the L'nited States and Canada, established 1938, sponsored by The Borden Company Foundation, Inc. ; American Chemical Society Local Section Member Rela- tions Award, to recognize outstanding member relations activities by local sections, established 1959 by the Board of Directors of the Society ; American Chemical Society Local Section Pub- lic Relations Award, to recognize outstanding public relations activities by local sections, estab- lished 1955 by the Board of Directors of the So- ciety ; Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry, to recognize and encourage outstanding contribu- tions to the science of analytical chemistry, pure or applied, carried out in the United States or Canada, established 1947 by the Fisher Scien- tific Company ; Fritzsche Award, to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in analy- sis, structure elucidation, chemical synthesis of essential oils, isolates, flavors and related sub- stances, established 1948 by Fritzsche Brothers, Inc. ; Garvan Medal, to recognize distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists, citizens of the United States, established 1936, financed with the income from a fund set up by Francis P. Garvan ; James T. Grady Award, to recog- nize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding re- porting which materially increases the public's knowledge and understanding of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields, estab- lished 1955, sponsored by the American Chem- ical Society; Ipatieflf Prize, to recognize out- standing chemical experimental work in the field of catalysis or high pressure, carried out by men and women of any nationality and not over forty years of age, established 1943, financed by a trust established by Vladimir N. and Bar- bara Ipatiefif ; The Kendall Company Award in Colloid Chemistry, to recognize and encourage outstanding scientific contributions to colloid and surface chemistry in the United States and Canada, established 1952 by The Kendall Com- pany ; Charles Lathrop Parsons Award, to recognize outstanding public service by a mem- ber of the American Chemical Society, estab- lished 1952, sponsored by the Society ; Paul- Lewis Laboratories Award in Enzyme Chem- istry, to stimulate fundamental research in enzyme chemistry in the United States by young men and women, established 1945 by Paul-Lewis Laboratories, Inc. ; Priest- ley Medal, to recognize distinguished services to chemistry, established 1922, sponsored by the American Chemical Society; Scientific Ap- paratus Makers Award in Chemical Education, to recognize outstanding contributions to chem- ical education, established 1950 by the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association. Administered by Dknsions: Bituminous Coal Research Award, to recognize the best paper on coal or derived products of coal presented at each meeting of the Division of Gas and Fuel Chemistry, estab- lished 1955 by Bituminous Coal Research, Inc. ; Dexter Chemical Corporation Award in the History of Chemistry, to stimulate interest in the history of chemistry, established 1956 by the Dexter Chemical Corporation ; Hudson Award of the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, to acknowledge contributions of recipient to carbo- hydrate chemistry, established by a vote of the Division on an action of the Executive Com- mittee ; Honor Scroll of the Division of Indus- trial and Engineering Chemistry, to improve the quality of the technical papers presented at sessions and to improve speaker-to-audience contact, established 1950 ; The Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Prize, to recognize contribu- tions to the science or technology of paint, plastics, or printing ink chemistry, established 1953 by the Division of Organic Coatings and Plastics Chemistry ; The Charles Goodyear Medal, to recognize valuable contributions to the science or technology of rubber or related products, established 1939 by the Division of Rubber Chemistry; The Edward Bartow Award, to improve the quality and manner of presentation of technical papers presented at meetings of the Division of Water and Waste Chemistry, estabHshed 1950; Certificates of Merit, to recognize a notable first appearance before the Division of Water and Waste Chem- istry and to encourage presentation of technical papers by the new and younger members of the Division. Administered by Local Sections: Charles E. Coates Memorial Award (Baton Rouge Section), to recognize contributions to chemistry or chemical engineering, activity in the ACS or AIChE, and community activity by 40 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES a member of the AIChE chapter or ACS section in the Baton Rouge area, established 1957 in cooperation with the local section of the ACS and the local chapter of AIChE; Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal, to acknowledge leadership in the science of theoretical chemistry, established 1951 by the California Section ; California Section Award, to encourage young scientists who show promise in the field of chemistry, established 1951 by the California Section; Willard Gibbs Medal, to recognize eminent work in and orig- inal contributions to pure or applied chemistry, founded by William A. Converse and estab- lished 1910 by the Chicago section; The Emi- nent Chemists' Award, to recognize contribu- tions to the betterment of mankind by a member of the Cincinnati Section of the ACS, established 1950 by the Executive Committee of the Cincin- nati Section ; Austin M. Patterson Award in Chemical Literature, to acknowledge meritorious contributions in the field of chemical literature and especially in the documentation of chemistry, established 1949 by the Dayton Section ; Dela- ware Section Award, to encourage and promote the publication of scientific papers by members of the section ; S. C. Lind Lectureship Award, to acknowledge leadership in chemical science, established 1948 by the East Tennessee Section; The Florida Section Award, to recognize leader- ship in and contributions to the advancement of the profession of chemistry, established by the Florida Section; The Herty Medal, to give recognition to the work and service of out- standing chemists who have contributed to their chosen field and are from the southeast portion of the United States, established 1933 to honor C. H. Herty, awarded by the Georgia Section of the ACS ; Iowa Award, to recognize meri- torious achievement in fundamental or applied chemistry by a resident of Iowa, established 1949 by the Iowa Section ; Charles F. Spencer Award, to recognize outstanding achievement in agricultural chemistry, established 1955 by the Kansas City Section ; Remsen Memorial Lec- tureship Award, to recognize demonstration by the recipent of the unique qualities as chemist, educator, and administrator exemplified by Ira Remsen, established 1946 by the Maryland Sec- tion ; Southern Chemist Award, to recognize and honor distinguished service to the profession of chemistry in the southern States, and to focus national attention on their scientific progress, established 1950, awarded by Sotithern Chemist magazine, publication of the Memphis Section ; Milwaukee Section Award, to honor a Section member for outstanding service to the industry, the profession, or the Section in the Milwaukee area, established 1956 by the Milwaukee Sec- tion; Minnesota Award, to honor a Section member for outstanding contributions in chem- ical research or in service to the profession, established 1958, supported by the Minnesota Section ; William H. Nichols Medal, to stimu- late original research in chemistry, established 1902 by W^illiam H. Nichols of New York, awarded by New York Section ; The Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award of the North Jersey Section, to encourage accomplishment in pure or applied chemistry among young American chemists, established 1944, supported by the Bakelite Company, a division of Carbide and Carbon Corporation ; James Flack Norris Award, to recognize outstanding achievement in the teaching of chemistry, established 1929 by the Northeastern Section; Theo- dore William Richards Medal, to recognize conspicuous achievement in chemistry, estab- lished 1929 by the Northeastern Section ; North- eastern Indiana Chemist of the Year, to recog- nize and encourage outstanding achievement in chemistry or chemical engineering, distinguished service to the American Chemical Society, and to the community in which recipient resides, established 1957 by the Northeastern Indiana Section; The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecture, to encourage achievement in chemistry and to honor the memory of Edgar Fahs Smith, established 1929, co-sponsored by the Philadel- phia Section ; Pittsburgh Award, to recognize distinglished service to chemistry in Pittsburgh, established 1933 by Pittsburgh Section ; Puget Sound Award in Chemisty, to recognize dis- tinguished work in chemistry or chemical engineering, established 1956 by the Puget Sound Section ; Harrison E. Howe Lectureship, to recognize achievement in chemistry and to promote discussion of problems likely to be important in the future of chemistry, estab- lished by the Rochester Section, first awarded in 1945-46; Midwest Award, to recognize meri- torious contributions to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry or chemical education by chemists in Missouri and its eight bordering States, established 1945 by the St. Louis Section ; Utah Award, to recognize outstanding contribu- tions to chemistry while residing in the area served by the Section, established 1957 by the Salt Lake Section ; Southwest Regional Award, to recognize outstanding contributions by a chemist or chemical engineer in the southwest States, established 1948, supported by twenty-one local sections of the Society ; Distinguished Service Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the professional standing of chemists, established 1948 by the Virginia Sec- tion ; Hillebrand Award, to recognize original contributions to the science of chemistry by a member of the Chemical Society of Washington, established 1925 by this Society (Washington Section, ACS) as a memorial to W. F. Hille- brand ; Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal, to give en- couragement and recognition to the spirit of UNITED STATES 41 research in industry within the territory of the Western New York Section of ACS, estab- lished 1930 by the Section. Publications: Analytical Chemistry (formerly Analytical Edition of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry), monthly, current volume: 32, $4 members, $5 non-members. Editor : Lawrence T. Hallett. Chemical Abstracts, semi-monthly, current volume: 54, $40 members, $200 colleges and universities, $925 non-members. Editor : Charles L. Bernier, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio. Chemical and Engineering News (formerly Industrial and Engineering Chemistry — News Edition), weekly, current volume : 38, free to members, $6 non-members. Editor : Richard L. Kenyon. Chemical Reviews, bi-monthly, current volume : 60, $10 members, $12 non-members. Editor : Ralph L. Shriner, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Chemical Titles, semi-monthly, current volume : 1, $50 members, $50 colleges and universities, $65 non-members. Editor (Director) : G. Mal- colm Dyson, Chemical Abstracts Service, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, monthly, current volume : 52, $4.50 members, $5 non-members. Editor : Will H. Shearon, Jr. Journal of Agri- culture and Food Chemistry, bi-monthly, current volume : 8, $10 members, $20 non-members. Edi- tor : Rodney N. Hader. Journal of Chemical Documentation, bi-annual, $7 members, $10 non- members. Editor : Herman Skolnik, Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. Journal, semi- monthly, current volume : 82, $13 members, $30 non-members. Editor : W. A. Noyes, Jr., Uni- versity of Rochester, Rochester 20, N. Y. Jour- nal of Chemical and Engineering Data (formerly Chemical and Engineering Data Series of In- dustrial and Engineering Chemistry), quarterly, current volume : 5, $9 members, $18 non- members. Editor : Will H. Shearon, Jr. Journal of Organic Chemistry, monthly, current volume : 25, $12.50 members, $25 non-members. Editor : George H. Coleman, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit 1, Mich. Jour- nal of Physical Chemistry (formerly Journal of Physical and Colloid Chemistry), monthly, cur- rent volume : 64, $12 members, $24 non-members. Editor: W. A. Noyes, Jr., University of Roches- ter, Rochester 20, N. Y. Journal of Chemical Education, monthly, current volume : 37, $4 members and non-members. Editor : William F. Kieffer, Department of Chemistry, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio (Division of Chem- ical Education, ACS). Rubber Chemistry and Technology, quarterly, current volume : 33, free to members and associates of the ACS Rubber Division, $9.50 companies and libraries. Editor : David Craig, B. F. Goodrich Research Center, Brecksville, Ohio (Division of Rubber Chem- istry, ACS). 132. American Clinical and Climatological As- sociation. President: Marshall N. Fulton, 124 Waterman Street, Providence, R. I. Term expires October 8, 1960. Secretary: F. Tremaine Billings, Jr., 420 Medical Arts Building, Nashville, Tenn. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1884 as the American Climatological Association ; name changed 1914 to the American Climatological and Clinical Association ; name changed to present title 1932. Purpose: Clinical study of disease. Mevihership: Physicians proposed by three members and voted upon by the Council. Active members, 175; Emeritus, 75; Honorary, 10. Total membership 260. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Gordon Wilson Me- morial Fund, to provide an annual lectureship with an honorarium of $100. Publications: Transactions, annual, current volume : 72, free to members. Editor : David Strayhorn, 2212 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tenn. 133. American College Health Association. President: Samuel I. Fuenning, Director of Student Health Service, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. Term expires April 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Norman S. Moore, Cornell LTniversity, Gannett Clinic, Ithaca, N. Y. Term indefinite. History: Organized March 4, 1920, as the American Student Health Association ; name changed in 1949 to present title. Affiliates : Central, District of Columbia, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Mid-Atlantic. New England, North Central, Ohio, Pacific, Rocky Mountain, South- ern, Southwestern. Sections : Administra- tion, Athletic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Environmental Health and Safety, Health Edu- cation, Mental Health, Nursing Service. Com- mittees : Research, Tuberculosis Control. Purpose: The maintenance of an official and authorized organization through which institu- tions and individuals engaged in student health service may work for the promotion of health, prevention of disease, and the care of student illness. Membership: Institutional membership is open to institutions of higher education of recog- nized standing. Individual membership is open to any individual interested in college student health work whether or not affiliated with a college or university. Members, approximately, 1,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Two awards annually for research design, one to a small college and one to a large college. 42 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Publications: Student Medicine, quarterly, current volume : 9, $5. Editor : Ralph W. Alex- ander. Newsletter, quarterly, current volume : 3, for members only. Editor : Edward Dvorak. 134. American College of Allergists. 2160 Rand Tower, Minneapolis 2, Minn. President: Giles A. Koelsche, 200 1st Street, S. W., Rochester, Minn. Term expires March 1961. F.xecutive ] ice President: Eloi Bauers. History: Organized and incorporated No- vember 23, 1942. Committees : Aerobiology, Audio- Visual, Bronchopulmonary Physiologic Therapy, Central Nervous System Allergy, Dermatology, Entomology, New and Unused Therapeutics, Ophtho-Otolaryngologic .\llergy, Pediatric Allergy, Psychosomatic Allergy, Pub- lic Education, Standardization, Technology. Purpose: The establishment of an organization of qualified physicians and scientists to meet for tlie purpose of promoting and advancing the study and laboratory and clinical knowledge of allergy ; to advance and maintain the highest possible standards among those engaged in practice ; to perpetuate the best traditions of medicine and medical ethics ; to establish stand- ards for the qualification and procedures for the certification of physicians engaged in the spe- cialty of allergy ; to maintain the dignity of this specialty in its relation to public welfare ; to pro- mote friendly intercourse and relationships be- tween and among those engaged in the practice. Membership: Total membership, 1,164. Active Fellows, elected or promoted from Associate Fellows, must be certified by the Board of Ex- aminers and meet qualifications of Credential Committee and the Board of Regents. Associate Fellows, subject to discretion of Board of Re- gents, any physician applying allergy to his practice and any scientist who contributes to the advancement of knowledge. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Annual graduate in- structional course. Publications: Annals of Allergy, monthly, $10.50. Editor: E. A. Brown, 75 Bay State Road, Boston 15, Mass. 135. American College of Anesthesiologists, Inc. 515 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, 111. Executive Secretary: John W. Andes. Term indefinite. History: In 1947 the Fellowship Committee of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc. was reorganized as the American College of Anesthesiologists, Inc., but remained a part of the parent organization. Purpose: To certify qualifying members of American Society of Anesthesiologists as Fel- lows of the College, denoting competence in medical specialty of anesthesiology. Membership: Requires proof of competence in specialty by written, oral, and practical examinations ; one year's formal training or five years' experience devoting fifty-one per cent of time to anesthesiology. Total membership 1,991. Meetings: Semiannual. 136. American College of Apothecaries. Hamil- ton Court, 39th and Chestnut Streets, Phila- delphia, Pa. President: Henry H. Gregg, 4954 France Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minn. Term expires September 1961. Execu- tive Secretary: Robert E. Abrams, 405 Lang- ford Road, Broomall, Pa. Term indefinite. History: Organized May 10, 1940, in Rich- mond, Va., and incorporated January 12, 1946, in St. Louis, Mo. Divided into eight regions similar to the Federal Reserve Districts. Com- mittees : Standard committees on both scientific and technical subjects. Purpose: To promote public health by coop- eration with other public health professions in rendering the best possible type of pharmaceut- ical service and to disseminate helpful informa- tion to the public concerning health matters. To provide services which will aid its fellowship in carrying out its purposes. Membership: Full Fellowship, 630, registered pharmacist operating e.xclusive prescription shop; Hospital Fellowship, 110, registered pharmacist ; Associate Fellowship, 130, regis- tered pharmacist ; Faculty Fellowship, 60, registered pharmacist; Honorary Fellowship, 4, at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Meetings: Annual, mid-year, and regional. Professional activities: Annual survey plus other surveys either directly or by sponsoring grants. Publications: Secretary's Newsletter, bi- weekly. Editor : Robert E. Abrams. 137. American College of Cardiology, Inc. Em- pire State Building, New York 1, N. Y. President: Louis F. Bishop, 141 East 55th Street, New York 22, N. Y. Term expires June 1, 1961. Executive Director: Philip Reichert. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1949; incorporated in District of Columbia. Purpose: To promote and advance the science of cardiology and angiology ; to make available free postgraduate training in the subjects; to create cardiological centers for clinical treat- ment and research in cardiovascular diseases ; to publish information pertaining to the subjects. Membership: Full Fellowship requires cer- tification by an appropriate American Board; UNITED STATES 43 subordinate grades must show orientation to- ward eventual P"ull Fellowship within a limited time. Fellows, 1,326; Associate Fellows, 426; Members, 207. Total membership 1,959. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Groedel Medal, award- ed annually ; Personal Workshops, conducted throughout year. Publications: American Journal of Cardiology, monthly, current volumes: 5-6, $12. Editor: Simon Dack. 138. American College of Chest Physicians. 112 East Chestnut Street, Chicago 11, 111. Presi- dent: J. Jay Flipse, 550 Brickell Avenue, Miami 32, Fla. Term expires June 1961. Executive Director: Murray Kornfeld. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1935; incorporated July 31, 1942, in Illinois. Geographic.'\l Sec- tions : Seventy-nine chapters in eighty-nine countries and territories. Councils : Under- graduate Medical Education (Committees on Undergraduate Medical Education, College Es- say, Audiovisual Aids) ; Postgraduate Medical Education (Committees on Postgraduate Medi- cal Education, Motion Pictures, Resident Loan Fund) ; Public Health (Committees on Liaison with State and County Medical Societies, Air Pollution, Indian Affairs, Occupational Di- seases of the Chest with sections on Medical- Legal Aspects of Pneumoconioses, Radiographic Classification of the Pneumoconioses, Prevalence and Nature of Occupational Diseases of the Chest and Educational Aspects of the Pneu- moconioses) ; Pulmonary Research (Committees on Bronchoesophagology, Pulmonary Surgery, Microbiology, Non-Surgical and Drug Therapy, Chemotherapy and Antibiotics, Pulmonary Physiology with sections on Pulmonary Func- tion Testing, Inhalation Therapy, Mechanical Aids to Respiration, Aviation Medicine, Path- ology, Pulmonary Diseases in Children, Al- lergy) ; Cardiovascular Research (Committees on Hypertension, Clinical Cardiovascular Di- sease, Cardiovascular Roentgenology, Cardiology in Children, Cardiovascular Surgery, Electro- cardiography and Vectorcardiography, Rehabili- tation in Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovas- cular Physiology) ; Hospitals (Committees on Chest Diseases in Institutions, Standards and Accreditation, Psychosomatic Aspects of Di- seases of the Chest, Rehabilitation in Pulmonary Diseases, Nurse Graduate Training in Patient Care, Resident Fellowships, Chest Roentgen- ology) ; Tuberculosis. Purpose: To further undergraduate and post- graduate medical education and research in diseases of the chest (heart and lungs) through- out the world, and to promote the highest stand- ards of scientific endeavor in the specialty of chest diseases in all countries. Membership: Eligible physcians in the United States, its possessions, and Canada may apply for Fellowship, Associate Fellowship, and As- ociate Membership. Fellowship and Associate Membership are avilable to eligible physicians in other countries. Total membership 7,116. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Diseases of the Chest, monthly, current volume : 37, $15. Editor : J. Arthur Myers, 1316 Mayo Memorial Building, Univer- sity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 139- American College of Dentists. 4236 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. Executive Secre- tary: Otto \V. Brandhorst. Term indefinite. History: Organized August 20, 1920. Thirty- two sections in the L^nited States. Committees : Conduct, Education, Growth and Aging of the Face, Health Services, Journalism, Professional Relations, Recruitment, Research, World Rela- tions. Purpose: To advance the ideals of the dental profession ; to advance the standards and efiic- iency of dentistry ; to encourage graduate study and continuing education of dentists ; to en- courage and promote research ; to increase public understanding and appreciation of oral health service ; to encourage development and use of measures for control and prevention of oral disease ; to cooperate with other groups for the advancement of professional relationships in the public interest. Membership: By invitation, based on unusual services. Active and Honorary members. Total membership 2,692. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Teacher Training Fel- lowships, grants-in-aid research, travel grants for research personnel, disaster aid funds for researchers. Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- ume : 27, $5. Editor : Thomas F. McBride, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 140. American College of Foot Orthopedists, Inc. President: Murray Bromberg, 56 Broad Street, Bloomfield, N. J. Term expires August 28, 1961. National Sectrctary: Joseph R. Cinzio, 242 Lexington Avenue, Passaic, N. J. Term expires August 28, 1962. History: Incorporated in Illinois 1950. Com- mittees : Convention ; Editorial and Public Ed- ucation ; Finance ; Nomenclature ; Qualification and Examination Board ; Scientific and Re- search. 44 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Purpose: Standardization of nomenclature; surveys and compilation of statistical data; preparation of bibliographies on foot ortho- pedics ; standardization of diagnostic procedures and continuing research. Membership: Requires membership in Amer- ican Podiatry Association, at least two years' active practice of podiatry, and presentation of twenty-five case histories and passage of written examination. Point system maintained to retain Fellowship and attain Diplomate status. Total membership 120 Fellows. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Newsletter, Quarterly, current volume : 3, free to members. Editor : Joseph R. Cinzio. 141. American College of Gastroenterology, Inc. 22, West 60th Street, New York 23, N. Y. President: Joseph Shaiken, 836 North 12th Street, Milwaukee 3, Wis. Term expires October 1960. Executive Director: Daniel Weiss. Term indefinite. History: Incorporated 1932 as Society for the Advanvement of Gastroenterology ; name changed in 1934 to National Society for the Advancement of Gastroenterology ; name changed in 1938 to National Gastroenterological Association; name changed to present title 1954. Purpose: Promotion and maintenance of highest standards of medical education, practice, and research in gastroenterology. Membership: Requires graduation from ac- credited school and membership in county med- ical society and in American Medical Associa- tion. Associate Fellows, Board eligible ; Fellows, American Board Diplomates ; Boards concerned are American Specialty Boards approved by Council on Medical Education of American Medical Association ; those affecting this Col- lege generally are American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Pathology, American Board of Proctology, American Board of Radiology, and American Board of Surgery. Honorary Fellows, 29 ; Life Fellows, 36 ; Fellows, 2i76; Associate Fellows, 201 ; Members, 249. Total membership 891. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Postgraduate course in gastroenterology ; Ames Award, for best paper published in Journal ; Henry G. Rudner, Sr., Award, for best original research work in field. Puhlications: American Journal of Gastro- enterology, monthly, current volume : 34, $8. Editor : Samuel Weiss. 142. American College of Hospital Adminis- trators. 840 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 11, 111. President: Melvin L. Sutley, 1601 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia 30, Pa. Term expires 1961. Exectttizv Director: Dean Conley, 6253 North Sheridan Road, Chicago 40, 111. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1933. Eighteen Geo- graphical divisions throughout the United States and Canada. Purpose: To elevate the standards of hospital administration ; to establish a standard of competence for hospital administration to dev- elop and promote standards of education and training for hospital administrators ; to educate hospital trustees and the public to understand that the practice of hospital administration calls for special training and experience ; to provide a method for conferring Fellowships in hospital administration on those who have done or are doing noteworthy service in the field of hospital administration. Membership: Almost without exception, af- filiation with a hospital approved by the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation is nec- essary ; candidates must be engaged in hospital administration as a career in the United States, Canada, or other countries, in a responsible position in an approved hospital either as the administrator, assistant administrator, adminis- trative assistant, or in a post of camparable responsibility, or may also be members of the faculty of approved courses in hospital admin- istration ; baccalaureate degree from an accep- table educational institution or its equivalent in education, experience, or both ; those who have baccalaureate degrees must have had at least three years of successful experience in a respon- sible administrative position in an acceptable hospital, while graduates of approved courses in hospital administration who have received their master's degree must have had a minimum of one year's experience in a responsible admin- istrative position in an acceptable hospital in addition to the year of administrative residency. Fellowship, awarded to men and women who have been Members of the College in good standing for at least five years, have been found technically eligible for advancement to Fellowship, have submitted an acceptable Fellow- ship Project, which may be a thesis, four case reports, a bibliography of four published articles, or any combination of case reports and bibli- ography totaling four, and must comply in all other respects with the constitutional provisions of the College for Fellowship ; Membership, granted to those persons who have been Nom- inees in good standing in the College for at least two years and who have fulfilled technical requirements for advancement, which include UNITED STATES 45 successfully passing both an oral and a written examination and in all other respects complying with the constitutional provisions for this status ; Nomineeship, granted to those who have fulfilled all of the requirements for admission to the College. Total membership approximately 4.000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Annual Congress on Administration, three-day management meet- ing ; Annual Hospital Administrators' Award, $500, for the best book on administration ; An- nual Edgar C. Hayhow Award, for best article in Hospital Administration: Annual Article Award, for best article in eight hospital publica- tions ; Fellows' Seminar, week-long conference limited to Fellows ; Preceptor Conferences. Publications: Hospital Administration, quar- terly, current volume : 5, $5. 1960 Directory, every five years, current volume: 1, $15. News, monthly, current volume : 23, free. Editor : Dean Conley. Library: 5,000 volumes. Emphasis, adminis- tration and management in general. 143. American College of Medical Technolo- gists, 81 East Front Street, Red Bank, N. J. President: Leona L. Carter, 4415 Chickasaw Road, Memphis, Tenn. Term expires 1963. Secretary-Treasurer: C. A. Bartholomew, Term indefinite. History: Organized March 21, 1942 at Phila- delphia ; incorporated (New Jersey) May 15, 1942; registered at Washington, D. C. as a national organization July 15, 1942. Purpose: To encourage increased scientific knowledge of its members through seminars and scientific meetings. Membership: Baccalaureate degree, ten years of practice in medical technology, and a thesis. Fellows, 568 ; Associates, Z72. Total membership 940. Meetings: Semiannually. Professional activities: One full scholarship in medical technology given annually ; Dean Emeritus Award for Past Presidents. Publications : Record, annually, current vol- ume dated 1959, free. Editor : C. A. Bartholomew. 144. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 79 West Monroe Street, Chicago 3, 111. President: C. Paul Hodgkinson, 17546 Meadowood, Lathrup Village, Mich. Term expires April 1961. Executive Secre- tary: Donald F. Richardson. Term indefinite. History: Organized and incorporated in 1951 as The American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology. By action of the Executive Board and vote of the Fellows, the name was changed to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 1956. The College is com- prised of eight districts including the United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone. Purpose: To establish and maintain the high- est possible standards for obstetric and gyne- cologic education in medical schools and hos- pitals, obstetric and gynecologic practice and research ; to perpetuate the history and best traditions of obstetrics and gynecologic practice and ethics ; to maintain the dignity and efiiciency of obstetric and gynecologic practice in its relationship to public welfare ; to promote pub- lications and encourage contributions to medical and scientific literature pertaining to obstetrics and gynecology. Membership: Fellows and Founding Fellows, 5,642, graduation from a medical school which is satisfactory to the Executive Board, limitation of training and/or professional activities to obstetrics and/or gynecology for the five years immediately prior to date of application, evi- dence of high ethical and professional standing ; Junior Fellows, 634 ; Life Fellows, 59 ; Associate Fellows, 9. Total membership, 6,474. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Mead Johnson Scholar- ship Award, annually to worthy internes or residents in obstetrics and/or gynecology, five $1,000 grants. Higher Education Loan Program, Emil Novak Tumor Registry, and International Federation of Obstetrics-Gynecology. Publications: Obstetrics and Gynecology, monthly, current volume: 15, $12 per year. Editor : Ralph A. Reis. 145. American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. P. O. Box 488, Coral Gables 34, Fla. Pres- ident: Milton V. Gafney, 1143 South Buckner Boulevard, Dallas 17, Tex. Term expires November 1, 1960. Executive Secretary: Esther F. Martin. Term indefinite. History: Organized in June 1926 by a small group of practicing surgeons during the annual American Osteopathic Association convention at Louisville, Ky. Purpose: To encourage the study of the science of surgery, surgical diagnosis, pathology, and the application of osteopathic principles, practice, and treatment thereto. Membership: Members, osteopathic physicians who are specializing in surgery ; must be engaged in the practice of surgery or in a surgical specialty, a substantial portion of which is major surgical practice, such as ophthalmology, otolaryngology, urology, gynecology, or ortho- pedics. Associate Members, physicians en- gaged in activities directly related to the practice of surgery, such as anesthesiology, 46 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES pathology, and radiology ; must be certified by his respective specialty board. Honorary Mem- bers, may be granted to any person upon unanimous vote of the Board of Governors. Life Members, may be granted by the Board of Governors to any member who has reached the age of sixty and who has held continuous membership for the immediately preceding twenty years ; to any member who has reached the age of sixty-five and who has held continuous membership for the immediately preceding ten years ; and at the discretion of the Board of Governors, to those who, for good and suf- ficient reason, have been forced to retire from active practice. Fellows, may be conferred on members, associate members, honorary members, and life members of the College. Candidates, osteopathic physicians as are considered intel- lectually and temperamentally qualified to re- ceive it, are permitted to attend educational meetings of the College for instruction in the practice of surgery. Total membership 520 ; Candidates, 121. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Degree of "Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons" conferred in recognition of outstanding accom- plishments in a surgical specialty or outstanding service to the organization. Orel F. Martin Medal, awarded for distinguished service to the College. Publications: Bulletin, quarterly. Editor: Esther F. Martin. 146. American College of Physicians. 4200 Pine Street, Philadelphia 4, Pa. President: Chester S. Keefer, 65 East Newton Street, Boston 18, Mass. Term expires May 11, 1961. Exec- utive Director: Edward C. Rosenow, Jr., Term indefinite. History: Chartered 1915 under the Laws of Delaware as a corporation "not for profit," designed to be an organization in which internists and allied specialists may find a common meeting ground for the discussion of the special problems that concern them and through which their interest may have proper representation. Organ- ized at the same time was the American Con- gress on Internal Medicine, whose primai-y function was to conduct an annual Congress in which the College participated. In February 1926, the American Congress on Internal Medi- cine was merged with the American College of Physicians, former members of the Congress becoming Associates of the College. Purpose: To establish an organization com- posed of qualified physicians of high standing who shall meet from time to time for the purpose of considering and discussing medical and scientific topics and who through their organization shall attempt to accomplish the further purposes of maintaining and advancing the highest standards in medical education, medical practice, and clinical research ; perpet- uating the history and best traditions of medicine and medical ethics ; and maintaining both the dignity and the efficiency of internal medicine in its relationship to public welfare. Membership: Limited to qualified internists of high standing and those of equally high standing engaged in pediatrics, neurology, psy- chiatry, pathology, radiology, public health, and other related specialties. Associated, junior members on probation for three to ten years ; Fellows, advancement from Associateship ; Mas- ters ; Life members, who can be either Masters or Fellows. Total membership approximately 11,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Funds from $20,000 to $35,000 annually for one-year research fellow- ships in the amount of $3,000 to $3,500 each, to young physicians for the purpose of promoting and advancing clinical research. Latin- American Fellowships, conducted jointly by the College and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation ; $50,000 to $60,000 annually; 12 to 15 fellowships from Latin-American countries for training in Ameri- can medicine ; purpose to increase inter- Ameri- can understanding by serving as a medium for the exchange of knowledge and acquaintance- ships among the American Republics, to stimu- late progress in the teaching of internal medicine and in research in the Latin- American countries, to help prepare Latin-American doctors of medicine in internal medicine. Mead Johnson Postgraduate Scholarships, three of $1,000 each annually, to help underwrite internships or residences in internal medicine, for needy stu- dents. A. Blaine Brower Traveling Scholarships, to provide opportunity for worthy young phys- icians, preferably Associates of the College, to spend a month as visiting fellows at institutions arranged by the College for observation and postgraduate study. John Phillips Memorial Award, founded 1929, in memory of the late )Dr. John Phillips ; a bronze medal given periodically, usually annually, for some out- standing piece of work in internal medicine or pediatrics ; recipient required to present his paper at the annual session. James D. Bruce Memorial Lectureship, an award in preventive medicine, founded 1946, in memory of the late Dr. James D. Bruce, a bronze medal is given annually and the recipient presents the results of his research on the program of the annual session. Alfred Stengel Memorial Award, foun- ded 1947, a merit award for loyalty and service to the College, including outstanding influence in maintaining and advancing the best standards of medical education, medical practice, and UNITED STATES 47 clinical research and in perpetuating the other objectives of the College; a special diploma award. Publications: Annals of Internal Medicine, monthly, $10 domestic, $12 foreign. Editor: M. C. Pincoffs (until October 1960). Bulletin, 6 per year, current volume: 1, $2. Editor: Thomas McMillan. 147. American College of Radiology. 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, 111. President: Earl E. Barth, 670 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. Term expires February 1961. Executive Director: William C. Stronach. Term indefinite. History: Organized June 26, 1923; became a regularly incorporated, non-profit organization in 1924. The College assumed all the functions formerly performed by the Inter-Society Com- mittee for Radiology. Commissions: Hospital Standards ; Public Relations ; Public Health ; Legislation and Public Policy ; Radiologic Units, Standards and Protection. Committee on Inter- national .Affairs; Liaison Groups with Tech- nician Organizations ; Liaison Committee to Medical Care Insurance Plans. Purpose: To improve the distribution, quality, and availability of radiological service to the sick through the study and interpretation of socio-economic factors as they affect medicine and health ; to encourage and develop improved standards and facilities for postgraduate educa- tion in radiology ; to acquaint the medical pro- fession and the public with achievements and developments in radiology and thus promote and encourage progress in this specialty. Membership: Members, 3,839, physicians prac- ticing the specialty of radiology who have been certified ; Fellows, 806, elected from the member- ship on the basis of outstanding contributions and service to radiology ; Associate Members in Physics, 33, physicists who have been certified by the American Board of Radiology ; Associate Fellows in Physics, 39, elected from the Assoc- iate Membership on the basis of outstanding achievement ; Resident Members, 379, those who occupy residencies recognized by the American Board of Radiology, but who are not yet certified; Honorary Fellows, 38, those who are ineligible for admission as members but whose standing and preeminent contributions to the science or practice of radiology entitle them to honorary recognition ; Corresponding Members, 52, those physician practicing the specialty of radiology, certified by the American Board of Radiology or by the Royal College of Phyicians and Surgeons of Canada and who are not citizens of the USA or Canada, and who are in good ethical standing in their respective coun- tries ; Members Emeritus, 91, members who have retired from the practice of radiology whether because of age or physical disability and who have been elected Members Emeritus by the Board of Chancellors ; Fellows Emeritus, 86, fellows who have retired from the practice of radiology whether because of age or physical disability and have been elected Fellows Emer- itus by the Board of Chancellors ; Retired Mem- bership and Fellowship, may be conferred by the Board of Chancellors on application of the member or fellow who has retired from practice and wlio, in the judgement of the Board, should be relieved from the payment of dues. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: A Gold Medal is pre- sented to outstanding radiologists and scientists, and financial support is given regularly to the -Xational Society for Medical Research, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and the International Society of Radiology. Publications: Your Radiologist, quarterly, current volume : 3. Editor, Wendell G. Scott. News Bulletin, monthly, current volume : 16. 148. American College of Surgeons. 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, 111. President: Owen H. Wangensteen, Minneapolis, Minn. Term expires October 14, 1960. Director: Paul R. Hawley. Term expires January 31, 1961. History: Founded 1913. Purpose: To advance and protect the welfare of the surgical patient. Membership: Requires advanced graduate training in surgery and evidence of moral character and of ethical and competent practice. Total membership 24,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional actiz'itics: Approval of graduate training programs in surgery; approval of can- cer programs ; fellowships and scholarships awarded to promiing young surgeons. Publications: Surgery, Gynecology and Obste- trics, monthly, current volumes: 110-111, $15. Editor : Loyal Davis. Bulletin, bi-monthly, and Directory, every three years, both free to mem- bers. Library: 40,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: Rare books and history of surgery. 149. American College of Veterinary Patholo- gists. President: E. L. Stubbs, School of Vet- erinary Medicine, L^niversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires November 29, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : T. C. Jones, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston 15, Mass. Term expires November 29, 1960. History: Organized November 29, 1948; in- corporated ."August 1. 1949. Recognized by 48 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES American Veterinary Medical Association as certifying agency for specialists in veterinary pathology, August 1951. Purpose: To further scientific progress in specialty of veterinary pathology ; to establish standards of training and experience for quah- fications of specialists in veterinary pathology ; to further recognition of such qualified special- ists by suitable certification. Membership: Veterinarians must have min- imum of five years' professional training and experience subsequent to receipt of degrees ; training must be under conditions and preceptors approved by the Council of this organization ; after required training candidates are admitted to examinations, scope of which includes diseases of large and small animals, clinical and experi- mental pathology, and, upon successful com- pletion of examinations, are awarded certificates and membership. Members and charter mem- bers, 89 ; Emeritus, 3. Total membership 92. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Seminars are held at least once annually, and often twice a year, for postgraduate education of members and, in some instances, of non-members. Through its committees on Education, Requirements, Ex- amination, Clinical Pathology, and Photography, continuous studies are made of needs in educa- tion and research in this organization's specialty. 150. American Committee for International Wild Life Protection. Chairman: Harold J. Coolidge, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washing- ton 25, D. C. Term expires January 1961, subject to annual re-election. Executive Sec- retary: Lee S. Crandall, New York Zoological Park, New York 60, N. Y. Term expires January 1961, subject to annual re-election. History: Organized January 1930 at annual meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club to rep- resent that club and other important recognized institutions interested in wild life protection. Members of the first Executive Committee rep- resented the Boone and Crockett Club, the New York Zoological Society, the American Museum of Natural History ; representatives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Insti- tution, Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia, California Academy of Sciences, Ameri- can Society of Mammalogists, Camp Fire Club of America, and Wilderness Club were added later. Purpose: Conservation and preservation of threatened and vanishing forms of wild life ; promoting and financing research into status and ecology of threatened species ; publishing and disseminating information dealing with cur- rent status of various forms of wild life and with scientific and esthetic value of all wild life ; contributing financially to national and international organizations concerned with wild life conservation, with special reference to activ- ities outside the United States. Membership: Open to persons having world wide interest in wild life conservation or dis- tinguished for achievement in the general cause of nature and faunal preservation. Total mem- bership 44. Meetings: Annual. 151. American Concrete Institute. P. O. Box 4754, Detroit 19, Mich. President: Joe W. Kelly, Professor of Civil Engineering, Eng- ineering Materials Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 4, CaHf. Term expires February 22, 1961. Executive Secretary: William A. Maples. Term indefinite. History: Organized January 17, 1905; chart- ered December 14, 1906, under Incorporation Laws of the District of Columbia, as the National Association of Cement Users ; July 2, 1913, name changed to present title. Com- mittees : There are more than fifty committees for research on concrete products and structures. Purpose: To organize the efiforts of its mem- bers for a non-profit public service in gathering, correlating, and disseminating information for the improvement of the design, construction, manufacture, use, and maintenance of concrete products and structures. Membership: Individual, 8,408; Corporation Member, firm, society, or government agency, 402 ; Contributing, same as Corporation but with unusual interest and desire to support Institute activities, 51 ; Junior, under twenty-eight 939 ; Student, same as Junior plus enrollment in eng- ineering school, 432 ; Life, paid up individual, 13 ; Honorary, elected by Board of Direction, 8. Total membership 10,253. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Wason Medal, founded by Leonard C. Wason, Boston, Mass., awarded each year to the author of the most meritorious paper published in the previous annual volume of Proceedings. Wason Research Medal, founded by Leonard C. Wason, awarded for notable con- tributions reporting research in the field of con- crete and concrete design, Henry C. Turner Gold Medal, founded in 1927 by Henry C. Turner of New York City, awarded occasionally for notable achievement in or service to the concrete industry. American Concrete Institute Construction Practice Award, a certificate of award and bronze plaque awarded on occasion for a paper of outstanding merit on construction practice. Alfred E. Lindau Award, founded in 1947 by Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, awarded occasional!}- for outstanding contribu- UNITED STATES 49 tions to reinforced concrete design practice. Henry L. Kennedy Award, established 1958 by the Institute to be given only for outstanding technical or administrative service and is not mandatory each year. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume: 56, $18. Editor: William A. Maples. 152. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 1014 Broadway. Cin- cinnati 2, Ohio. Chairman: Allan L. Coleman, Connecticut Department of Health, 345 Main Street, Hartford 1, Conn. Term expires April 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Charles D. Yafife. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1938 as the National Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygien- ists. Purpose: To promote industrial hygiene in all its aspects and phases ; to coordinate industrial hygiene activities by ofificial Federal, State, local, and territorial industrial hygiene agencies ; to encourage the interchange of experience among industrial hygiene personnel in such official organizations ; to collect and make acces- sible to all governmental industrial hygienists such information and data as may be of assist- ance to them in the proper fulfillment of their duties ; to hold annual and such other meetings as may be necessary to eiTectuate the purpose of this organization. Membership: Regular members, persons pro- fessionally engaged and regualarly employed by official governmental units responsible for full- time programs of industrial hygiene in any of its aspects and phases ; Associate members, personnel of educational institutions engaged in teaching or research in industrial hygiene, and governmental personnel in allied activities but not responsible for full-time programs in indus- trial hygiene. Total membership 509. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Development of mater- ials through work of numerous standing com- mittees ; annual award presented to a member or group of members for outstanding recent contributions to the field ; development of in- dustrial hygiene standards and technical liter- ature in such fields as ventilation, analytical methods, air sampling, and medical and nursing records. Publications: Transactions of Annual Meet- ings. $5. Manual of Analytical Methods. $5. 153- American Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 30 North Michigan Ave., Chicago 2, 111. President: Donald A. Covalt, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabili- tation. 400 East 34th Street, New York, N. Y. Term begins August 1960. Executive Secre- tary: Dorothea C. Augustin. Term indefinite History: Organized in 1921 as American Con- gress of Physical Therapy. Purpose: To promote and advance the art and science of physical medicine and rehabilitation through the diagnosis and treatment of disease, defects, and injury by physical means and restoration to the fullest physical, mental, social, vocational, and economic usefulness possible. Membership: Active members: graduate in medicine and surgery, legally qualified to prac- tice medicine in the United States or in foreign countries. Associate : physiologist, physicist, bio- physicist, electrical engineer, mechanical eng- ineer, chemical engineer, research worker, in- vestigator, teacher, or any other expert in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation who is invited by the membership committee. Honorary : eminent individuals interested in physical medicine and rehabilitation who are in- vited by the membership committee or who hold the Gold Key. Affiliate : persons actively enrolled in an approved residency or fellowship in phys- ical medicine and rehabilitation. Total member- ship approximately 750. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Gold Key Award; annual awards for scientific exhibits ; annual essay award ; Baruch essay award. Publications: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, monthly, current volume : 41, $8.50. Chairman of Editorial Board: Paul A. Nelson. 154. American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. President: M. Arnold Karo, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Department of Com- merce, Washington 25. D. C. Term expires March 1961. Executive Secretary: Walter S. Dix, 430 Woodward Building, Washington 5, D. C. Term indefinite. History: Organized June 1941. Sections: Arizona ; Colorado ; Great Lakes ; Hawaii ; Louisiana ; New Mexico ; North Carolina ; Northern California ; Oregon ; St. Louis, Mo. ; Southern California ; Texas ; Utah. Affili.a.tes : East Bay Council ; Florida Society of Pro- fessional Land Surveyors ; Georgia Association of Registered Land Surveyors ; Illinois Register of Land Surveyors ; Indiana Society of Land Surveyors ; Kansas Society of Land Surveyors ; Massachusetts Civil Engineers and Land Sur- veyors ; Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors ; Minnesota Land Surveyors Associa- tion ; Nassau-Suffolk Civil Engineers, New- York ; South Carolina Society of Land Sur- veyors ; Survey and Map Section, Florida Engi- 50 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES neers ; Texas Surveyors Association ; Virginia Association of Surveyors ; Washington Associa- tion of Land Surveyors ; Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors. Incorporated 1950, District of Columbia. Divisions : Cartography ; Control Surveys ; Education ; Instruments ; Property Surveys ; Topography. Purpose: To advance the science of surveying and mapping in their several branches ; to further the interests of both those who use maps and surveys and those who make them ; to estab- lish a central source of reference for its mem- bers ; to contribute a public education in the use of maps and surveys, and to encourage the prosecution of basic mapping and surveying pro- grams which are paid in whole or in part with public funds ; to provide a much needed means or channel for the exchange of information, advancement of techniques, establishment of standards, improvement of the professional status of those engaged in the work, and the exercise of international, national, and local ex- pression on all matters concerning the general and scientific development of surveying and mapping. Membership: Members, any person interested or engaged in surveying and mapping. Fellow Members, any member of the Congress who has made some outstanding contribution to survey- ing and mapping, or to the Congress. Honorary Members, any person of national or international lame who has made some outstanding contribu- tion to surveying and mapping. Professional and Technical Associations, any professional organi- zation interested in surveying and mapping activities. Sustaining Members, any commercial or professional institution or individual inter- ested or engaged in surveying and mapping, the manufacture of instruments or equipment for this work, or the reproduction or compilation of maps. Total membership : 5,000 individuals and several hundred libraries. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Wild - Heerbrugg Award, for best article on improvement of instrumentation in surveying. K and E Scholar- ship for graduate work in surveying. Publications: Surveying and Mapping, quar- terly, current volume : 20, $5. Editor : Howard S. Rappleye. 155. American Council of Independent Labora- tories, Inc. President: Cecil M. Shilstone, Shilstone Testing Laboratory, 814 Conti Street, New Orleans, La. Term expires Octo- ber 1960. Executive Secretary: Harold M. Dudley, 4302 East-West Highway, Washing- ton 14, D. C. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1937. Divisions: Central; Eastern ; Southern ; \\'estern. Purpose: The promotion of scientific analysis, testing, inspection, or research and the advance- ment of the welfare of the independent scientific laboratories which associate themselves for this purpose. Membership: The membership is composed of independent laboratories whose principal business is analysis, testing, inspection, and re- search and which are adequately equipped and organized to render reliable service in their chosen fields. Total membership 78 laboratories, 70 branches. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Bulletin, quarterly. Editor: H. M. Dudley. 1 56. American Council on Pharmaceutical Edu- cation. President: George D. Beal, 5610 Elmer Street, Pittsburgh 32, Pa. Term expires January 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : P. H. Costello, 77 West Washington Street, Chicago 2, 111. Term expires January 1961. History: Established 1932; incorporated 1939. Composed of three representatives each from the American Pharmaceutical Association, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, plus one representative from the American Council on Education. Purpose: To formulate standards for an ap- proved school of pharmacy, to revise when necessary, and to publish a list of approved schools of pharmacy. Membership: Appointment by sponsoring organizations. Total membership 10. Meetings: Two per year. Professional activities: Accreditation of col- leges of pharmacy. 157. American Crystaliographic Association. President: Jurg Waser, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: Leroy E. Alex- ander, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Organized 1949 by consolidation of the American Society for X-Ray and Electron Dififraction with the Crystaliographic Society of America. Committees : Apparatus and Stand- ards, Crystaliographic Computing, Crystalio- graphic Data, Publications. Purpose: To promote the study of the ar- rangement of the atoms in matter, the causes of such arrangement, and its consequences and of the tools and methods used in such studies. Membership: Any person actively interested in the purposes of the Society, whose application is sponsored by two members of the Society. Total membership 900. Meetings: Annual. UNITED STATES 51 158. American Dairy Science Association, 32 Ridgeway Circle, White Plains, N. Y. Presi- dent : R. E. Hodgson, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Term expires July 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: H. F. Judkins. Term expires July 1, 1961. History: Organized in 1906. Divisions: East- ern, Southern, Western. Purpose: To advance the general welfare of the dairy industry by instruction in dairy science, the stimulation of scientific research, and im- provement in the methods of conducting exten- sion work. Membership: Those who have had technical college training in dairying or in allied fields or are filling a responsible position requiring some technical knowledge of dairy science. Total membership 2,550. Meetings : Annual . Professional activities: Two Student Affiliate Awards for best scientific papers at annual meeting. One Student Affiliate Award for best exhibit of activities at Annual Meeting. Publications: Journal of Dairy Science, monthly, current volume : 43, $15, members $10. Editor : E. O. Herreid, University of Illinois. 1 59. American Dental Assistants Association, 410 First National Bank Building. La Porte, Ind. President: Mrs. Joy Phillips, 3041 West Pierson, Phoenix, Ariz. Term expires October 20, 1960. Executive Secretary: Mrs. Elma Troutman. Term indefinite. History: During the 1923 meeting of the American Dental Association in Cleveland, Ohio, a small group of dental assistants, led by Juliette A. Southard, took the initial step to organize the American Dental Assistants Association. Organization was completed in Dallas, Texas November 13, 1924 and the Association was incorporated in 1925. Purpose: To aid in the advancement and ele- vation of the dental profession by encouraging persons in the dental assistants vocation to form societies whereby they may secure the educa- tional advantages of lectures, clinical demon- strations, discussions, and instructions in the details of their duties. Membership: Active, high school graduate or its equivalent, employed in an ethical dental office, clinic, hospital, or institution, or instructor of dental assisting, and affiliated through a local and State association ; Independent, dental as- sistants eligible for active membership who are employed in localities where no local society exists ; Associate, former active members of the Association who have discontinued their work in dental offices ; Student, high school graduates enrolled in dental assistant courses of one or more years in schools or colleges ap- proved by the Association; Life, granted to those members who have maintained active, continuous membership for a period of twenty- five years ; Honorary, may be conferred upon members of the dental profession and others of distinction who have aided in the promotion and welfare of dental assistants. Total membership 10,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Juliette A. Southard Scholarship Award, two $100 awards given each year to the students judged by the Scholar- ship Committee as being the most deserving. Relief Trust ; Annual Trophy Awards for Clinics ; Best Educational Essay. Publications: The Dental Assistant, bi- monthly, current volume : 29, $3. Editor : Mrs. Violet Crowley. 160. American Dental Association, 222 East Superior Street, Chicago 11, 111. President: Paul H. Jeserich, School of Dentistry, L^ni- versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires October 1960. Secretary: Harold Hillenbrand. Term expires 1962. History: Organized August 18, 1840 as American Society of Dental Surgeons, and ad- journed sine die August 6, 1856. The American Dental Convention was organized August 2, 1855 and terminated about 1882. On August 3, 1859, at Niagara Falls, New York, twenty-six delegates representing eight local societies and two dental colleges organized the American Dental Association. In 1869, as a result of the War Between the States, dentists who had broken away from the parent group formed the Southern Dental Association. In 1897 the Asso- ciation united with the Southern Dental Associa- tion, and the name was changed to the National Dental Association. On June 19, 1922, the organization took its original name, the Ameri- can Dental Association. There are thirteen Trustee Districts covering the United States ; fifty-four State and territorial societies ; and 444 city and local societies. Councils : Constitution and Bylaws ; Dental Education ; Dental Health ; Dental Research ; Dental Therapeutics ; Dental Trade and Laboratory Relations ; Federal Den- tal Services; Hospital Dental Service; Insur- ance ; International Relations ; Journalism ; Judicial ; Legislation ; Membership ; National Board of Dental Examiners ; Relief ; Scientific Session. Bureaus: x'\udiovisual Service; Dental Health Education ; Economic Research and Statistics; Library and Indexing Service; Mem- bership Records ; Public Information. Sections : Anesthesiology ; Operative Dentistry ; Oral Sur- gery ; Orthodontics and Oral Development ; 52 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Pedodontics ; Periodontics ; Practice Adminis- tration ; Prosthodontics, Complete ; Prostho- dontics, Partial ; Public Health Dentistry ; Re- search ; Roentgenology. Purpose: To encourage the improvement of the health of the public and to promote the art and science of dentistry. Membership: Active, 77,212, licensed dentist who is a member of constituent or component society, or federal dental service ; Life, 4,875, active members of ADA for thirty-five years, sixty-five years of age, active member in good standing at time of election by House of Dele- gates ; Student, 12,305, undergraduate student of accredited dental school, intern, resident, or graduate student ; Honorary, 2>7, individual who, because of outstanding contributions to the ad- vancement of the art and science of dentistry, has been elected by House of Delegates on nomination of Board of Trustees ; Affiliate, 244, ethical dentist who practices in any country other than United States, who is a member of a recognized dental organization in such country and whose application, for membership is passed on favorably by Board of Trustees ; Associate, 23, member of an allied profession who has contributed to the advancement of dentistry. Total membership 94,696. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Awards at National Science Fair : two finalists receive expense paid trips to annual session of Association ; two second-place awards of $50 each. Council on Dental Research supports ten research asso- ciates at the National Bureau of Standards and Standards and three at the National Institutes of Health, $150,635. Bureau of Economic Re- search and Statistics, $50,000 ; Council on Dental Therapeutics' budget for research, $100,685. A laboratory with a stafif of four is maintained at the headquarters. Publications: Index to Dental Literature, quarterly and annually, current volume: 11, annual subscription $20, annual bound volume $10. Dental Abstracts, monthly, current vol- ume : 5, domestic $8, foreign $9. Editor : Lon W. Morrey. Accepted Dental Remedies, annually, $3 per copy. American Dental Directory, an- nually, $15 per copy. Journal of Oral Surgery, Anesthesia and Hospital Dental Service, bi- monthly, current volume : 18, domestic $10, foreign $12. Editor : Fred A. Henry. Journal, monthly, current volume : 60, domestic $7, foreign $8, free to members. Editor : Lon W. Morrey. American Dental Association Specifica- tions for Dental Materials, annually, current volume : 3, $2.25 per volume. Newsletter, semi- monthly, current volume : 13, $2. Dental Health Highlights, monthly, current volume: 16, free. Clipsheet, irregular, current volume : 10, free. Library: 13,400 volumes. 161. American Dental Hygienists' Association, Inc. 100 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11, 111. President: Miss Tillie Ginsburg, 604 North 16th Street, Milwaukee 3, Wis. Term ex- pires October 1960. Executive Secretary: Miss Margaret E. Swanson. Term expires January 1964. History: Organized September 11, 1923; in- corporated, 1927. Twelve trustee districts, forty- six constituent associations, seventy-five com- ponent associations. Purpose: To cultivate, promote, and sustain the art and science of dental hygiene, to repre- sent and safeguard the common interest of tlie members of the dental hygiene profession, and to contribute toward the health of the public. Membership: Any ethical female dental hy- gienist who possesses a certificate or degree in dental hygiene granted by a school of dental hygiene accredited by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association, and who is licensed to practice in any one of the States, districts, territories or dependencies of the United States. Active members, 4,052 ; Students, 1,765; Life. 30, Honorary, 14. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- ume : 34, domestic $4, foreign $5. Editor : Miss Belle Fiedler. 162. American Dermatological Association, Inc. President: George C. Andrews, 115 East 61st Street, New York 21, N. Y. Term expires June 20, 1961. Secretary: Wiley M. Sams, 308 Ingraham Building, Miami 32, Fla. Term expires April 1963. History: Organized September 6, 1876, and incorporated in June 1930. Sections : United States; Canada; Cuba. Purpose: The advancement of dermatologic knowledge, teaching, and research. Membership: By invitation; full time derma- tologists with Board certification. Active members, 113; Senior. 62; Corresponding, 41; Honorary, 16. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Research and Educa- tional Fund, Inc. ; Annual Essay Contest, first prize, $1,000; second prize, $400. Publications: AMA Archives of Dermatol- ogy, monthly, current volume: 81. Editor: Herbert Rattner. 163. American Diabetes Association, Inc. 1 East 45th Street, New York 17, N. Y. President: Franklin B. Peck, Sr., Indianapolis, Ind. Term expires June 1961. Secretary: E. Paul Sheridan, Denver, Colo. Term expires June UNITED STATES 53 1961. Executive Director: J. Richard Con- nelly. Term indefinite. History: Organized and incorporated 1940; forty-four affiliate associations throughout the United States. Committees : Affiliate Associa- tions, Camps, Detection and Education, Emerg- ency Medical Care, Employment, Food and Nutrition, Oral Hypoglycemic Compounds, Pro- fessional Education (Subcommittees on Speak- ers Bureau, Definition and Classification, Teach- ing of Diabetes in Hospitals, Teaching of Dia- betes in Medical Schools), Research and Fel- lowships, Scientific Exhibits, Scientific Pro- grams, Scientific Publications, Statistics, Thera- peutic Agents and Devices. Purpose: To promote among physicians and others the free exchange of knowledge with re- spect to diabetes mellitus and to improve stand- ards of treatment ; to promote medical research by individuals, hospitals, clinics, universities, and other institutions ; to educate the public in the early recognition of diabetes mellitus and in the importance of medical supervision of its treat- ment ; to distribute accurate information respect- ing it to the general public by literature, meet- ings, and other appropriate means ; to develop educational methods designed to give diabetic patients a better understanding of their disease ; to encourage the formation of subsidiary groups. Membership: Active members, 2,459, gradu- ates of medical schools approved by the Ameri- can Medical Association, and other physicians and scientists interested in diabetes ; Associate, 42, professional or lay people interested in objectives and activities of the Association; Sus- taining Corporate, Contributing Corporate, and Corporate Members, 24, medical, welfare, civic, educational, scientific, or other business organi- zations ; Honorary, 10. Total membership 2,535. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Research Fund, for the promotion of research, both clinical and laboratory, in the field of diabetes and for the study of diabetes. Nordisk Insulinfond Founda- tion for the Elliott P. Joslin Fellowship, to be applied to the study of diabetes, capital amount, $71,712. CHnical and Re- search Fund, clinical and basic research includ- ing awarding of fellowships, capital amount $397,884. Banting Medal, for distinguished service in the interest of doctor and patient. Annual Graduate and Medical Student — Intern Essay Contest, to stimulate interest in diabetes and allied diseases among medical students, interns, physicians within two years after their graduation from medical school, and gradu- ate students in the basic sciences: (a) for the best paper reporting original studies, $250 ; (b) for the best review article or case report, $100. Annual Lilly .Award, $1,000 and a medal, to recognize demonstrated research in the field of diabetes, taking into consideration inde- pendence of thought and originality, eligibility : any investigator in the United States or Canada in an appropriate field of work related closely to diabetes who is less than forty years of age on January 1 of the year in which the award is made. Publications: Diabetes : The Journal of the American Diabetes Association, bimonthly, cur- rent volume : 9, free to members, domestic $9, foreign $10, Medical Students, Interns and Resi- dents $4.50. Editor: Irving Graef. ADA Fore- cast, bimonthly, current volume : 13, $2. Editor- in-Chief : Frederick W. Williams. 164. American Dietetic Association. 620 North Michigan .Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. President: Doris Johnson, Director of Dietetics, Grace- New Haven Community Hospital, New Haven 4, Conn. Term expires October 1960. Execu- tive Director: Ruth M. Yakel. Term indefinite. History: Organized in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio. Fifty affiliated State associations, plus the Dis- trict of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Sections : Community Nutrition, Diet Therapy, Food Administration, and Education. Purpose: To improve the nutrition of human beings ; to advance the science of dietetics and nutrition ; and to promote education in these and allied areas. Membership: Professionally qualified dietitians and nutritionists. Total membership 14.358. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Mary Swartz Rose Fellowship, to acknowledge a member of out- standing ability who is doing graduate study. Marjorie Hulsizer Copher .\ward, the highest honor to a member for outstanding achievement in the field of dietetics. Lydia J. Roberts Essay Award, to encourage research in the feeding of infants and children. Graduate Loan Fund, available to members doing graduate study and dietetic interns. Mead Johnson Awards, ten to dietetic interns and two to members doing gradu- ate study. Cooperates with the American Hos- pital Association in holding institutes in the area of Hospital Dietary Department Adminis- tration. Publications: Journal, monthly, domestic $8, Foreign $9. Editor : Dorothea F. Turner. An- nual Reports and Proceedings, $1. Library: 1,000 volumes. 165. American Documentation Institute. Presi- dent: Gerald J. Sophar, Jonker Business Machines, 404 North Frederick Avenue, 54 SCIENTIFIC AXD TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Gaithersburg, Md. Term expires October 1961. Executive Director: John B. Kaiser, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington 6, D. C. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1937; affiliate, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Committees : Auxiliary Publications, Bibliog- raphy, Distribution, Organization of Informa- tion, Reproduction. Research and Technical Developments. Training. Purpose: Advancement of principles and tech- niques of communication of recorded knowledge. Membership: Individual members, 350, per- sons subscribing to purposes of this Institute ; Institutional, 12, societies, associations, govern- ment agencies, educational institutions, indus- trial and business organizations interested in promoting purposes of this Institute. Meetings: Annual. Publications: American Documentation, quar- terly, current volume: 11, $6.50. Editor: Luther H. Evans. 1 66. American Electroencephalogf aphic Society. 1420 Grattan Street, St. Louis 4, Mo. Presi- dent: Jerome K. Merlis, University Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Term expires June 1961. Secretary: George A. Ulett. Term expires June 1961. History: Organized December 1946; incor- porated December 1947. Member of Interna- tional Federation of Electroencephalographers. Committees : Hospital Relations, Scientific Proceedings, Symposium, Technicians. Purpose: To promote research and exchange of professional information oti electroence- phalography and related fields ; to help maintain high scientific standards of clinical electroence- phalographic laboratories ; to set up standards for the certification of investigators or tech- nicians to assist in training personnel ; to draw up minimum specifications for apparatus ; to assist in the formation of international commit- tees for uniform standards of apparatus, tech- niques, and procedure throughout the world. Membership: Full members: experienced workers in electroencephalography or related fields, 127 ; honorary fellows : distinguished workers in the field, who shall be required to pay no fees or dues, and who shall have no vote, 19 ; associate : advanced workers in such fields who are not deemed qualified to be members, 104; subscribers: technicians and others not deemed qualified for any other class of member- ship, 107. Total membership 358. Meetings: .Annual. Publications: Journal of Electroencephalog- raphy and Clinical Neurophysiology, quarterly, current volume: 12, $10. Editor: Herbert H. Jasper. 167. American Electroplaters' Society, Inc. 443 Broad Street, Newark 2. N. J. President: \\. .\ndrew Wesley. P. O. Box U, Bergen Point Station. Bayonne, N. J. Term expires June 22), 1961. Executive Secretary: John P. Nichols. Term indefinite. History: Organized and incorporated in New Jersey. 1909. Three branches in .Australia, five in Canada, fifty-one in the United States. Purpose: Improvement and dissemination of knowledge of the arts and sciences of electro- plating, metal finishing, and allied specialties; development of cooperation and friendship among members. Membership: Active members, 7,200, persons interested in the object of this Society; Student, persons not over twenty-five years of age, en- rolled in full time courses at accredited institu- tions of learning, and interested in the object of this Society ; Sustaining. 350, those with interest in this Society's research program ; Honorary, 14; Members-at-Large, 300, those not desiring membership in any branch. Total membership approximately 8,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Research Fund, for research in electroplating and metal finishing, over $100,000; Carl E. Heussner Award (So- ciety's Gold Medal), $250, annual, for best paper presented ; Silver and Bronze Medals, $150 and $50 respectively, annual, for 2nd and 3rd best papers; Robert S. Leather Mechanical Finishing .\ward. Chromium Plating Award, and Precious Metal Plating Award, for best papers on those subjects, $50 each; George B. Hogaboom Me- morial Nickel Plating Award, $75 ; John J. Hanney Memorial Copper Plating Award, $75 ; Scientific Achievement Award, this Societj''s highest, $500 ; Charles Henry Proctor Memorial Leadership Award, $150. Publications : Plating Magazine, monthly, cur- rent volume : 47, domestic $5, foreign $8, free to members. Editor : Rodney Leeds. Technical Proceedings, annual. 168. American Entomological Society. .Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1900 Race Street, Philadelphia. Pa. President: Neal A. Weber, Biology Department, Swarth- more College, Swarthmore, Pa. Term ex- pires January 1961. Executive Secretary: Richard F. Swivel, P. O. Box 37, Penns Park, Pa. Term expires January 1961. History: Organized February 22, 1859. Purpose: The improvement and advancement of entomology by original research, and by publication of discoveries. Membership: Resident members, correspond- ing members, honorary members. Total member- ship 180. UNITED STATES 55 Meetings: Monthly, except June, July, and August. Publications: Transactions, quarterly, current volume : 86, $9. Editor : Margaret Smith Grant. Entomological News, monthly except August and September, current volume: 71, $6. Editor: R. G. Schmieden Memoir Series, irregular, current volume : 17. Editor : Margaret Smith Grant. Library: 10,000 volumes emphasizing taxon- omy, morphology, physiology, and biogeography. 1 69. American Epidemiological Society. Presi- dent: George F. Badger, School of Medicine, Western Reserve University, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Term expires April 1961. Secretary- Treasurer: Robert F. Korns, New York State Department of Health, 84 Holland Avenue, Albany, N. Y. Term expires April 1961. History: Founded in 1927 by 25 epidemiolog- ists ; informal constitution adopted April 1928. Purpose: To promote the study and discussion of epidemiological problems ; to conduct a meet- ing annually at which reports of current research are presented and discussed. Membership: Open to individuals with an active interest in and who have made a worthy contribution to the field of epidemiology. Nomi- nation by three active members, and election by at least a majority of active members ; author or coauthor of at least one scientific paper of epidemiological import and distinction. Total membership approximately 100. Meetings: Annual. 170. American Eugenics Society, Inc. 230 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. President: Harry L. Shapiro, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street and Central Park \Vest, New York, N. Y. Term expires De- cember 1961. Secretary: Frederick Osborn. Term expires December 1961. History: Incorporated in 1926. The Society is the successor to the Eugenics Committee of the United States and the Eugenics Society of the United States. Purpose: To promote research on individual human dififerences, to provide authoritative in- formation about heredity and qualitative aspects of population, and to advance scientific applica- tions of knowledge in these and related fields. To maintain an educational membership society consisting of and directed by scientists, profes- sionals, and laymen who are interested in fur- thering these purposes. Membership: Individuals interested in further- ing the purposes of the Society; all nomina- tions must be brought before the Committee on Membership of the Society. Total member- ship 471. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Medical Genetics Com- mittee acts as advisory group in professional matters and encourages interest in field of medical genetics ; evaluates applications for fellowships and grants received by the Society ; offers recommendations to Population Council, which makes financial awards for these pur- poses ; concentrates its efforts on methods of improving and expanding the teaching of medi- cal genetics in the medical schools of the New York area ; holds symposia in medical genetics and related fields. Heredity Counseling Referral Service refers inquiries to geneticists in the various parts of the United States. Publications: Eugenics Quarterly, current volume : 7, $5, free to members. Editor : Helen G. Hammons. 171. American Farm Research Association. 100 Willayne Plaza, West Lafayette, Ind. Presi- dent: Wayne Shidaker, Farm Bureau Co- operative Association, Inc., Columbus, Ohio. Term expires November 1960. Secretary: Roger Flemming, American Farm Bureau Federation, 261 Constitution Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. Term expires November 1960. Director of Research: George D. Scarseth, 1414 Ravinia Road, \\'est Lafayette, Ind. Term indefinite. History: Organized July 1, 1944. Commit- tees : Animal Nutrition ; Farm Chemicals ; Petroleum ; Plant Food ; Seed. Purpose: To conduct research in the produc- tion and distribution of farm commodities and supplies ; to translate technical and scientific information into practical use for farmers ; to assist farmer-owned cooperatives to use new technologies ; to develop new research projects of special interest to farmers. Membership: Members of the American Farm Bureau Federation, or State farmer-owned co- operatives approved by the State farm bureau. Total membership 12 organizations. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: The Association spon- sors research fellowships at State universities and agricultural experiment stations through State farm bureaus. The amounts granted each State vary, and may be as much as $60,000. Agricultural Science Extension, lectures to ex- tend knowledge and understanding of agricul- tural science. Several State farm bureaus own the Association's laboratories, which are asso- ciated through the committees of the Association. Publications: Research Letter, monthly, re- stricted to members. Editor : George D. Scarseth. 56 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 111. American Federation for Clinical Research. 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. President: Arnold S. Relman, Evans Me- morial Hospital, Boston 18, Mass. Term ex- pires May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: George E. Schreiner, Georgetown University Hos- pital, Washington, D. C. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized May 7, 1941. Sections: Eastern, Southern, Midwestern, and West- ern. Fifteen organized local clubs : Albany Re- search Club ; Ann Arbor-Detroit, Toledo Group ; Boston Chapter ; Chicago Group ; Greater Phila- delphia Chapter ; New Jersey Research Society ; Northwest Society for Clinical Research ; Oak- land Chapter ; Omaha Research Club ; Univer- sity of Denver Medical Research ; San Francisco Branch; Syracuse Research Club; Temple Chapter ; Washington, D. C. ; Westchester Chap- ter. Standing Committees : Executive, Publica- tion. Purpose: To promote and encourage original research in clinical and laboratory medicine ; to welcome as members and provide an accessible forum for young persons engaged in such research. Membership: Regular members, 2,123, any person under the age of forty-one who has completed and published a meritorious investi- gation in any field related to medicine, and whose application has been approved by the Council ; Senior, 1,371, any person forty-one years of age of older, who has completed and published a meritorious investigation in any field related to medicine, and who is actively stimulating younger persons to pursue similar investigation, and whose application has been approved by the Council ; Corporate, any corporation or founda- tion interested in the purposes of the Federa- tion, which has been invited to become a Cor- porate member and has paid the prescribed dues. Total membership 3,494. Meetings: Annual; four geographic meetings. Publications: Clinical Research, quarterly, current volume : 8, $8 domestic, $9 foreign. Editor : Morton D. Bogdonofif. 173- American Federation of Mineralogical So- cieties. President: Henry B. Graves, 3153 North West 27th Street, Miami 42, Fla. Term expires August 10, 1961. Secretary: Mrs. Veryle Carnahan, 9531 Mina Avenue, Whit- tier, Calif. Term expires August 10, 1961. History: Organized June 12, 1947 at Salt Lake City. Members : California Federation of Mineralogical Societies ; Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies ; Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological So- cieties ; Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies; Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies; Texas Federation of Mineral Societies. Purpose: To promote popular interest and education in the various earth sciences, and in particular the subjects of geology, mineralogy, paleontology, lapidary and related subjects. Membership: Open to organized regional fed- erations ; consists of affiliated groups of socie- ties or associations whose objects and purposes fit within the framework of objects of this association. Total membership approximately 35,000 to 40,000, comprising 525 societies in 6 regional federations. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Scholarship Founda- tion ; Junior Essay Contest, five cash prizes. Publications: Gems and Minerals, monthly, $3. Editor ; Don MacLachlan. 174. American Fern Society, Inc. President: Clair A. Brown, 1180 Stanford Avenue, Baton Rouge 8, La. Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: Donald G. Huttleston, Long- wood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pa. Term expires December 31, 1960. History: Organized in 1893 as Linnaean Fern Chapter of the Agassiz Association; name changed to present title in 1905 ; incorporated in 1936. Purpose: To affiliate those interested in ferns, to foster such an interest, to encourage corre- spondence and exchange of specimens between members, and the publication of matter per- taining to this group of plants. Membership: Members, 800, interest in ferns and their allies ; Honorary, 5. Meetings: Annual. Publications: American Fern Journal, quar- terly, current volume: 50, $2.35. Editor: C. V. Morton. 175. American Fisheries Society. P. O. Box 483, McLean, Va. President: James Moflfett, 1220 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires September 1961. History: Organized 1870; incorporated in the District of Columbia, 1910. Purpose: To promote conservation, develop- ment, and wise utilization of fisheries, both recreational and commercial. Membership: Anyone interested in fish, fish- ing, and fisheries is eligible for membership. Total membership 2,100. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Annual Award for best paper printed in quarterly Transactions. UNITED STATES 57 Publications: Transactions, quarterlj', cur- rent volume: 89, $2.50. Editor: Lloyd Smith, Jr. 176. American Forestry Association. 919 17th Street, N. W., Washington 7, D. C. President: Don P. Johnston. Term expires December 1960. Executive ]' ice-President : Fred E. Hornaday. Term indefinite. History: Organized April 1882 in Cincinnati, as the American Forestry Congress, joined at the Montreal meeting August 1882 by an earlier American Forestry Association organized in Chicago in 1875 ; name changed to present title 1889 ; incorporated January 1897 ; reincorporated January 1920 in the District of Columbia. Purpose: Advancement of intelligent manage- ment and use of the country's forests and related resources of soil, water, wildlife, and outdoor recreation. Membership: Open to persons interested in the conservation and perpetuation of American forests and forest life. Subscribing. Contribut- ing, Sustaining, Life, and Foreign members ; Patrons. Total membership 30,000. Meetings: Annual. Publications: American Forests, monthly, cur- rent volume : 66, $6. 177. American Foundation for Homoeopathy. 1726 Eye Street, N. W., Washington 6. D. C. President: Allan D. Sutherland, P. O. Box 678, Brattleboro, Vt. Term expires October 1962. Secretary: Mrs. Margery B. Lavelle. Term indefinite. History: Incorporated in the District of Co- lumbia. June 1924, as an educational and scien- tific organization. Pormerly run by a Board of Trustees made up of seven physicians and five laymen ; since 1954 it has been six phy- sicians and six laymen. Conducted a Post- Graduate School in Homoeopathy for Physicians since 1922, except for war years. Foundation Course for Laymen started in 1946. Purpose: To promote the art of healing ac- cording to the natural laws of cure from a strictly homoeopathic standpoint ; to establish and direct centers for the study and under- standing of homoeopathy together with re- search work in any correlated subject; to dif- fuse knowledge among the laity concerning homoeopathic principles ; to serve as a reference center for all that relates to homoeopathy and to serve as a repository for homoeopathic litera- ture and drugs. Membership : Open to those who wish to help further the work of the Foundation. Associate, 114; Contributing. 110; Sustaining, 21; Life, 1. Meetings: Every four months. Professional activities: Lula R. Cannon Fund for Cancer Research, $2,000 per year. Scholar- ship Fund ($5,000) for use by student in Post- Graduate School in Homoeopathy. Publications: The Layman Speaks, A Hom- oeopathic Digest, monthly, current volume : 13, $4. ($4.50 foreign). Editor: Arthur B. Green. Library: Approximately 5,000 volumes. 178. American Foundation for Tropical Medi- cine, Inc., and Liberian Institute of the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine, Inc. 551 5th Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. President: Max J. Miller. Term indefinite. Executive Secretary: Mrs. Hernia H. Hoefler. Term indefinite. History: Foundation incorporated 1940, In- stitute 1946, both in New York. Purpose: To collect, classify, and disseminate knowledge concerning tropical or geographical medicine, public health, and prevention of hu- man and animal diseases in warm climates : to conduct research and aid various educational programs for this purpose. Membership: Open to persons interested in tropical medicine. Total membership 79. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Research laboratory, Harbel, Liberia ; Richard Pearson Strong Medal for outstanding achievement in tropical medicine. 179. American Foundrymen's Society. Golf and Wolf Roads, Des Plaines, 111. President: Norman J. Dunbeck, International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Skokie, 111. Term expires May 1961. General Manager : William W. Maloney. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized May 12, 1896, at Phila- delphia, Pa. ; incorporated July 3, 1916, under the laws of Illinois. There are forty-seven chap- ters in various foundry centers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Divisions : Brass and Bronze, Die Casting and Permanent Mold, Ductile Iron, Education, Gray Iron, Light Metals, Malleable, Pattern, Sand, and Steel. There are eighteen general interest committees. Purpose: To promote the arts and sciences applicable to metal casting manufacture and to improve the methods of production and the quality of castings, so that the increasing utility of all classes of castings may result advantage- ously to persons engaged in the foundry and re- lated industries and to users of foundry products. Membership: Personal members, 4,142; Com- pany, 941 ; Sustaining, 136 ; Company affiliate, 6,276, employees of Company or Sustaining members ; Associate, 403, those engaged ex- clusively in education, government, or military work ; Junior, 883, below age of twenty-five ; 58 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Honorary, 92 ; Members in Military Service, 16. Total membership 12,889. Meetings: Annual Convention and Exhibit; Regional Technical Conferences ; Monthly Technical Chapter Meetings. Professional activities: Major research proj- ects conducted on various aspects of the foundry industry at colleges and institutions in the United States, and by technical committees with the research work contributed by mem- bers of the Association in their plants and laboratories. Charles Edgar Hoyt Memorial Lecture, presented at the Annual Convention. Capital of $50,000 for scholarship purposes at the secondary school level. The Society carries on educational programs at the secondary level, and in-plant programs, through its Training and Research Institute, to improve foundry teaching facilities, upgrading and technical ad- vancement of in-plant personnel, and recruit- ing ; conducts safety, hygiene, and air pollution control program for the castings industry ; de- velops engineering data for improving plant con- ditions. Award of Scientific Merit, for in- dividuals who have done some singularly out- standing work. Service Citation, for continued and dedicated service to the industry and to the Society. Publications: Transactions, annual, current volume: 67, $15 clothbound, free to Company and Sustaining members, $8 to $10 to members. Modern Castings, monthly, $5, free to members. Editor : Jack H. Schaum. Library: 2,000 volumes. 180. American Fracture Association. President: Irvin H. Scott, Scott Medical Building, Sulli- van, Ind. Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary-General: H. W. Wellmerling, 610 Gricsheim Building, Bloomington, 111. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1941 ; incorporated in Illinois. Purpose: To advance medical science through the study, investigation, and development of the various accepted types of treatment of fractures of bones. Membership: Any person entitled to practice medicine in the territory in which he resides, and who is a member of his county and State medical society and The American Medical Association, or the equivalent thereof. Members, 331 ; Honorary, 19 ; Emeritus, 10. Total mem- bership 360. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Postgraduate course in care and treatment of fractures. Sponsor and finance numerous research projects. Publications: Clinical Orthopedics, biannual, current volume : 40, $7.50 per volume. Editor : Anthony F. DePalma. 181. American Gastroenterological Association. President: Hugh Butt, Mayo Clinic, Roches- ter, Minn. Term expires May 27, 1961. Secre- tary: Wade Volwiler, Department of Medi- cine, University of Washington, Seattle 5, \\ ash. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1897; incorporated. Com- mittees : Hemorrhage ; Peptic Ulcer ; Surgical Methods for Peptic Ulcer ; Postgraduate Facili- ties for Training in Gastroenterology ; Liver Biopsy Registry. Purpose: Study of normal and abnormal con- ditions of digestive organs, and of problems connected with metabolism. Membership: Active members, restricted to American and Canadian investigators and prac- titioners of medicine and surgery who have published meritorious work on subjects pertain- ing to the digestive system or on problems con- nected with metabolism ; Associate ; Senior ; Honorary. Total membership 316. Meetings: x^nnual. Professional activities: Julius Friedenwakl Medal, awarded annually for distinguished ser- vice in gastroenterology. Publications: Gastroenterology, monthly, cur- rent volume : 42-43, $7, free to members. Editor : A. H. Aaron, 40 West North Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Transactions, annual, current volume : 64. American Journal of Digestive Diseases, monthly, current volume : 27, $6, free to Active and Associate members. 182. American Gastroscopic Society. Chicago, 111. President: Paul L. Shallenberger, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pa. Term expires May 24, 1961. Secretary: Arthur M. Olsen, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Term expires May 24, 1961. History: Organized in 1941 by Dr. Rudolf Schindler. Purpose: The development of the gastroscopic method, and in recent years to esophagoscopy and other methods of gastro-intestinal endo- scopy. Membership: Must have Board certification, usually Internal Medicine or Surgery, or must be qualified for same. Must have had adequate training in gastroscopy and esophagoscopy and have submitted a paper suitable for publication in the Journal of the Society, or have submitted 50 case protocols of gastroscopic and esophago- scopic examinations. Total membership, 216. Meetings: Annual. UNITED STATES 59 Professional activities: Rudolf Schindler Award, for unusual contributions to the field of gastroscopy, given annually. Publications: Bulletin of Gastroscopy and Esophagoscopy, quarterly, current volume : 6, %S. Editor : Roy L. Sexton. 183. American Genetic Association. 1507 M Street, N. W., Washington 5, D. C. President: Samuel L. Emsweller, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md. Term expires January 1961. Secretary: W . Ralph Single- ton, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Term expires January 1962. History: Organized December 29, 1903, at St. Louis, Mo., under the auspices of the Associa- tion of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, as the American Breeders Association ; reorganized and incorporated in 1913 under the present title. Purpose: To encourage the study of the laws of heredity, and to promote their application in the improvement of plants, animals, and human racial stocks. Membership: Members, interest in heredity as a science, sponsored by a member ; Honorary ; Patrons, persons who have contributed $1,000 or more to the objects of the Association. Total membership 4,102. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Meyer Medal, for distinguished service in plant introduction. Publications: Journal of Heredity, bimonthly, current volume : 50, $6, free to members and on exchange with a limited number of genetic and biological publications. 184. American Geographical Society. Broadway at 156th Street, New York, X. ^■. President: Walter A. Wood. Term expires 1962. Di- rector: Charles B. Hitchcock. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1851 ; incorporated 1852 as the American Geographical and Statistical Society; name changed to present title 1871. Departments : Cartography, Cultural Geog- raphy, Economic Geography, Glaciology, Plant Geography, Medical Geography. Purpose: To collect and disseminate geo- graphical information ; to establish in the chief city of the United States a place where may be obtained accurate information on every part of the globe ; and to encourage such exploring expeditions as are likely to result in valuable discoveries in geography and the related sci- ences. Society functions primarily as a research institution. Membership: Fellowship in the Society open to individuals with an interest in exploration and travel, research, and the dissemination of geographical knowledge. Total membership approximately 4,000. Meetings: Annual dinner-address ; lectures. Professional activities: Cullum Geographical Medal, founded by Major-General George W. Cullum, awarded to individuals distinguishing themselves by geographical discoveries or in the advancement of geographical science ; Charles P. Daly Medal, founded by Charles P. Daly, awarded for valuable or distinguished geo- graphical service or labors ; David Living- stone Centenary Medal, founded by Hispanic Society of America, awarded for scientific achievement in field of geography of the Southern Hemisphere ; S. F. B. Morse Medal, founded by Samuel F. B. Morse, March 1872, awarded for exceptionally distinguished geographical research ; George Davidson Medal, founded by EUinor Cambell Davidson in 1946, awarded for exceptional achievement in research or exploration in the Pacific area ; Isaiah Bowman Memorial, awarded for pres- entation and publication of original lectures in geography or for geographical research. A grant of $2,500 was made by The Asia Founda- tion to assist in providing copies of The Geo- graphical Reviciv to selected Asian libraries, and to permit the award of small stipends to Asian students and scholars currently in the United States to enable them to do research at the Society. Publications: Geographical Review, quarterly, $9.50, free to Fellows. Focus, monthly except July and August, $1, free to Fellows. Current Geographical Publications, monthly, $8. Soviet Geography : Review and Translation, monthly except July and August, $6. Library: 144,298 volumes; 274,045 maps; 3,838 atlases ; 39,939 photographs. 185. American Geological Institute. 2101 Con- stitution Avenue, N. W., Washington 25, D. C. President: Ian Campbell, Department of Mines, Ferry Building, San Francisco, Calif. Term expires November 1961. Executive Director: Robert C. Stephenson. Term indefinite. History: Organized November 1948, under N'ational Academy of Sciences-National Re- search Council. Purpose: To serve as a coordinating organi- zation in fields of geology and solid earth geo- physics to meet need for representation on mat- ters relating to public education, and to public, government, and professional relations. Membership: Requires membership in one of supporting member societies. Total institutional membership 14. Meetings: Annual, of Executive Committee 60 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES and Board of Directors only ; no meetings of this Institute as a whole. Publications: GeoTimes, eight annually, cur- rent volume : 4, $2. Editor : Robert C. Stephen- son. Directory of Geoscience Departments in Colleges and Universities of the United States and Canada, triennial, $2. Editor : Bonnie C. Henderson. Survey of Geology-Geophysics Stu- dents in Colleges and Universities of the United States and Canada, annual, $0.50. Editor: Bon- nie C. Henderson. GeoScience Abstracts, month- ly, current volume: 2, members $15, educational institutions $35, non-member public libraries $35, others $65. Editor : Anne C. Sangree. International Geology Review, monthly, current volume: 2, members $15, educational institu- tions $15, non-member public libraries $55, others $55. Editorial Board. Izvestiya (transla- tion from Russian of Izvestiya of Academy of Sciences of U. S. S. R., Geology Series), month- ly, current volume : 58, members $27, educa- tional institutions $27 ; non-member public libraries and all others $45. Editorial Board. Doklady (translation from Russian of Doklady of Academy of Sciences of U. S. S. R., Earth Science Sections), bimonthly, current volume: 124, members and educational institutions $27, non-member public libraries and all others $45. Editorial Board. Managing Editor for Geo- Science Abstracts, International Geology Re- view, Izvestiya, and Doklady : Martin Russell. 186. American Geophysical Union. 1515 Massa- chusetts Avenue, N.VV., Washington 5, D. C. President: Lloyd V. Berkner, Associated Uni- versities, Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York 19, N. Y. Term expires June 30, 1961. Execu- tive Secretary: Waldo E. Smith. Term in- definite. History: Organized tentatively June 1919 as American Section of proposed International Geophysical Union ; later designated as Ameri- can Geophysical Union by approval of Executive Board, National Research Council, December 20, 1919. Union was made committee of Execu- tive Board, National Research Council, February 4, 1920; since April 24, 1921, Executive Com- mittee on Geophysics of the National Research Council. Union is American National Commit- tee of International Union of Geodesy and Geo- physics. Sections : Geodesy ; Geomagnetism and Aeronomy ; Hydrology ; Meteorology ; Oceanog- raphy ; Seismology ; Tectonophysics ; Volcan- ology. Geochemistry, and Petrology. Branches : Revision of the Statutes and By-laws in 1945 authorized organization of regional branches of the Union. Branches have been organized in the North Central region. Pacific Northwest, and Pacific Southwest. Purpose: To assist in carrying out the ob- jectives of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, which are : To promote the study of problems concerned with the figure and physics of the earth ; to initiate and coordinate researches which depend upon international co- operation and to provide for their scientific dis- cussion and publication ; to facilitate special researches, such as comparison of instruments used in different countries ; and to promote and coordinate the study of the various branches of geodesy and geophysics in the United States and outlying territories. Membership : In addition to the regular mem- bership by subscription, which totaled about 6,300 in 1960. there are ex officio members temporarily appointed, including the Chairman of the Division of Earth Sciences of the Na- tional Research Council, and the American offi- cers of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and of its sections. The require- ment for membership is active work in those fields of science relating to geophysics, or inter- est in geophysical research and its practical applications. There is also a student member classification. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: William Bowie Medal, awarded annually for distinguished attainment in and outstanding contribution to the advance- ment of cooperative research in fundamental geophysics. Publications: Journal of Geophysical Research, monthly, current volume : 65, $20. Editors : Philip H. Abelson and James A. Peoples. Trans- actions, quarterly, current volume: 41, $4. Edi- tor: Waldo E. Smith. Izvestiya (English trans- lation). Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., Geo- physics Series, monthly, $25. Geodesy and Cartography (English translation), U.S.S.R., monthly, $20. 187. American Geriatrics Society. 2907 Post Road, Greenwood (Warwick), R. I. Presi- dent: Edward L. Bortz, Lankenau Medical Building, Philadelphia 31, Pa. Term expires June 22, 1961. Executive Secretary: Richard J. Kraemer. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1942 at Atlantic City, N. J. Purpose: To encourage and promote the study of geriatrics. Membership: Graduate of a recognized medi- cal school and holding an M.D. degree; member of a State or national medical society. Member- ship exists throughout the United States, Canada, and several foreign countries. Total membership approximately 7,500. Meetings: Annual Spring meeting; sometimes a Symposium is held in the Fall. UNITED STATES 61 Professional activities: Willard O. Thompson Memorial Award, presented each June. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume : 8, $10. Editor : Edward Henderson. 188. American Goiter Association, Inc. 702 Madison Avenue, Albany 8, N. Y. President: Alexander Albert, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: John C. McClintock. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized December 1923 as Ameri- can Association for Study of Goiter. Name changed to American Goiter Association in 1948, and to present title in 1959. Purpose: The acquisition and dissemination of knowledge of the thyroid gland and its diseases. Membership: Open to individuals with medi- cal training who have demonstrated by five years of professional work an interest in the thyroid gland and its diseases. Total membership 242 (limit 250). Meetings : Annual. Professional activities: Annual Van Meter award of $300 to stimulate research, especially as to basic cause of goiter. 189. American Group Psychotherapy Associa- tion, Inc. 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. President: Maurice E. Linden, 500 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires 1962. Executive Secretary: Helene Papanek, 1 West 64th Street, New York, N. Y. Term expires 1962. History: Organized 1942 in New York. Ten local and regional affiliate societies. Purpose: To promote exchange of knowledge, and stimulate practice and research ; to develop new methods of prevention and treatment to meet mental health needs ; to formulate and sup- port suitable standards of education and train- ing; to unify efforts of psychiatry, psychology, and social work toward understanding and appli- cation of the therapeutic group process. Membership: Psychiatrists, or qualified clin- ical psychologists and psychiatric case workers with at least three years' experience in psycho- therapy under approved supervision with psy- chiatrists participating. Total membership ap- proximately 1,200. Meetings: Annual. Publications: American Journal of Group Therapy, quarterly, free to members. Editor: Harris Peck. 190. American Gynecological Society. Presi- dent: Albert H. Aldridge, 899 Park Avenue, New York 21, N. Y. Term expires May 31. 1961. Secretary: Andrew A. Marchetti, 3800 Reservoir Road, N. W. Washington 7, D. C. Term expires May 31, 1961. History: Organized 1876. Committees: Emil Noval Ovarian Tumor Registry ; American College of Surgeons ; Care of Women in the Armed Forces. Purpose: To advance knowledge in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Membership: Candidates for all classes of membership must have graduated at least ten years previously from medical school, and must be proposed by two Fellows of the Society. Active Fellows, 93 ; Life Fellows, 34 ; Honorary American Fellows, 4; Honorary Foreign Fel- lows, 5. Total membership 136. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Transactions, annually, current volume: 82, $15. Editor: Andrew A. Marchetti. 191. American Heart Association. 44 East 23rd Street, New York 10, N. Y. President: Oglesby Paul. Term expires October 1961. Secretary: William F. McGlone. Term ex- pires October 1961. History: Organized 1922; incorporated 1924. Reorganized as voluntary health agency in 1948. The Association includes fifty-five affiliates in fifty States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These have 296 local chapters under their jurisdiction. Sections: The Assembly of the Asosciation is the national representative body composed of approximately 400 delegates elected by affiliated Heart Associations and forty chosen by the various councils of the Association. The scientific program is conducted by the Associa- tion's Councils. Their work is coordinated through the Central Committee for Medical Community Program, on which each of the eight Councils is represented. There are Coun- cils on Arteriosclerosis, Basic Science, Cardio- vascular Surgery, Circulation, Clinical Car- diology, Community Service and Education, High Blood Pressure Research, and Rheumatic Fever and Congenital Heart Disease. The lat- ter, previously the American Council on Rheu- matic Fever and Congenital Heart Disease, be- came an American Heart Association Council in 1944 to coordinate the Association's interests in this area with that of a number of other national medical and professional societies. The Council for High Blood Pressure Research was formerly the American Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research which merged with the American Heart Association in 1950. The Council on Arteriosclerosis, formerly the American Society for the Study of Arterio- sclerosis, joined the Association in 1959. Purpose: To support research as the principal means of expanding scientific knowledge of 62 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES heart and circulatory diseases. More than half the funds received by the national office of the Association are currentlly expended for this purpose. Professional and lay education to facilitate the widest possible use of existing knowledge and new knowledge as it is gained through research to help dispel popular mis- conceptions about cardiovascular disease and to stimulate broader public support of research and other heart program activities. Development of community facilities and services related to cardiovascular problems and the needs of the cardiac patient, such as cardiac clinics, facili- ties for rehabilitation and vocational guidance, work simplification courses, rheumatic fever pre- vention, school health programs, and many other projects. Community programs are conducted by State and local Heart Associations, fre- quently in cooperation with other health groups in their area. Membership: Members of affiliated Heart Associations and their chapters. Total member- ship about 34,500, approximately one half being physicians. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: A total of approxi- mately $50,000,000 has been provided by the Association and its affiliates for support of scientific research in the twelve years since it became a voluntary health agency. Research awards for studies during the 1960-61 fiscal year alloted as part of the joint research support program of the Association and its affiliates totalled approximately $9,000,000. Affiliated Heart Associations, in addition to participating in the national program, also make research awards to support scientific investigations in their own areas. Established Investigatorships, awarded for five-year periods subject to annual review, range from $7,500 — $9,900. They are available to scientists of proven ability who are engaged in a research career. Advanced Re- search Fellowships, awarded for one-to-two- year periods to postdoctoral candidates with previous research training, range from $5,500 — $6,000 plus dependency allowances. Research Fellowships, awarded for one or two years, enable younger scientists to train for research careers under experienced supervision, range from $4,500 plus dependency allowances. Grants- in-Aid are made to qualified investigators to help underwrite the costs of specified projects. The Career Investigatorship provides an an- nual award for a limited number of particularly qualified individuals throughout their productive lives. Gold Heart Award, the Association's highest honor, presented annually in recogni- tion of outstanding individual contributions to the progress of cardiovascular medicine and the heart program. Albert Lasker Award of the American Heart Association, presented annually for distinguished achievement in the field of cardiovascular diseases. Awards of Merit, for outstanding service to the Heart program. Howard W. Blakeslee Awards, presented an- nually to individuals whose creative efforts in any medium of mass communication are judged to have contributed most to public understanding of heart and circulatory diseases, covers several categories such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television, books, providing a minimum of $500 for each category. PubUcations: Circulation, monthly, current volume: 21, $15. Editor: Herrman Blumgart. Circulation Research, bimonthly, current vol- ume: 13, $9. Editor: Carl F. Schmidt. Modern Concepts of Cardiovascular Disease, monthly, current volume: 29, $1. Editor: E. Cowles Andrus. The Heart Bulletin, bimonthly, current volume : 9, $3.60. Editor : Russell W. Cumley. The American Heart, quarterly, current vol- ume : 10, free. Staff edited. Heart Research Newsletter, quarterly, current volume : 5, free. Staff edited. Librarv: 1,200 volumes. 192. American Helicopter Society, Inc. 2 East 64th Street. New York 21, N. Y. President: Lee S. Johnson. General Manager, Sikorsky Aircraft Division, Stratford, Conn. Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: Harry M. Lounsbury. Term indefinite. History: Founded in 1943 to disseminate tech- nical and nontechnical information to the heli- copter industry. Society is divided into six regions of the United States, giving member- ship opportunity to participate in activities on the local level. Ptirposc: To advance the theory and practice of the sciences of helicopters, VTOL, and similar devices. Membership: Open to engineers, manufactur- ing executives, military officials, and operators in the industry, as well as to individuals demon- strating a sincere interest in furthering the rotating wing art through their contributions. Total membership 2,013. Meetings: Annual; regional meetings quar- terly. Professional activities: Two honorary fellow- ships for notable and meritorious service in the advancement of rotary wing aeronautics ; Alex- ander Klemin Award for notable achievement in the advancement of rotary wing aeronautics ; Captain William J. Kossler Award, annually, for greatest achievement in practical appli- cation or operation of rotary wing aircraft, the value of which has been demonstrated in actual service the previous year ; Frederick L. Fein- berg Memorial Award. UNITED STATES 63 Publications: Newsletter, monthly, current volume: 6, domestic, $7, foreign, $10. Editor: Harry M. Lounsbury. Journal, quarterly, cur- rent volume : 5, domestic $7, foreign $10. Editor : Brig. General William B. Bunker. 193. American Home Economics Association. 1600 20th Street, N. W., \\'ashington 9, D. C. President: Mrs. Dorothy S. Lyle, National Institute of Drycleaning, Silver Spring, Md. Term expires June 1962. Executive Secretary: Miss Mary \\'arren, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Term expires June 1961. History: Organized December 1908; incor- porated in New York in 1909 and in the District of Columbia 1951. Professional Sections: Colleges and Universities ; Elementary, Sec- ondary, and Adult Education ; Extension Serv- ice ; Home Economists in Business ; Institution Administration ; Home Economists in Home- making ; Research ; Health and Welfare ; Col- lege Clubs. Subject-Matter Sections: Art; Family Economics-Home Management ; Family Relations and Child Development ; Food and Nutrition ; Housing and Household Equipment ; Textiles and Clothing. Purpose: To provide opportunities for pro- fessional home economists and other Associa- tion members in related fields to cooperate in the attainment of the well-being of individuals and of families, the improvement of homes, and the preservation of values significant in home life. Membership: Open to men and women trained in home economics and related fields who are engaged in professional programs of home eco- nomics : home economists who hold a bachelor's or advanced degree with a major in home eco- nomics from an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada ; persons who hold a bachelor's or advanced degree in a field other than home economics from an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada and in addition have been engaged for at least three years as a part of and are cur- rently engaged in a professional home economics program. Total membership 25,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Ellen H. Richards Fellowship, biennial grant of $1,000 for ad- vanced study in home economics ; Effie I. Raitt Fellowship, biennial grant of $500 ; Omicron Nu Fellowship, biennial grant of $1,000 for research in home economics ; AHEA Doctoral Fellow- ship Award, stipend of $1,400 for study leading to a doctor's degree. Funds for the doctoral fellowship are obtained from Life Membership contributions and the grant is made whenever the accumulated sum is sufficient. Publications: Journal of Home Economics, monthly except July and August, current vol- ume : 52, $6, included in membership. Editor : Mary Hawkins. Library: 3,935 volumes. 194. American Horticultural Society, Inc. 1600 Bladensburg Road, N. E., Washington 2, D. C. President: Richard P. White, 835 Southern Building, Washington 5, D. C. Term expires November 12, 1960. Secretary: Miss Olive E. Weatherell. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1922; united in 1926 with the National Horticultural Society ; merged with American Horticultural Council in 1960. Purpose: To promote the knowledge of horticulture. Membership: Corporate, 200; Individual, 4,800, interest in horticulture. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: The Society may recognize by suitable award those persons, cor- porations, or institutions who or which have made great contributions to world horticulture. Publications: American Horticulture Maga- zine, quarterly, current volume : 39, $6, free to members. Editor : B. Y. Morrison. Library: 1,000 volumes on horticulture. 195. American Hospital Association. 840 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 11, 111. President: Frank S. Groner, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis 3, Tenn. Term expires September 1961. Executive Vice-President: Edwin L. Crosby. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1898 as the Association of Hospital Superintendents ; name changed to present title in 1906; incorporated 1920. Coun- cils : Administrative Practice ; Association Services ; Government Relations ; Hospital Auxiliaries ; Planning, Financing, and Prepay- ment; Professional Practice, Research, and Education. Purpose: To promote the best possible hos- pital care for the American people and to assist in making such care available to all. The Asso- ciation encourages professional, educational, and scientific research and aids in the health educa- tion of the public. Membership: Institutional, 7,176; personal, 5,317. Total membership 12,493. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Educational institutes for hospital personnel ; Hospital Research and Education Trust conducting research in hospital field; Distinguished Service Award given an- nually to outstanding person in hospital field. Publications: Hospitals, semimonthly, cur- rent volume : 34, $5 annually, $12 for three-year 64 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES subscription ; Trustee, monthly, current volume : 13, $3 ; Auxiliary Leader, monthly, current vol- ume: 1, $2. Editor: James E. Hague. Library: Association Library: Asa S. Bacon Memorial Library; 15,000 volumes. 196. American Industrial Hygiene Association. 14125 Prevost Street, Detroit 27, Mich. Presi- dent: Jack C. Radclifife, Ford Motor Com- pany, The American Road, Dearborn, Mich. Term expires May 1, 1961. Executive Secre- tary: George D. Clayton. Term indefinite. History: The first meeting was held as the Midwest Conference on Occupational Disease, in Detroit, Michigan, May 1937. In May 1939, at the Cleveland meeting, the Conference met jointly with the Association of Industrial Phy- sicians and Surgeons with the name of the American Conference on Occupational Diseases and Industrial Hygiene. It was at this meeting that the American Industrial Hygiene Associa- tion was formally organized. Sections : Chi- cago ; Georgia ; Gulf Coast ; Metropolitan New York ; Michigan ; New England ; New Jersey ; Northeast Michigan ; Northeast Ohio ; Northern CaHf ornia ; North Texas ; Ohio Valley ; Pacific Northwest ; Philadelphia ; Pittsburgh ; Rocky Mountain; Southern California; St. Louis; Tennessee Valley ; Upper Midwest ; Utah ; Washington-Baltimore ; Western Michigan ; Western New York. Committees : Air Pollu- tion ; Analytical Chemistry ; Engineering ; Hy- gienic Guides ; Noise ; Radiation ; Respiratory Protective Equipment ; Technical Publications ; Toxicology. Purpose: To increase the knowledge of in- dustrial hygiene through interchange and dis- semination of information; to promote the study and control of environmental factors affecting the health and well-being of industrial workers ; to correlate such activities as are conducted by individuals and agencies throughout industrial, educational, and governmental groups ; to bring together persons interested in the various phases of industrial hygiene. Membership: Individual, 1,200, having a col- lege degree or equivalent and three years' ex- perience in industrial hygiene ; Industrial Asso- ciate, 100. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal, bimonthly, current volume: 21, domestic $7.50, Canada $7.75, foreign $8.25. Editor : Dohrman H. Byers, U. S. Public Health Service, 1014 Broadway, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. 197. American Institute of Architects. Presi- dent: Philip Will, Jr., 309 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago 6, 111. Term expires 1961. Executive Director: Edmund R. Purves, 1735 New York Avenue, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. Term indefinite. History: Organized in 1857; incorporated. Districts : California, Central States, Great Lakes, Florida, Gulf States, Middle Atlantic, New England, New York, North Central States, Northwest, South Atlantic, Texas, Western Mountain. Purpose: To organize and unite in fellowship the architects of the United States of America ; to combine their efforts so as to promote the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession ; to advance the science and art of planning and building by advancing the stand- ards of architectural education, training, and practice ; to coordinate the building industry and the profession of architecture to insure the ad- vancement of the living standards of our people through their improved environment ; to make the profession of ever-increasing service to society. Membership: Corporate, 13,500, must be registered architects, acceptable both to chapter and to national body. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Gold Medal, authorized 1906 ; Fine Arts Medal, authorized 1919 ; Allied Professions Medal ; Craftsmanship Medal ; In- dustrial Arts Medal ; Architectural Photog- raphy Medal ; Citation of an Organization ; Citation of Honor, to an individual, partnership, association, or company ; Edward C. Kemper Award ; Honorary Membership ; Honorary Fellowship ; Honor Awards for Current Work ; R. S. Reynolds Memorial Award, $25,000 and emblem ; Architectural Journalism Awards, initiated 1954, $250 each ; Student Citations, initiated 1954 ; School Medal ; Henry Adams Fellowship ; Delano and Aldrich and William H. Emerson Fellowship, usually $1,200; Edward Langley Scholarships ; Milton B. Medary Schol- arship ; Rehmann Scholarships ; National Fire Underwriters Scholarships, maximum funds $4,500; Allied Industries Scholarships, maxi- mum funds $750 ; Matico Scholarships, $500 each; Arnold W. Brunner Fellowship, maxi- mum $2,400. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume : 34, $4. Editor : Joseph Watterson. Library: 10,000 volumes. 198. American Institute of Biological Sciences. 2000 P Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. President: James G. Dickson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Term expires De- cember 31, 1960. Executive Director: Hiden T. Cox. Term indefinite. History: Organized February 1948; incor- porated January 1955. Originally organized UNITED STATES 65 under sponsorship of National Research Council. Entirely independent since incorporation. The Institute is a voluntary association of organiza- tions which have a common interest in the life sciences. Purpose: Advancement of the biological, medi- cal, and agricultural sciences and their applica- tions to human welfare. Assistance to societies, organizations, and individual biologists in mat- ters of common concern which can be most effectively dealt with by united action. Membership: Member societies, 24, national organizations concerned with advancement of biological sciences ; Affiliate societies, 25, local, regional, or national organizations interested in biological sciences ; x^ssociates, 19, organizations contributing to support of AIBS; individual honorary, life, supporting, professional, and associate members ; members of member socie- ties also are members of AIBS. Total member- ship 85,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Conducts and arranges symposia, conferences, colloquia ; publishes journals and monographs; translates foreign sci- entific journals and monographs; conducts edu- cational studies and surveys ; assists in educa- tional activities ; arranges for national meetings of biological societies ; maintains speakers' visits to colleges and high schools ; maintains register of biologists ; provides advisory committees for government agencies ; provides services to bio- logical societies. Publications: Bulletin, bimonthly, current volume : 10, free to members. Editor : Hiden T. Cox. Quarterly Review of Biology, $10. Edi- tor : H. Bentley Glass. In Brief, In Biology, five times annually, current volume : 1. Editor : Harold F. Osborne. Symposium Series, individ- ual publications, various prices and editors. 199. American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 25 West 45th Street, New York 36, N. Y. President: Jerry McAfee, Gulf Oil Corpora- tion, P. O. Box 1166, Pittsburgh 30, Pa. Term expires December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: F. J. Van Antwerpen. Term indefinite. History: Organized in 1908; incorporated in 1910. Purpose: The advancement of chemical engi- neering in theory and practice and the mainte- nance of a high professional standard among its members. Membership: Members, 6,901, proficient in chemical engineering and actively engaged in the practice of the profession. Associates, 11,914, BS in chemical engineering or an equivalent degree; BS in engineering other than chemical or in a physical science and having had three years' experience in chemical engineering ; hav- ing had five years' experience in chemical engineering ; or executives qualified to take responsible charge of an enterprise involving to an important degree the practice of chemical engineering. Affiliates, 125, engaged in an activity and possessing scientific attainments or practical experience which qualify them to cooperate with engineers in the advancement of chemical engineering knowledge and practice. Students, 22, in a curriculum leading to a de- gree in chemical engineering. Student Chapter members, 3,212. Total membership 18,940. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Student Contest Prob- lem Award ; William H. Walker and Allan P. Colburn Awards ; Founders Award ; Profes- sional Progress Award. Publications: Chemical Engineering Progress, monthly, current volume : 56, $6. Editor : F. L. Resen. Journal, quarterly, current volume : 6, $6. Editor : Harding Bliss. Computor Program Manual, irregular. Monograph and Symposium Series, irregular. 200. American Institute of Chemists. 60 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. President: Milton Harris, The Gillette Co., Gillette Park, Boston 6, Mass. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: John Kotrady. Term expires May 1962. History: Organized January 22, 1923 as the American Institute of Chemistry ; name changed to present title September 1923. Chapters : Ala- bama ; Baltimore ; Beaver Falls, N. Y. ; Chi- cago ; Delaware ; Florida ; Louisiana ; Middle West (Kansas-Missouri-Nebraska) ; New Eng- land ; New Jersey ; New York ; Niagara ; Ohio ; Philadelphia; Piedmont (Georgia); Pittsburgh; Tennessee; Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) ; Washington ; Western. Purpose: To advance the profession of chem- istry in the United States. Membership: Fellows, individuals who have a degree and ten years' experience; Members, degree and three years' experience ; Associates, degree ; Life members ; Honorary ; Emeritus. Fellows, 2,127; Members, 297; Associates, 244; Life, 36 ; Honorary, 47 ; Emeritus, 106. Total membership 2,857. Meetings : Annual ; monthly chapter meetings. Professional activities: Medal is given for noteworthy and outstanding service to the sci- ence of chemistry or to the profession of the chemist in America ; student awards are made by the chapters. Publications: Chemist, monthly, $4. Editor: V. F. Kimball. 66 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 20 1 . American Institute of Consulting Engi- neers, Inc. Engineering Societies Building, Zi West 39th Street, New York 18, N. Y. President: Richard H. Tatlow III, President, Abbott, Merkt and Company, 630 3rd Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Term expires January 1961. Secretary: T. T. McCrosky. Term ex- pires January 1961. History: Founded December 12, 1910 as successor to the Association of Consulting Engi- neers, organized May 12, 1905 ; incorporated 1913. Purpose: To encourage the practice of engineering as a profession ; to promote ethical principles and practices ; to advance the inter- ests of engineers in all branches of the profes- sion with particular application to those matters having a bearing on the activities and interests of consulting engineers; to increase the useful- ness of the profession to the public at large. Membership: Members, in practice as con- sulting engineer, of high personal character, and attainment of an honorable reputation and dis- tinguished position in the engineering profes- sion ; at least thirty-five years of age, full mem- ber in good standing of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, American Institute of Min- ing, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, or American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Total Membership 275. Meetings: Monthly except July and August ; Annual Dinner. Professional activities: Award of Merit, pre- sented annually to an outstanding person in the field of engineering, pure or applied natural science, or an educator in one or more of these fields, either American or foreign. Publications: Annual Report. 202. American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 2>Z West 39th Street, New York 18, N. Y. President: C. H. Linder, General Electric Company, 570 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. Term expires July 31, 1961. Executive Secretary: N. S. Hibshman. Term expires July 31, 1961. History: Organized 1884; incorporated 1896. Sections: 115 sections in cities and states throughout the United States and Canada. Purpose: The advancement of the theory and practice of electrical engineering and of the allied arts and sciences, and the maintenance of a high professional standing among its members. Membership: Fellows, 1,619. Members, 15,200, of electrical, teacher, inventor, working in field of electrical engineering or electrical science, thirty years of age, thirteen years of active practice with five years in a responsible posi- tion. Associate, 36,738, graduate of engineering curriculum approved by Board of Directors, or equivalent attainment, including six years engineering experience ; at least twenty-one years of age. Affiliates, 1,927, interested in rendering service to electrical engineering or electrical science ; at least twenty-one years of age. Honorary, 7. Total membership 55,491. Meetings: Four annual general meetings are held: Summer, generally in June, in different sections of the country and always outside of New York City ; Pacific ; Midwest ; Winter. The annual business meeting is held during the summer general meeting. There are also district meetings ; local meetings are held frequently by sections and branches. Professional activities: Edison Medal, award- ed annually to a resident of the United States and its dependencies or the Dominion of Canada, for meritorious achievement in electrical science or electrical engineering or in the electrical arts. Lamme Medal, awarded annually to a member who has shown meritorious achievement in the development of electrical apparatus or ma- chinery. The Institute is one of the representa- tives on the board of award of the John Fritz Medal and the Commission of Washington Award ; a committee of the Institute awards the Charles Le Geyt Fortescue Fellowships. National and District prizes are offered an- nually to authors of worthy papers. Publications: Electrical Engineering, monthly, current volume : 79, $12 nonmembers, $6 mem- bers. Editor : C. S. Rich. 203. American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. Secretary: F. H. Bell, Inter- national Pacific Halibut Commission, Uni- versity of Washington, Seattle 5, Wash. Term indefinite. History: Incorporated December 1956 in Olympia, Wash. Purpose: To advance the theory, practice, and application of the science of fishery re- search biology ; to promote the conservation and proper utilization of fishery resources ; to maintain high professional standards in fishery research biology. Membership: Limited to fishery research biologists and to teachers of fishery research biology; three grades of members. Total mem- bership approximately 200. 204. American Institute of Homeopathy. 1601 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. Presi- dent: Elizabeth W. Hubbard, 108 East 86th Street, New York, N. Y. Term expires 1960. UNITED STATES 67 Business Manager: Garth W. Boericke. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1844. State societies in thirty-one states and the District of Columbia. Purpose: To further medical research and advance homeopathy. Membership: Regular members, graduates of accredited medical colleges who are registered in the state in which they practice; Associate; Honorary. Total membership 350. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal, bimonthly, current volume : 52. Editor : Allan D. Sutherland. 205. American Institute of Industrial Engineers. 32 West 40th Street, New York 18, N. Y. President: Alex W. Rathe, New York Uni- versity, New York, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: E. P. Lange. Term indefinite. History: Organized January 1948; incor- porated September 1948 in Ohio. Offices moved to New York in 1960. Ten geographic regions and 108 chapters. Purpose: To maintain the practice of the pro- fession on a high level, to foster a high degree of integrity among its members, to encourage and assist education and research in the profes- sion, and to aid in the identification of qualified industrial engineers. Membership: Senior Members, 3,400. (1) registered professional industrial engineers. (2) registered professional engineers actively en- gaged in industrial engineering practice, (3) graduates of industrial engineering curriculum with five years practice, (4) graduates of engi- neering curriculum with six years practice, (5) other college graduates with nine years practice, (6) those with some or no college training and thirteen years practice in field; Associate Mem- bers, 5,300, graduates of industrial engineering- curriculum with one year of experience, gradu- ates of engineering curriculum with one year in industrial engineering practice, other college graduates with four years of practice, those with some or no college training and with eight years practice ; Affiliates, 956. Total membership 9,656. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal of Industrial Engineer- ing, bimonthly, current volume: 11, $10. Edi- tor : R. N. Lehrer, Technological Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston. 111. 206. American Institute of Mining, Metallur- gical and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. 29 West 39th Street. New York 18, N. Y. President: Joseph L. Gillson, 109 MuUin Road, Wilming- ton 3, Del. Term expires February 1961. Secretary: Ernest Kirkendall. Term expires February 1961. History: Founded 1871 as American Institute of Mining Engineers ; incorporated 1905. Name changed in 1919 to American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Inc., and in 1956 to present title. In 1956 the Institute was re- organized into three constituent Societies and technical Divisions grouped within the Societies as follows : Society of Mining Engineers, 29 West 39th Street, New York 18, N. Y; Divi- sions : Coal, Industrial Minerals, Minerals Beneficiation, and Mining and Exploration. The Metallurgical Society, 29 West 39th Street, New York 18, N. Y. ; Divisions: Extractive Metal- lurgy, Institute of Metals, and Iron and Steel. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 6300 North Central Expressway, Dallas 6, Tex., is not further subdivided. In addition the Institute has three All-Institute Councils as follows : Council of Economics, Council of Education, and Coun- cil of Section Delegates. The Institute main- tains a field office at 707 Newhouse Building, Salt Lake City 11, Utah. It has local sections throughout the United States and in Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Philippine Islands, Saudi Arabia, Sumatra. Student chapters are located through- out the United States. Purpose: To promote the arts and sciences connected with the economic production of the useful minerals and metals ; to hold meetings for the reading and discussion of professional papers and to circulate by means of publications among its members the information thus obtained. Membership: Members, 19,882, must be at least twenty-seven years of age and must have had at least six years of employment in a field of science or engineering represented by one or more of the three constituent Societies, during at least three years of which must have held positions of responsibility. Associate, 4,838, persons whose interest or work in a field of sci- ence or engineering represented by one or more of the three constituent Societies is too limited to meet the requirements of the classification of Members. Junior, 8,658, must be qualified through education and experience to hold a subordinate position in a field of science or engineering represented by one of the three constituent Societies ; shall not have passed their thirtieth birthday anniversary at the time application is received, and shall not remain Junior Members beyond their thirty-third birth- day. Student, 2,332, students in good standing at a degree-granting school approved by the Board of Directors, who have been nominated by one instructor of the nominee (preferably an In- stitute Member). Total membership 35,710. Meetings: Annual. 68 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Professional activities: Several endowment funds of the Institute are designated to sup- port The Engineering Societies Library, service to students and young engineers, technical pub- lications, and the promotion of the sciences and the arts embraced by AIME. The Institute and particularly its Woman's Auxiliary sponsor about forty scholarships each year. James Douglas Gold Medal, to recognize distinguished achievement in nonferrous metallurgy. WiUiam Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal, to recognize distinguished achievement in mining. Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal, to recognize distinguished achievement in improving the technique and practice of finding and producing petroleum. Erskine Ramsay Gold Medal, to recognize dis- tinguished achievement in coal mining. Ben- jamin F. Fairless Award, in recognition of dis- tinguished achievement in iron and steel pro- duction and metallurgy. Charles F. Rand Medal, for distinguished achievement in mining ad- ministration. Robert H. Richards Award, to recognize achievement which furthers the art of mineral beneficiation. Hal Williams Hardinge Award, to recognize outstanding achievement in the field of industrial minerals. The Institute also has several best-technical-paper awards. Publications: Mining Engineering Journal, monthly, current volume: 12, $8 to North, South, and Central America, $10 elsewhere. Editor: R. A. Beals. Journal of Metals, monthly, current volume: 12, $10. Editor: F. W. Starratt. Jour- nal of Petroleum Technology, monthly, current volume: 12, $8 to North, South, and Central America, $10 elsewhere. Editor : R. W. Taylor. Bimonthly Transactions of the Metallurgical Society, current volume: 218, $5 to members; $20 to nonmembers in North, South, and Central America ; $25 elsewhere. Editor : Gerhard Derge. 207. American Institute of Nutrition. Presi- dent: Floyd S. Daft, Building 4, Room 313, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 14, Md. Term expires June 30, 1961. Secretary: Arnold E. Schaefer, Building 16A, Room 100, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 14, Md. Term expires June 30, 1963. History: Organized with a provisional charter on September 27, 1928 ; with permanent charter November 16, 1934; first annual meeting held in March 1934. Purpose: To extend the knowledge of nutri- tion and to facilitate personal contact between investigators in nutrition and closely allied fields of interest. Membership : Members, 749, persons who have conducted and published as senior author meri- torious original investigations in some phase of nutrition and who are presently professionally active in the field of nutrition. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal of Nutrition, monthly, current volume : 71, $8.50 to members, $22.50 to nonmembers. Editor : James S. Ream. 208. American Institute of Pacific Relations, Inc. 333 Sixth Avenue, New York 14, N. Y. Chairman: Albert Mayer. Term expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: William L. Holland. Term expires October 1960. History: Founded 1925 as the American Coun- cil of the Institute of Pacific Relations, an inter- national organization. Incorporated 1938 ; name changed to present title November 1946. Purpose: To promote the study of the prob- lems of the peoples and nations of the Pacific area and eastern and southern Asia. Membership: Open to all persons with an interest in Asian and Pacific problems. Voting rights limited to citizens of the United States. Classes : associate, contributing, and support- ing. Total membership 480. Meetings: Annual, with occasional special meetings. Professional activities: Funds for research are appropriated from the general budget. Publications: Far Eastern Survey, monthly, current volume: 29, $6. Editors: Harold H. Fisher and William L. Holland. Library: 4,500 volumes and 80 periodicals and newspapers. 209- American Institute of Park Executives, Inc. Oglebay Park, Wheeling, W. Va. President: Daniel W. Warren, Jr., Superintendent of Parks, Brookline, Mass. Term expires Sep- tember 24, 1961. Executive Secretary: Alfred B. La Gasse. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1898 as New England Association of Park Superintendents ; name changed to American Association of Park Superintendents 1904; reorganized and name changed to present title 1921 ; incorporated 1925. Purpose: Gathering and disseminating in- formation concerning public parks, gardens, and other recreation grounds, facilities, and pro- grams ; promotion of and cooperation toward increase of such facilities and their greater utilization. Membership: Fellows, 1,550, executives of public parks and recreation systems and allied organizations; Sustaining, 177, park commis- sions or boards whose function is correlated with work of this Institute; Associate, 139, per- sons interested in and contributing to the pur- pose of this Institute, and not qualified for other membership; Student, 67; Associate Sustaining, UNITED STATES 69 167, commercial organizations and individuals interested in contributing to the purpose of this Institute; Contributing Sustaining, qualifying as F'ellows, but wishing to contribute further ; Commissioners, 851. Total membership 3,011. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Honorary Fellowship Award, annual, for professional achievement ; cooperative research program with Michigan State University. Publications: Parks and Recreation, monthly, current volume: 43, $3.75. Editor: Alfred B. La Gasse. Library: 23,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: Park and recreation administration. 210. American Institute of Physics. 335 East 45th Street, New York 17, N. Y. Chairman: Ralph A. Sawyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires spring 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Wallace ^^'aterfall. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1931 by the following mem- ber societies : Acoustical Society of America, American Association of Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, and Society of Rheology. Reorganized 1946 to provide membership for other organiza- tions and for individuals. Purpose: Advancement and diffusion of knowledge of the science of physics and its applications to human welfare. Membership: Member Societies, 5, national organizations of at least 400 members devoted to purposes of this Institute ; Associate Member Societies, 2, national organizations of at least 400 members devoted to advancement of science with interest related to physics ; Corporate As- sociates, approximately 175, corporations, in- dividuals, or institutions interested in physics ; Student Sections, 84, local organizations of stu- dents interested in purposes of this Institute ; Affiliated Societies, 10, local, regional, and national organizations interested in physics. Total membership approximately 276. Professional activities: Karl Taylor Compton Gold Medal. Publications: Physical Review, semimonthly, domestic $40, foreign $43. Reviews of Modern Physics, quarterly, domestic $6, foreign $6.50. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, eight times a year, domestic $5, foreign $6. Physical Review Letters, semimonthly, domestic $10, foreign $11. Journal of the Optical Society of America, monthly, domestic $25, foreign $28. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, monthly, domestic $18, foreign $19. Noise Con- trol, bimonthly, domestic $8, foreign $10. Ameri- can Journal of Physics, nine times a year, domestic $10, foreign $10. Astronomical Jour- nal, ten times a year, domestic $8, foreign $8. Review of Scientific Instruments, monthly, domestic $11, foreign $13. Journal of Chemical Physics, monthly, domestic $25, foreign $27. Journal of Applied Physics, monthly, domestic $14, foreign $16. Physics of Fluids, bimonthly, domestic $10, foreign $11. Journal of Mathe- matical Physics, bimonthly, domestic $10, foreign $11. Physics Today, monthly, domestic $4, foreign $5. AIP Translation Journals: Soviet Physics -JETP, 12 issues a year, domestic $75, foreign $79, libraries domestic $35, libraries foreign $39. Soviet Physics - Solid State, 12 issues a year, domestic $55, foreign $59, libraries domestic $25, libraries foreign $29. Soviet Physics - Technical Physics, 12 issues a year, domestic $55, foreign $59, libraries domestic $25, libraries foreign $29. Soviet Physics - Acoustics, four issues a year, $12 domestic, $14 foreign, no library discounts. Soviet Physics - Doklady, six issues a year, domestic $35, foreign $38, libraries domestic $15, libraries foreign $18. Soviet Physics - Crystallography, six issues a year, domestic $25, foreign $27, libraries domes- tic $10, libraries foreign $12. Soviet Astronomy - AJ, six issues a year, domestic $25, foreign $27, libraries domestic $10, libraries foreign $12. Soviet Physics - Uspekhi, six issues a year, domestic $45, foreign $48, libraries domestic $20, libraries foreign $23. Above library prices are for libraries of non-profit academic institutions. Library: 1,400 volumes, subject emphasis physics. 211. American Institute of Planners. Suite 410, 2400 16th Street, N. W., Washington 9, D. C. President: Charles A. Blessing, Director of City Planning, Detroit City Planning Com- mission, 400 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 26, Mich. Term expires October 1960. Executive Director: W. C. Dutton, Jr. Term indefinite. History: Organized in 1917 as American City Planning Institute; name changed in 1939 to present title to reflect broader planning inter- ests. Nineteen chapters and twenty-three sec- tions. Committees established on variety of tech- nical problems. Purpose: To study and advance the science and art of planning, to further the interests of the profession, and to promote fellowship among its members. Membership: Members, 500, eight years of professional planning experience ; Associate, 880, four years; Provisional, 910, one year; Affiliate, 160, six years professional experience in related field plus achievement ; Honorary, 7, by general election. Total membership over 2,400. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Committee studies on planning policy, technical issues, and profes- 70 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES sional matters ; annual awards ; enforcement of ethics ; consultation and cooperation with governments, professional societies, and related organizations ; public education ; informing membership of events of interest ; chapter activities. Publications: Journal, quarterly, $6 (mem- bers only). Editor: Melvin Webber. Newslet- ter, eight times a year. Editor : Edmund Burke Peterson. Proceedings, annual. Price varies 212. American Institute of Plant Engineers. 4 Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights, 111. President: Fred G. Fryberger, Food Ma- chinery and Chemical Corporation, P. O. Box 1616, Baltimore 3, Md. Term expires May 31, 1961. Secretary: Joseph N. Jacques, Lakeside Laboratories, Inc., 1707 East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. Term expires May 31, 1961. History: Incorporated as a nonprofit organiza- tion in Illinois in 1954 by Richard H. Morris, S. A. Simonson, and Ted Ramond acting as agents for nineteen independent local plant engineers societies. The first national conven- tion was held in Chicago in 1955 with nineteen chapters represented. At the beginning of 1960 there were fifty-three chapters in the continental United States, Hawaii, and Canada. Comparable organizations exist in England and Italy and are being formed in Belgium, Japan, and Mexico. Elected a member of the Engineers Joint Coun- cil in 1958. Purpose: To advance the science of engineer- ing, further the professional interest of plant engineers, encourage unified organizational activity, and cooperate throughout the world with compatable organizations having similar objectives. Membership: Members, 1,618; active partici- pation in plant engineering work, ten years' engineering experience at least two of which were in responsible charge of plant engineering activities, with four years' experience credit for a degree from an accredited engineering college or for a professional engineer's license. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Student Loan Fund, a revolving fund for short-term loans to students in engineering schools. Publications: AIPE News, bimonthly, cur- rent volume : 5, $1.50. 213. American Institute of the City of New York. 2 East 63rd Street, New York 21, N. Y. President: Robert F. Light. Term expires February 1961. Executive Secretary: Gene- vieve E. Peterson. Term expires February 1961. History: Organized and incorporated February 1828. Purpose: To interpret the latest development in science through lectures ; to encourage the youth of the country in science interest and efforts through school science fairs. Membership: Annual members. Participating, Sustaining, Corporate, Life. Total membership 210. Meetings: Monthly, October through May. Professional activities: Institute receives a small grant annually from the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science ; licensed by the State of New York to conduct science fairs in the five boroughs of the City of New York. 214. American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. President: George B. Griffen- hagen. Division of Communications, American Pharmaceutical Association, 2215 Constitution Avenue, Washington 7, D. C. Term expires April 1961. Director: Glenn Sonnedecker, 357 Chemistry Building, University of Wis- consin, Madison 6, Wis. Term expires spring 1963. History: Founded January 1941 at Madison, Wisconsin ; incorporated in Wisconsin February 1943. Represented in the House of Delegates of the American Pharmaceutical Association ; a constituent society of the American Association for the History of Medicine ; member, Union Mondiale des Societes d'Histoire Pharma- ceutique ; maintains informal relations with other international societies of related purpose. Committees : Executive, Membership, Exhibits and Pictorial History, Awards, Historical Markers. Purpose: To publish research on historical or social aspects of pharmacy, to provide historical information service for members and non- members, to organize and sponsor historical meetings and exhibits, to grant historical awards and aid scholars in their projects, to promote the highest possible standard of teaching the history of pharmacy in American pharmaceutical education, to collect historical materials about pharmacy, to conduct research. Membership: Individual, 616 (including 41 foreign members), any person interested in the purposes of the Institute ; Institutional, 7Z (2 foreign), any organization, board, school, or library; Supporting and Complimentary, 132 (29 foreign), a person, group, or firm offering special support to the objectives of the Insti- tute ; Honorary, person whose activities have contributed significantly to pharmacy and its service to society, or to historical endeavors in pharmacy or allied fields. Total membership 821. UNITED STATES 71 Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: George Urdang Medal, an international award for an outstanding pub- lication on the history of pharmacy ; award for writing on the history of hospital pharmacy. Publications : Pharmacy in History, quarterly, current volume : 4, free to members only. Editor : Glenn Sonnedecker. 215. American Institute of Ultrasonics in Medi- cine. President: David Rubin, 6360 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 48, Calif. Term ex- pires August 1962. Secretary-Treasurer: John H. Aides, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, 4833 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles 29, Calif. Term expires August 1962. History: Organized 1950. Purpose: To exchange clinical and labora- tory information on use of ultrasonic radiation in medicine. Membership: Requires degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of philosophy. Members must be engaged in clinical or laboratory re- search in use of ultrasonic radiation in medicine, or must be physicians and surgeons using ultra- sonics in clinical practice. Physicians must be members of county medical societies and Ameri- can Medical Association. Total membership approximately 250. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Certificate of Merit, awarded to participants in scientific meetings. 216. American Iron and Steel Institute. 150 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Presi- dent: B. F. Fairless. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: George S. Rose. Term expires May 1961. History: Incorporated March 31, 1908. The American Iron Association, founded 1855, was absorbed by the American Iron and Steel Asso- ciation in 1864; in 1912 the latter was absorbed by the Institute. Committees : Manufacturing Problems ; General Research ; Reinforced Con- crete Research ; Steel Pipe Research ; Building Research and Technology; General Metallurgy and Product Technology. Purpose: To promote the interests of the iron and steel industry ; to collect and publish statistics and other information concerning any matters connected with the industry ; to provide a forum for the exchange of information and discussion of problems relating to the industry ; to engage in activities to promote the use of iron and steel. Membership: Companies, corporations or part- nerships in the Western Hemisphere engaged directly in the production and sale of products of the iron and steel industry ; Active, individ- uals associated with company members ; Asso- ciate, individuals, suppliers of raw materials and equipment, consumers, distributors of steel, tech- nical and research experts ; Emeritus, twenty- five years as an active member and retirement from business. Company members, 102 ; Active individual members, 2,000 ; Associate mem- bers, 600; Emeritus, 157. Total membership 2,859. Meetings: General meeting on the fourth Wednesday and Thursday in May of each year ; annual autumn regional and technical meetings. Professional activities: Financing of various research projects pertaining to production and fabrication of iron and steel, including work on welding, slag, refractories, protective coatings, pressure vessels, light gage structural steel, plastic flow of steel, stream pollution, raw mate- rials, reinforced concrete, air pollution, corro- sion, physical chemistry of steelmaking; The Medal of the Institute, awarded the author or co-authors of a paper read before the Institute having special merit and importance in connec- tion with iron and steel manufacture, is to per- petuate the memory of Elbert H. Gary, founder and first president of the Institute ; Gary Me- morial Medal, awarded for oustanding achieve- ment in the iron and steel industry, to honor Elbert H. Gary ; Charles M. Schwab Memorial Lecture, given annually to perpetuate the mem- ory of Charles M. Schwab, one of the founders of the Institute ; Regional Technical Meeting Award, for outstanding paper at regional tech- nical meetings. Publications: Steel Facts, bimonthly, free. Editor : Donald R. James. Steelways, bimonthly, free. Editor : John Hill. Annual Statistical Re- port, $5. Yearbook. Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada, tri- annually, $10. Library: 6,000 volumes. 217. American Laryngological Association. President: Edwin N. Broyles, 1100 North Charles Street, Baltimore 1, Md. Term ex- pires May 22, 1961. Executive Secretary: Lyman G. Richards, 12 Clovelly Road, Wel- lesley Hills, Mass. Term indefinite. History: Organized and incorporated 1879. Purpose: Advancement of research and knowledge in the fields of rhinology and laryngology. Membership: Active Fellows, 96 (limited to 100), elected for distinguished service in re- search, teaching, or clinical activity ; Emeritus Fellows, 22, eligible after twenty years member- ship and age 60 ; Honorary Fellows, 5, elected for outstanding contributions in the field ; Corre- 72 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES spending Fellows, 14, foreign leaders in rhin- ology and laryngology. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Laryngological Re- search Fund, to further research in rhinology and laryngology. Casselberry Award. $100 to $200 annual cash award with certificate for original work in rhinology and laryngology. DeRoaldes Award, gold medal and certificate for unusually meritorious work or service in rhinology and laryngology. Newcomb Award, to members only, for meritorious service to the ALA or outstanding work in the field. Publications: Annual Transactions, current volume : 80, $8. Editor : Francis W. Davison, Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Danville, Pa. 218. American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc. President: Fletcher D. Woodward, Charlottesville, Va. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: C. Stewart Nash, 708 Medical Arts Building, Rochester 7, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. History: Organized June 19, 1895; incor- porated December 5, 1917. Purpose: To promote, develop, and disseminate scientific research and clinical study or problems relating to laryngology, rhinology, and otology. Membership: Active Fellows, 603, proposed by two Fellows in good standing and preferably residing in the candidate's vicinity ; candidate shall possess a certificate of qualification from the American Board of Otolaryngology or an equivalent examining body approved by the Council. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Mosher Memorial Award. Publications: Transactions, annual, $10. Edi- tor : Theodore E. Walsh, 640 South Kings- highway, St. Louis, Mo. 219. American Leather Chemists Association. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati 21, Ohio. President: Ruben Heinrich, Whiteman Lea Company, West Winfield, N. Y. Term ex- pires June 1962. Secretary: Fred O'Flaherty. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1903; incorporated August 1937 in New Jersey. Purpose: To devise and perfect methods for analysis and testing of leathers and all materials used in connection with their manufacture ; to promote the advancement of chemistry and other sciences, especially in regard to their applica- tion to problems of the leather industry ; to publish results of investigations and research ; to advance the professional welfare of its members. Membership: Active members, 552, having six years of training and professional experi- ence, two of which must be in the study of chemistry or chemical engineering, two in the practice of leather chemistry, and two in either field. Associate, 2)76, having a legitimate interest in the purposes of the Association. Student, 4, full-time students majoring in leather or tan- ning chemistry. Total membership 932. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Research sponsored at University of Cincinnati ; Alsop Award, annual ; Moffat Medal ; Winheim Award, biannual ; John Arthur Wilson Memorial Lecture, annual. Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- ume: 55, $15. Editor: Wallace Windus, 1437 Bryant Lane, Meadowbrook, Pa. 220. American Lithuanian Engineers and Archi- tects Association, Inc. 19 Mellen Street, Boston 24, Mass. Executive Director: Bronius V. GaHnis. Term indefinite. History: Organized February 24, 1951 ; incor- porated in Massachusetts, 1956. Sections : Bahi- more, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh. Purpose: To unite Lithuanian engineers and architects in the United States; to extend as- sistance to and foster the educational and pro- fessional training of its members. Membership: Open to any American Lithuan- ian engineer or architect who has completed technical studies at an accredited institution or who has equivalent practice. Regular mem- bers, 335; Candidates, 24; Honorary, 4. Total membership 363. Meetings: Biennial. Professional activities: Scholarship fund of $1,500 annually used to promote education. Publications: Engineering Word, semimonthly, $5. Editors: K. Kaunas, G. J. Lazauskas, and K. Paukstys. 221. American Malacological Union. President: Thomas E. Pulley, Director, Museum of Natural History, Houston, Tex. Term ex- pires 1961. Executive Secretary: Margaret C. Teskey, Route 1, P. O. Box 318, Marinette, Wis. Term expires 1961. History: Organized in 1931, 169 charter mem- bers. Annual meetings held with exception of four World War II years. Pacific Division has membership approximately one-fourth that of parent organization. Purpose: To promote the science of mala- cology and further the interests of students and collectors. Membership: Open to individuals with a sin- UNITED STATES 7Z cere interest in moUusks and their shells on an amateur or scientific level. Total membership 750. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Annual Report Bulletin, current volume : 26, $2, free to members. Editor : George M. Moore. 222. American Material Handling Society, Inc. President: Robert Rutherford, Sun Oil Com- pany, Marcus Hook, Pa. Term expires June 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert B. Divine, Super Valu Stores Inc., 101 Jefferson Avenue, S., Hopkins, Minn. Term expires June 30, 1961. Administrative Secretary: Arthur E. Fryer. History: Organized and incorporated January 1949. Sections : Divided into nine regions covering United States and Canada. Affiliated with : Institute of Materials Handling in Eng- land, Arbeitsgebiet Materialfluss in RKW Ger- many, Centre d'Information de la Manutention, Materials Handling and Construction Plant Association of South Africa, Japanese Material Handling Society. Purpose: To promote study and advancement of the science of material handling; to develop programs ; to publish technical, statistical, and engineering data ; to establish standards ; to de- velop safety codes ; to establish and encourage university material handling courses. Membership : General members, 5,200, persons interested in promotion and operation of mate- rial handling equipment and practices and per- sons in field of education pertaining to subject. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: Clark Equipment Com- pany Award, $2,500 to $5,000 annually. Silent Hoist and Crane Company, Wunsch Founda- tion Award, capital amount $10,000; $350 an- nually. West 39th Street, New York 18, N. Y. President: Thomas R. Camp, 18 Tremont Street, Boston 8, Mass. Term expires October 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : R. S. Rankin, 17 Morgan Street, Stamford, Conn. Term expires October 1960. History: In 1934 the Sanitary Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers formed a Committee on the Advan- cement of Sanitary Engineering. In 1952 the Joint Committee for the Advancement of Sani- tary Engineering was formed to include repre- sentatives from American Society of Civil Engineers, American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations, and American Society for Engineering Educa- tion. During the next three years it studied and formulated plans for a suitable organization to carry out a certification program by an intersociety board. In 1955, the American Sani- tary Engineering Intersociety Board was in- corporated and proceeded with certification of qualified applicants, those certified to become Diplomates in the American Academy of Sani- tary Engineers. In 1957 the American Institute of Chemical Engineers became the sixth spon- soring society. Purpose: To improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the cause of sanitary engineering ; to grant and issue to engineers, duly licensed by law to practice engineering, certificates of special knowledge in the various fields of sanitary engineering. Membership: Diplomates, 1,016, applicants shall be of good moral character and of high ethical and professional standing, be graduates of a college acceptable to the Board, and possess an engineering degree ; have a license to practice engineering in the LInited States or Canada ; have at least eight years' engineering experience in sanitary engineering following graduation from college and successfully pass an examination. 282. American School Health Association. 515 East Main Street, Kent, Ohio. President: Lyda Smiley, LaMesa-Spring Valley School District, 4750 Date, La Mesa, Calif. Term expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: A. O. DeWeese. Term expires October 1960. History: Organized 1927 as the American Association of School Physicians ; name changed to present title 1938. Regional Branch Assoc- iations : California, Michigan, New Jersey, New York. Committees : Appraisal of School Health Services ; Health Education in Elemen- tary and Secondary Schools ; Health Problems of Physical Education and Recreation ; Improve- ment of the Status and Functions of the School Physician ; Mental Hygiene in the Classroom ; School Nursing Policies and Practices ; Teacher Training in Health Education ; Tuberculosis Control ; School Lunch Program. Purpose: To promote comprehensive and constructive school health programs, including the teaching of health, health services, and healthful school living. Membership: Members, 7,000, school doctors, dentists, nurses, health educators, dental hygien- ists, and school health administrators. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: William A. Howe Award issued annually for outstanding services in school health. Publications: Journal of School Health, 10 issues per year, current volume : 30, $4. Editor : Delbert Oberteuflfer. 283. American Scientific Glassblowers Society. 309 Georgetown Avenue, Gwinhurst, Wil- mington 3, Del. President: J. Allen Alex- ander, 2417 Ritner Street, Philadelphia 45, Pa. Term expires May 31, 1961. Executive Secretary: George A. Sites. Term indefinite. History: Organized March 14, 1952; incorp- orated in Delaware March 17, 1954. Sections: Delaware Valley, Hudson-Mohawk, Metropoli- tan New York, Midwest, Niagara Frontier, Pittsburgh Tri-State, San Francisco Bay Area, Southeastern, Southern California, Washington- Caltimore. Committees : Cooperative Testing, Methods and Materials, Safety and Hazards, Standards. Ptirpose: To gather and disseminate knowl- edge concerning scientific glassblowing, appar- atus, equipment, and materials. Membership: Regular, 453, persons who now or in the past have for five consecutive years gained the major portion of their income through the art of scientific glassblowing ; Junior, 26, persons who are actively engaged in scientific glassblowing, with less than five years' experi- ence ; Associate, 57, persons who have a close 94 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES affinity or association with the manufacture or use of glass or glassblowing equipment as it concerns some branch of the science. Total membership 536. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Fusion, quarterly, current vol- ume : 7. $3. Symposium Proceedings, annual. Price varies. 284. American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. 810 18th Street, N. W., Wash- ington 6, D. C. President: Charles G. Holle. Term expires June 1961. Executive Secre- tary: Francis J. Graling. Term expires June 1961. History: Organized October 14, 1926 at a meeting called by the Governor of New Jersey at the instigation of the Committee on Shoreline Investigations of the National Research Council, and perfected December 8, 1926 in Washington, D. C. ; incorporated as a nonprofit, educational- scientific association under the laws of New Jersey. Purpose: To bring together for cooperation and mutual helpfulness the many agencies, inter- ests, and individuals concerned with the pro- tection and proper utilization of shores and beaches, and in all legitimate ways to foster that sound, far-sighted, and economical develop- ment and preservation of the lands which will aid in placing their benefits within the reach of the largest possible number of people. Membership: Individual, Sustaining, Corpor- ate, and Sponsor. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Shore and Beach Magazine, semiannual, current volume : 28, $4. News Letter, monthly, $6. Editor : Francis J. Graling. 285. American Social Health Association, Inc. 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. Presi- dent: Frank H. Heller, 2100 North Akard Street, Dallas, Tex. Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: Conrad Van Hyning. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1913 as American Social Hygiene Association, by the union of the Ameri- can Vigilance Association, organized January 1912, with the American Federation for Sex Hygiene, organized June 1910; incorporated 1914. In 1918 absorbed the New York Social Hygiene Society, organized 1916. In January 1960 name changed to present title. Carries out program in the United States and insular possessions through State and community social hygiene societies. Its division of international services works with social hygiene groups in other countries and, through the International Union Against Venereal Diseases, of which it is the United States member-agency and regional office for the Americas, enjoys the privileges of consultant relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Purpose: To inform the public about social hygiene and needed community action ; to com- bat syphilis and gonorrhea as dangerous com- municable diseases ; to fight commercialized prostitution and other conditions which lead to sex delinquency among young people ; to pro- mote and conduct demonstrations in family life education for the strengtiiening and improve- ment of the American family. MeinhcrsJiip: Open to persons interested in the objectives of the Association. Total member- ship approximately 700. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: William Freeman Snow Medal, awarded annually for outstanding work in the social health field. Publications : Social Health News, 10 issues yearly, current volume : 35, free. Editor : Mary Mangan. Social Health Papers, annual, $1. Editor : Mary Mangan. 286. American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. President: Melvin H. Newman, National Jewish Hospital, 3800 East Colfax Avenue, Denver 6, Colo. Term expires April 1961. Executive Secretary: E. Converse Peirce II, Acufif Clinic, 514 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. Term expires .April 1962. History: Organization begun 1954; completed at Atlantic City, N. J., June 1955. Purpose: To provide a flexible and current forum for physicians, physiologists, engineers, and associated investigators interested in the general field of artificial internal organs (hemo- dialysis, pump-oxygenators. grafts, plastics, etc. ). Membership: Open to any person who has made significant original contribution in field of artificial internal organs. Total membership 120. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Transactions, annual, current volume : 5, $8. Editor : George V. Schreiner, Georgetown University. Washington 7, D. C. 287. American Society for Clinical Investigation. Secretary: William J. Harrington, Washing- ton University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. Term expires May 1963. UNITED STATES 95 History: Organized 1908 as American Society for the Advancement of Clinical Investigation; name changed to present title 1916. Purpose: Cultivation of clinical research by methods of the natural sciences ; unification of science and practice of medicine ; encouragement of scientific investigation by the practitioner ; dififusion of scientific spirit among members. Membership: Active members, 279, practicing physicians of the United States and Canada who have accomplished meritorious original investigation in clinical and allied sciences of medicine ; Emeritus, 427, members past the age of forty-five. Total membership 706. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Journal of Clinical Investigation, monthly, current volume : 39, $12, free to mem- bers. Editor: Stanley E. Bradley, 622 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. 288. American Society for Engineering Educa- tion. President: Eric A. Walker, Pennsyl- vania State University, University, Pa. Term expires July 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: W. Leighton Collins, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1893 as the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education ; merg- ed with the Engineering College Research Association June 1946 to form the present society. The Engineering College Research Council and Engineering College Administrative Council are major functioning units. Sections: Allegheny; Illinois-Indiana; Kansas-Nebraska; Michigan; Middle Atlantic; Missouri-Arkan- sas; National Capital; New England; North Midwest; Ohio; Pacific Northwest; Pacific Southwest; Rocky Mountain; Southeast; South- west ; Upper New York. Committees : Affil- iate, Annual Meeting, Awards Policy, Ceramic Engineering, Constitution and By-Laws, Curtis W. McGraw Award, Development of Engineer- ing Faculties, Division Activities, Editorial, Engineering School Libraries, Ethics, Financial Policy, George Westinghouse Award, Honorary Memljership, Industrial Fellowship, Industrial Membership, Instrumentation, James H. McGraw Technical Institute Award, Lamme Award, Metallurgical Engineering, National Legislation, Nominating, Nuclear, Planning, Publications, Public Information, Registration Law, Sections and Branches, Technical Institute Education, Technical Institute Education Evaluation, Tex- tile Engineering, Vincent Bendix Award, Visit- ing Engineers, Young Engineering Teachers. Divisions : Aeronautical, Architectural, Chem- ical, Civil, Cooperative Engineering Education, Educational Methods, Electrical, Engineering Economy, Engineering Graphics, English, Even- ing Engineering Education, Graduate Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, Industrial, Mathematics, Mechanical, Mechanics, Mineral, Physics, Relations with Industry, Technical Institute. Purpose: The advancement of education in all its functions which pertain to engineering and allied branches of science and technology, including the processes of teaching and learning, research, and public relations. Membership: Individual, 9,400, persons who occupy or have occupied responsible positions in engineering instruction, research, or practice, or other persons interested in engineering educa- tion ; Institutional, 228, institutions having active curricula leading to baccalaureate or higher degree in engineering and having one or more curricula accredited by Engineers' Council for Professional Development; Industrial, 196, org- anizations having a major interest in engineering education ; Afiiliate, other institutions engaged in technical instruction which are accredited by a major regional accrediting association. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Lamme Medal, for distinguished contributions as an engineering educator; George Westinghouse Award, $1,000 for a young engineering teacher of outstanding ability ; Vincent Bendix Medal, for outstanding research contributions in colleges of engineering ; Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, $1,000 for outstanding early achievement in research in colleges of engineering ; James H. McGraw Technical Institute Award, $500 for outstanding contributions to technical institute education. Special studies financed by grants from govern- ment and private foundations are carried out by special committees. Publications: Journal of Engineering Educa- tion, monthly October through June with P>b- ruary 15 yearbook-directory, current volume: 51, $10 in United States and Canada, $11 foreign. Editor : Paul T. Bryant. 289. American Society for Experimental Path- ology. School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. President: Jacob Furth, Roswell Park Memorial Insti- tute, Buffalo, N. Y. Term expires June 1961. Executive Secretary: Kenneth M. Brinkhous. Term expires June 1963. History: Founded December 1913; incor- porated August 1950. CoMiMiTTEES : Meritorious Award or Honors, Publications, Membership Survey, Nutritional Pathology. Purpose: To bring the productive investiga- tors in pathology, working essentially by experimental methods, in closer affiliation with the workers in other fields of experimental medicine. 96 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Membership: Open to American investigators who, through the use of experimental methods, have, within three years prior to candidacy, contributed meritorious work in pathology. Active members, 679. Meetings: Annual. 290. American Society for Horticultural Science. 301 Horticultural Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. President: Vernon T. Stoutemyer, University of Cali- fornia, Los Angeles 24, Calif. Term expires August 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Roy E. Marshall. Term expires August 1961. History: Organized 1903. Regions: New England, Southern, Great Plains, Western, Caribbean. Sections : Pomology, Vegetable Crops, Floriculture and Ornamental Horticul- ture, Handling and Processing. Committees : Editorial, Education, Grades and Standards of Horticultural Crops, Extension, Vegetable Breeding and Varieties, International Horti- culture, Mineral Nutrition. Purpose: To promote the science of horti- culture. Membership: Active Members, 2,226, any per- son holding a baccalaureate degree and actively engaged in research or education ; Emeritus Members, 42; Sustaining Members, 90, any cor- poration or company that is interested in the promotion of horticultural research. Total membership 2,358. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Awards presented at the annual meeting for the best papers published in the Proceedings during the preceding year ; Leonard H. Vaughan Award in Floricultural Research ; the Leonard H. Vaughan Award in Vegetable Crops Research ; the Charles G. Woodbury Award in Raw Products Research ; Joseph Harvey Gourley Award in Fruit Re- search ; the Alex Laurie Award in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture for research papers of graduate students ; L. M. Ware Award for the best paper on teaching horticulture published during the preceding three years. Publications: Proceedings, semiannual, cur- rent volume : 75, domestic $12, foreign $13. Editor : John R. Magness. 291. American Society for Metals. Metals Park, Novelty, Ohio. President: William A. Penn- ington, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Term expires October 1961. Managing Director: Allan Ray Putnam. Term indefinite. History: Founded 1920 as the American Soci- ety for Steel Treating, formed by an amalgama- tion of the Steel Treating Research Society and the American Steel Treating Society; name changed to present title 1935. 114 chapters in United States and Canada. Purpose: Service of members in the metal producing and consuming industries through dissemination of technical information on the manufacture, treatment, and use of metals. Membership: Open to anyone having an interest in the engineering aspects of metals and materials. Members ; Junior Members ; Sustaining Members. Total membership 31,500. Meetings : Annual ; monthly chapter meetings. Professional activities: Henry Marion Howe Medal, awarded to the author of the best paper published in the Transactions ; Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, for metallurgical research proven in time to have affected industry ; Campbell Memorial Lectureship, presented during the annual convention ; ASM Gold Medal, awarded to one who, having attained the age of fifty and having become recognized for his outstanding metallurgical knowledge, shall have shown great versatility in the application of science to the metal industry; ASM Medal for the Advancement of Research, awarded to an industrial organization executive who, over a period of years, has consistently sponsored metallurgical research or development and by his foresight and his influence in making avail- able financial support has helped substantially to advance the arts and sciences relating to metals ; William Hunt Eisenman Award, pre- sented each year for outstanding contributions in the practical application of the science of metal- lurgy to the production of metals or their engineering use, given to that person whose achievements have accomplished significant im- provement in metallurgical processing ; Albert Easton White Award, for outstanding teachers of metallurgy or related sciences, presented to a teacher of long standing reputation through his ability to inspire students and impart enthus- iasm and understanding ; Marcus A. Grossmann Award, granted to the author (s) under age 35 of the most outstanding paper in ASM Trans- actions, winners also eligible for Howe Medal ; Bradley Stoughton Award, presented to a teach- er of metallurgy or related sciences, under age 35, who has demonstrated excellence in his sound knowledge, enthusiasm, and ability to inspire students. ASM Foundation for Educa- tion and Research, $700,000, supports a broad •program of scholarships, fellowships, and other career activities ; National Metal Congress and Exposition, annual technical sessions and exhibit ; Western Metal Congress and Expo- sition, biennial regional sessions and exhibit ; Southwestern Metal Congress and Exposition ; Metals Engineering Institute, Home-study Di- vision ; ASM Documentation Service, electronic searching of current technical literature. UNITED STATES 97 Publications: Metal Progress, monthly, cur- rent volume : 77, $9. Editor : E. E. Thum. Metals Review, monthly, current volume: ZZ, $6. Editor: T. C. DuMond. Transactions, annual, current volume : 52, $10. Review of Metal Literature, monthly, current volume: 17. Metals Handbook. Library: 4,000 volumes. Subject emphasis, metals. 292. American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Inc. 9650 Wis- consin Avenue, Washington 14, D. C. President: Alfred Gilman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York 61, N. Y. Term expires June 30, 1961. Executive Sec- retary: Karl H. Beyer, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, Pa. Term expires June 30, 1961. History: Founded December 28, 1908; incorp- orated 1934. The Society is one of the six mem- ber societies of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Purpose: To promote pharmacological knowl- edge and its use among scientists and to issue publications for this purpose. Membership: Regular, qualified investigators in pharmacology, 915 ; Honorary, 2 ; Corpora- tion Associates, 64. Meetings: Semiannual. Professional activities: John J. Abel Prize in Pharmacology, donated by Eli Lilly and Company, for the purpose of stimulating funda- mental research in pharmacology in the United States and Canada by a young man or woman working in a college or university. Torald SoUmann Award in Pharmacology, donated by Wyeth Laboratories of Philadelphia, is awarded for significant contemporary contribution to the advancement and extension of knowledge in the field of pharmacology. Publications: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, monthly, current volumes: 128, 129, 130, $10 per volume. Editor: Lawrence Peters, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 12, Kans. Pharmacological Reviews, quarterly, current volume : 12, $10. Editor : George B. Koelle, University of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. The Pharmacologist, semiannual, current volume: 2, $1 per copy. Editor : Karl H. Beyer. 293. American Society for Psychical Research, Inc. 880 5th Avenue, New York 21, N. Y. President: George H. Hyslop. Term expires January 1961. Executive Secretary: Adele Wellman. Term indefinite. History: Formed in 1885; later became a branch of the English Society; re-established as the American Society for Psychical Research in 1905. Purpose: The investigation of telepathy, vis- ions and apparitions, dowsing, monitions, pre- cognition, psychokinesis (mind over matter), automatic writing and other forms of auto- matism, psychometry, coincidental dreams, clair- voyance and clairaudience, predictions, the physical phenomena of mediumship and, in short, all types of "mediumistic" and unclassi- fied psychological phenomena ; the collection, classification, study, and publication of reports dealing from first-hand acquaintance with the phenomena designated above. Membership: Approximately 900. Meetings: Annual; trustees meet quarterly. Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- ume : 54, $1.50 per issue, free to members. Editor : Rhea White. Library: 6,000 volumes. 294. American Society for Quality Control, Inc. 161 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee 3, Wis. President: J. Y. McClure, Convair, a Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth, Tex. Term expires June 30, 1961. Administrative Secretary: William P. Youngclaus, Jr. Term Indefinite. History: Organized and incorporated in New York City on February 16, 1946. There are seventeen Districts. Divisions : Administrative Applications, Aircraft and Missile, Automotive, Chemical, Electronics, Textile. Committees: Metals Operations Research, Standards, Vendor- Vendee. Purpose: To create, promote, and stimulate interest in the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of the science of quality control and of its application to industrial processes. Membership: Members, 8,500, at least twenty- one years of age and of good character, grad- uates in an engineering, science, mathematics, or statistics curriculum of an educational institution approved by the Board of Directors, or having equivalent attainments including at least four years of increasingly important experience in quality or inspection work or in statistical oper- ations of a control or analytical nature. Assoc- iates, 800, engaged in or interested in inspection or quality engineering work or in an allied field of industrial, administrative, or analytical control. Fellows, 200, at least thirty-eight years of age, engaged professionally in quality control, quality engineering, or an allied field of indus- trial, administrative, or analytical control, at least fourteen years of active experience in the profession, and having been in good standing in 98 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES the grade of Senior Member for at least eight consecutive years immediately prior to the date of proposal for advancement to the grade of Fellow. Students, 55. Total membership 12,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Shewhart Medal, awarded not oftener than once each year, to an individual chosen for his unusual and out- standing contribution to the development of quality control principles or the practical appli- cation of those principles in industry. Brum- baugh Award, made not oftener than once a year, to the author of that paper published in Industrial Quality Control judged to have made the greatest contribution to the develop- ment of industrial application of quality control. Publications: Industrial Quality Control, monthly, current volume: 16, $10; free to mem- bers. Editor : M. E. Westcott. 295. American Society for Surgery of the Hand. President: Daniel C. Riordan, 1538 Louisiana Avenue, New Orleans, La. Term expires January 1961. President-elect : George Phalen, Cleveland Clinic, 2020 East 93rd Street, Cleve- land, Ohio. Executive Secretary: Don L. Eyler, 1919 Hayes Street, Nashville 3, Tenn. Term expires January 1961. History: Organized January 20, 1946; incorp- orated in 1947 in Ohio. Committees : Program, Publication, Memorial, Resident Training, and Auditing. Purpose: To improve and develop surgery of the hand. Membership: Total membership 100. Regular members, those who have contributed to the development of surgery of the hand. Meetings: Annual. 296. American Society for Testing Materials. 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. Presi- dent: A. Allan Bates, Vice President of Research and Development, Portland Cement Association, 33 West Grand Avenue, Chicago 10, 111. Term expires June 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert J. Painter. Term indefinite. History: Organized June 16, 1898, as the American Section of the International Associa- tion for Testing Materials ; incorporated under present title March 1902. Purpose: The promotion of knowledge of the materials of engineering, and the standardization of specifications and methods of testing. Membership: Total membership, 11,500; As- sociate, Sustaining, Company, Individual, Stu- dent, Honorary. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Research fund, capital $100,000. Charles B. Dudley Medal, awarded annually to the author or authors of a paper presented before the Society constituting an original contribution on research in engineering materials. Max Hecht Award, annual award to be presented to a member of Committee D-19 on Industrial Water in recognition of outstanding service to the committee in the advancement of its objective. C. A. Hogentogler Award, given by Committee D-18 on Soils to the author or authors of an outstanding paper on soils for engineering purposes which has been presented at a meeting of the Society. Harold De Witt Smith Memorial Award, a medal given for out- standing achievement in the field of textile fiber utilization, by Committee D-13 on Textile Materials. Richard L. Templin Award, to stimulate papers on new testing methods and apparatus. Sam Tour Award, for papers on corrosion testing, to encourage research on improvements and evaluation of corrosion test- ing methods, and to stimulate preparation of technical papers Ln tihis field. Sanford E. Thompson Award for papers of outstanding merit on concrete and concrete aggregates pre- sented at meetings of the Society ; to stimulate research, to encourage the extension of knowl- edge of concrete and concrete aggregates, and to recognize meritorious efforts. Frank E. Richart Award, presented every three years to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of concrete and concrete aggregates. Committee D-12 Award, presented annually for outstanding achievement in the field of soap and detergent technology. Edgar Marburg Lecture, for the description of outstanding developments in the promotion of knowledge of engineering materi- als, by leaders in their respective professions ; it carries an honorarium and a certificate. Gillett Memorial Lecture, to stimulate papers on devel- opment, testing, evaluation, and application of metals ; it carries an honorarium and a certificate. Award of Merit, to recognize individuals who have rendered distinguished service to the Society. Publications: Book of ASTM Standards, triennial, current volume: 1958, 10 parts, $116 (each part many be purchased separately). Supplements to above in intervening years, 10 parts, $40. Bulletin, 8 issues per year, current volume: 243-250, $3.50. Editor: R. E. Hess. Proceedings, annual, current volume : 59, $12; free to members. Year Book, distributed to members only. Special Technical Publica- tions, irregular. 297. American Society for the Advancement of General Anesthesia in Dentistry. President: B. J. Jacobs, 31 Lincoln Park, Newark, N. J. Term expires 1962. Executive Secretary: M. Hillel Feldman, 730 5th Avenue, New York, N. Y. Term expires 1962. UNITED STATES 99 History: Organized and incorporated 1929. Purpose: Advancement of practice of general anesthesia. Membership: Open to persons having interest and training in, and experience with, anesthetics. Total membership 500. Meetings: Semiannual. 298. American Society for the Study of Sterility. 920 South 19th Street. Birmingham 5, Ala. President: S. Leon Israel, 2116 Spruce Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. Term expires April 23, 1961. Secretary: Herbert H. Thomas. Term expires April 23, 1961. History: Organized and incorporated in California 1944. Committees covering all phases of the field of infertility. Sections : United States ; Canada ; Mexico. Purpose: To extend our knowledge of all aspects of fertility and problems of infertility and mammalian reproduction, and to provide, through its meetings, a rostrum for the presenta- tion of scientific studies dealing with all phases of these subjects, and an opportunity for formal and informal discussions among investigators in this field. Membership: Active, 836, physicians, scien- tists holding a degree in one of the biological sciences, veterinarians, or individuals who are otherwise qualified, who are of high ethical standing and have evinced interest in the subject of fertility and the objectives of this Society, and who subscribe to the standards and principles of the medical profession ; Honorary, 10, those who, in the opinion of the Society, are deserving of this special recognition because of exceptional contribution either to the field of fertility or to the Society ; Corresponding, 47, any qualified physician or scientist outside of the United States who seeks this type of membership in preference to Active membership. Total mem- bership 893. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Rubin Award, to the individual contributing the outstanding article to the Fertility and Sterility Journal for the past year, as judged by the Awards Committee. Carl G. Hartman Award, given to an individual for an outstanding research project. Publications: Fertility and Sterility Journal, bimonthly, current volume : 2, $8 domestic, $9.50 foreign. Editor : M. Edward Davis. 299- American Society of Agricultural Eng- ineers. 420 Main Street, St. Joseph, Mich. President: L. \V. Hurlbut, Lincoln, Nebr. Term expires June 15, 1961. Executive Sec- retary: Jimmy L. Butt. History: Founded December 28, 1907 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Sec- tions: Regional: Connecticut Valley; Mid- Central; North Atlantic; Pacific Coast; Pacific Northwest ; Quad City ; Rocky Mountain ; Southeast ; Southwest. State : Alabama ; Flor- ida ; Georgia ; Iowa ; Hawaii ; Michigan ; Minn- esota ; Kentucky ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; Oklahoma ; Pennsylvania ; South Carolina ; Tennessee ; Virginia ; West Virginia. Local : Baton Rouge; Chicago; Central Illinois; Wash- ington, D. C. Divisions : Education and Re- search ; Farm Structures ; Power and Machin- ery ; Rural Electric ; Soil and Water. Purpose: To promote the science and art of engineering in agriculture. Membership: Fellows, 103, engineers, may be elected but cannot apply for an honorary status ; Members, 2,099, engineers with eight years active practice ; Associate Members, 2,324, eng- ineering graduates of schools of accepted stand- ing; Affiliates, 829, qualified to cooperate with engineers ; Honorary, 7, having acknowledged professional eminence. Total membership 5,362. Meetings: Annual meeting in June; winter meeting in December. Professional activities: Cyrus Hall McCormick Gold Medal, awarded annually for exceptional and meritorious engineering achievement in agriculture. John Deere Gold Medal, awarded annually for distinguished achievements in the application of science and art to the soil. MBMA Award, annually for distinguished work in advancing the knowledge and science of farm buildings. Publications: Agricultural Engineering, monthly, current volume: 41, $8, $4 to members. Transactions, annual, current volume : 4. Agri- cultural Engineers Yearbook, current volume : 7, $5. Editor : James A. Basselman. 300. American Society of Agronomy. President : B. R. Bertramson, Washington State Univer- sity, Pullman, Wash. Term expires Novem- ber 29, 1961. Executive Secretary: L. G. Monthey, 2702 Monroe Street, Madison 5, Wis. Term indefinite. History: Organized December 13, 1907. In- corporated April 17, 1948. Regional Bran- ches : Northeastern ; North-central ; Southern ; Western. Divisions : Agronomic education ; Land use and management ; Crop breeding, genetics and cytology ; Crop physiology and ecology ; Crop production and management ; Forest and range soils ; Seed production and technology ; Soil chemistry ; Soil classification ; Soil conservation, drainage, irrigation, and tillage; Soil fertility; Soil microbiology; Soil physics ; Turfgrass management : Weeds and weed control. 100 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES Purpose: The increase and dissemination of information concerning crops and soils and the conditions affecting them in order to contribute to the general human welfare. Membership: Active members, 3,600, pro- fessional agronomists and others interested in the objectives and program of the Society; Associate, 400, farm advisors and commercial men who do not desire technical journals but who wish to affiliate with the Society ; Sustain- ing members, 95, commercial firms and associa- tions who wish to affiliate with the Society and support its program. Total membership 4,000. Meetings: Annual national and branch meet- ings, and special conferences. Professional activities: Annual American Soc- iety of Agronomy Awards, in recognition of outstanding work in the fields of plant science and soil science : three, $200 each. Students Essay Awards, given annually to top six winners in the American Society of Agronomy's student essay contest : $200 annually divided six ways. Agronomy Club Trophy, in recognition of the Society's outstanding student agronomy chapter each year. Publications: Agronomy Journal, monthly, current volume : 52, $15. Editor: H. L.Hamilton. Crops and Soils, nine copies annually : current volume : 12, $3. Editor : L. G. Monthey. 301. American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc. 515 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, 111. President: Leo V. Hand, 1501 Centre Street, Newton Highlands 61, Mass. Term expires October 7, 1960. Executive Secretary: John W. Andes. Term indefinite. Secretary: Robert L. Patterson, 612 Berkshire Drive, Pittsburgh 15, Pa. Term expires October 1961. History: Organized October 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, as the Long Island Society of Anesthetists ; name changed 1912 to New York Society of Anesthetists ; incorporated 1935 as The American Society of Anesthetists, Inc. ; name changed to present title 1945. Component societies in forty-seven States. Committees : Annual Session Arrangements ; Archives and History ; Bylaws ; Clinical Anesthesia Study Commissions ; Credentials ; Defense and Mili- tary Affairs ; Equipment and Standardization ; Judicial ; Liaison ; Medical Schools and Resi- dencies ; Membership ; Postgraduate Education ; Professional and Public Relations ; Programs ; Research; Scientific Exhibits. Special Com- mittees : Building Fund ; Clarification of Ethics ; Consultants ; Economics and Fee Schedules ; Fires and Explosions ; Foreign Residents ; Hos- pital Planning and Construction ; Inhalation Therapy; Legal Affairs ; Liaison with the Wood Library-Museum; Maternal Welfare; Motion Pictures ; Past Presidents ; Placement ; Re- fresher Courses. Purpose: To associate and affiliate into one organization all of the reputable doctors of medicine in the United States, its territories and possessions, who are engaged in the practice of or otherwise especially interested in anesthesi- ology ; to encourage specialization in this field and in other ways to make available to more people the benefits to be derived from the services of qualified anesthesiologists ; to raise the standards of the specialty by fostering and encouraging research and scientific progress in anesthesiology, and by establishing standards of postgraduate education for qualifications as a specialist in anesthesiology and furthermore by establishing standards for approval of post- graduate training centers ; to disseminate infor- mation in regard to anesthesiology ; to protect the public against irresponsible and unqualified practitioners of anesthesiology ; to edit and publish publications in the field of anesthesiology and related fields ; to safeguard the interests of its members, and in all ways to develop and further the specialty of anesthesiology for the general elevation of the standards of medical practice. Membership: Active, 4,602, Doctors of Medi- cine engaged in the practice or especially inter- ested in the medical specialty of anesthesiology, who are graduates of medical schools approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hos- pitals of the American Medical Association or who have passed the ECFMG examination; whose principal professional activity is in a State, territory, possession, or the District of Columbia of the United States of America ; who are licensed to practice medicine in such location ; who are members of county medical society or its equivalent and are active members of component society. Junior, 1,366, Doctors of Medicine in full-time training in the spec- ialty of anesthesiology or in full-time post- graduate medical training and have a special interest in anesthesiology, who are junior members of a component society. Scientific Associates, 65, Doctors of Medicine or other scientists who contribute to the advancement and progress of anesthesiology but are not engaged in the clinical practice of anesthesiology. Federal Associates, 55, Doctors of Medicine engaged in the practice or especially interested in the medical specialty of anesthesiology and who are members of the Armed Forces or Public Health Services of the United States. Foreign Associates, 553, Doctors of Medicine engaged in or especially interested in the medi- cal special of anesthesiology whose location is outside United States, its territories and poss- essions, and who are licensed to practice medicine in their locations. Life, 21, members enrolled UNITED STATES 101 as Life members prior to July 1, 1947 and retiring Presidents who may be granted Life membership by the House of Delegates. Retired, 40, Doctors of Medicine who previously held active membership for ten or more years and have retired completely from professional activ- ity. Honorary, 24, physicians or scientists who have attained exceptional eminence in anesthesi- ology or related fields. Total membership 6,726. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Anesthesiology, bimonthly, cur- rent volume: 21, $10. Editor: James E. Ecken- hofif. News Letter, monthly, current volume : 24, $3. Editor: J. Earl Remlinger. Library: 3,000 volumes in the official reposi- tory at Wood Library-Museum in Anesthesi- ology. 302. American Society of Animal Production. President: J. K. Loosli, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Term expires November 25, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: C. E. Terrill, Animal Husbandry Research Division, Agri- cultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md. Term expires December 31, 1962. History: Organized 1908 as the American Society of Animal Nutrition ; name changed to present title 1912. Sections : North Atlantic, Southern, Western. Purpose: To afiford opportunity for the ex- change of ideas in the field ; to bring about improvement and unification of methods of in- vestigation, instruction, and extension in animal production ; to arrange for cooperation and avoid duplication in investigational work ; to recom- mend the adoption of new practices ; to publish educational and scientific material of value to members and other workers in the animal industry field. Membership: Open to all persons engaged or previously engaged in investigation, instruction, or extension in animal production, or in the production of livestock products ; membership must be applied for and sponsored by two mem- bers of the Society. Total membership 2,000. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Morrison Award, established by Professor and Mrs. F. B. Morri- son to annually honor a member who has done outstanding recent research of direct impor- tance in livestock production: $1,500, a gold watch, and a scroll. American Feed Manu- facturers Award, established by the American Feed Manufacturers' Association to honor a member affiliated with a public institution for outstanding livestock nutrition research work, the results of which have been published during the three years immediately preceding the year of recognition: $1,000 and a scroll. American Society of Animal Production Extension Award, established by the Society to recognize out- standing achievement in Animal Husbandry Extension ; Charles Pfizer & Company, Inc. awards $1,000 to the recipient. Distinguished Teacher Award of the American Society of Animal Production, established by the Society to recognize distinguished undergraduate teach- ers in Animal Husbandry. Swift and Company awards $1,000 and a plaque. Fellows of the American Society of Animal Production, estab- lished by the Society to honor members who have rendered distinguished service to the field of animal industry over a period of at least twenty-five years. Five categories are recog- nized : Teaching, Extension, Research, Admin- istration, Industry. The award consists of a life membership in the Society and a plaque. Publications: Journal of Animal Science, quarterly, current volume : 19, $7 domestic, $7.50 for North and South America, $8 foreign, free to members. Editor : W. D. Gallup, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 303. American Society of Anthropometric Medi- cine and Nutrition. 2810 1st Street, N., St. Petersburg 4, Fla. President: Frank G. Biedka, St. Paul Medical Center, 6710 West North Avenue, Chicago 35, 111. Term ex- pires May 1961. Executive Secretary: Melvin E. Page. Term expires May 1961. History: Founded 1952. Purpose: To promote research into the cause, cure, and prevention of degenerative diseases. Emphasis is put upon the biochemical and nutri- tional approach. Membership: High professional esteem in the fields of dentistry, medicine, osteopathy, or teach- ing ; strong interest in contributing to the Society's purpose. Total membership 110. Meetings: Annual. Library: 1,500 volumes. Emphasis on nutrition, endocrinology, and related areas. 304. American Society of Bakery Engineers. Room 1354, LaSalle-Wacker Building, 121 West Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, 111. Presi- dent: Clayton C. Daley, Drake Bakeries, Inc., 350 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Term expires March 6, 1961. Executive Sec- retary: Victor E. Marx. Term expires March 6, 1961. History: Founded March 1924; incorporated 1952. Chapters : Southern California, Oregon, Western Washington, Inland Empire, British Chapter Affiliate. Purpose: The greater development of the baking industry: by bringing together for con- ference and discussion the men in the industry responsible for production ; by educating the 102 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES industry to a better appreciation of the impor- tance of trained bakery production superin- tendents ; by setting standards of education and training which will bring to bakery production superintendents the recognition to which they are entitled as engineers. Membership: Open to all who are engaged in bakery production or engineering work, and to all those whose interests touch bakery pro- duction problems ; by recommendation of two members in good standing. Total membership 3,100. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Exchange Student Program sponsored jointly with British Chapter Affiliate ; sponsorship, with other industry groups, of the Baking Industry Sanitation Com- mittee. Publications: Annual Proceedings. Technical bulletins to membership only. 305. American Society of Biological Chemists, Inc. President: Fritz Lipmann, Rockefeller Institute, New York, N. Y. Term expires June 30, 1961. Secretary: Frank W. Putnam, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medi- cine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Term expires June 30, 1961. History: Organized December 26, 1906, in- corporated September 12, 1919. Purpose: To further the extension of bio- chemical knowledge and to facilitate personal intercourse between American investigators in biological chemistry. Membership: Qualified investigators who have conducted and published meritorious original investigations in biological chemistry. Total membership 1,666. Meetings: Annual, with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Professional activities: Travel Fund, to sup- port travel of younger biochemists to inter- national biochemical congresses ; amount varies. Publications: Journal of Biological Chemistry, monthly, current volume : 235, $45. Editor : John T. Edsall, Harvard University Biological Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass. 306. American Society of Body Engineers. 100 Farnsworth Street, Detroit 2, Mich. Presi- dent: R. L. Logue, 8 Cherry Hill Court, Dear- born 7, Mich. Term expires February 1961. Secretary: Dale K. Pettry, 15476 Vaughan Street, Detroit 23, Mich. Term expires Feb- ruary 1961. History: Established 1945. Has expanded its scope from a local organization to include re- ciprocal agreements with similar foreign organ- izations, and has many foreign members. Purpose: To advance the profession of body engineering, its allied arts and sciences. Membership: Regular Member, a person who has attained his 21st birthday, and who is either a graduate of a school legally authorized to con- fer a bachelor's degree in engineering, or the allied arts and sciences ; or who through prac- tical experience has acquired an equivalent technical knowledge ; or who has regularly en- gaged in the direction or prosecution of engineer- ing or the allied arts and sciences, as related to body engineering. Resident Member is a member in good standing in the Engineering Society of Detroit. Associate Member, a person who is a graduate of a school legally authorized to con- fer a bachelor's degree in engineering or the allied arts and sciences in the field of, or closely identified with, body engineering. Regular Resi- dent Members, 400; Regular Non-Resident Members, 50 ; Associate Resident Members, 40 ; Associate Non-Resident Members, 10. Total membership 500. Meetings: Monthly, except summer months. Professional activities: Annual Technical Convention, regular educational counselling, Annual High School Drafting Contest. Library: 10,000 volumes on general engineer- ing. 307. American Society of Brevi^ing Chemists, Inc. President: George E. Bredt, 9400 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Term expires May 3, 1961. Executive Secretary: B. A. Burkhart, P. O. Box 2146, Madison 5, Wis. Term indefinite. History: Organized as the Malt Analysis Standardization Committee ; incorporated in Illinois, December 1935, under the present title. Purpose: To study, develop, and adopt uni- form or standard methods for the analysis of raw materials, supplies, and products of brew- ing, malting, and related industries ; to secure uniformity in the statement of analytical re- sults ; to conduct, promote, and encourage scien- tific and technical research in brewing and re- lated industries ; to promote the spirit of scien- tific cooperation among all workers in the field of the industries concerned ; to maintain high professional standards as requirements for membership in the Society ; to encourage a more general recognition of the chemist and biologist as essential factors in the development of the brewing and related industries ; and to com- municate and cooperate with other organizations having similar or kindred purposes. Membership: Active members, 580, bachelor's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or the biological sciences and actively engaged in brewing or related industries ; Associate, 200, engaged in work related to brewing or related UNITED STATES 103 industries; Corporate, 110, brewing, malting or related companies. Total membership 890. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Brewing Chemists Newsletter, quarterly, current volume : 20, free to members. Editor : B. A. Burkhart. Proceedings, annual, current volume : 19, $5 to members, $7.50 to nonmembers. Editor : Earl D. Stewart. 308. American Society of Chiropodical Roent- genology. President: Joseph Healy, 30 Court Street, Westfield, Mass. Term expires 1961. Exectitive Secretary: Joseph L. Starr, 1115 Main Street, Bridgeport 3, Conn. Term ex- pires 1961. History: Founded 1946 by a group of podiatrists interested in setting up a standard for podiatric roentgenology and the research and dissemination of knowledge along these lines. Purpose: To encourage and develop the inter- est in podiatric roentgenology, roentgenological interpretation, and research as it relates to the practice of podiatry. Membership: Must be a practicing podiatrist, a member of his State and the American Podiatry Association. For Associateship, must submit to the Qualifying Board credentials, radiographs, and case histories (sixty days prior to the annual meeting) for five traumatic cases, five pathological, five orthopaedic, five ortho- digital, five weakfoot conditions. For Fellow- ship : in addition to the above, the following is required : ten additional pathological cases including a differential diagnosis demonstration of arthritis, fifteen additional different ortho- paedic cases other than weakfoot. All cases must have affidavit certifying that case reports and radiographs are original with the applicant. Total membership 150. Meetings: Quarterly. Professional activities: Research in podiatric roentgenology. Sponsorship of study groups. Contribution of lecturers for regional and na- tional scientific meetings. Awards for research in roentgenology to graduating student from colleges. Provides post-graduate courses in podiatric roentgenology. 309. American Society of Cinematographers, Inc. 1782 North Orange Drive, Hollywood, Calif. President: Walter Strenge. Term ex- pires 1961. Secretary: Charles Clarke. Term expires 1961. History: Organized and incorporated January 1919 as the indirect outgrowth of two previous cinematographers' groups, dating back to 1911. Purpose: To further the artistic and scientific advancement of the cinema and its allied crafts through research and experimentation, and through fellowship between the artists and the scientists of cinematography. Membership: Active Members, directors of photography; Associate; Inactive; and Hon- orary. Total membership 282. Meetings: Monthly. Professional actiz'ities: Research projects con- ducted in connection with practical studio problems. Publications: .\merican Cinematographer, monthly, current volume: 41, $4. 310. American Society of Civil Engineers. 33 West 39th Street, New York 18, N. Y. Presi- dent: Frank A. Marston, Metcalf & Eddy, 1300 Statler Building, Boston 16, Mass. Term expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: \\ illiam H. Wisely. Term indefinite. History: Instituted November 5, 1852, as the American Society of Engineers and Architects ; inactive 1855-1867; name changed to present title March 4, 1868; incorporated April 17, 1877. There are 143 Sections and Branches and 140 Student Chapters. Technical Divisions : Air Transport, City Planning, Construction, Engi- neering Mechanics, Highways, Hydraulics, Irri- gation and Drainage, Pipeline, Power, Sanitary Engineering, Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Structural, Surveying and Mapping, Waterways. Purpose: The advancement of the science and profession of engineering. Membership: Fellows, 10,933; Members, 15,880; Associate Members, 18,016; Affiliates, 94 ; Honorary Members, 47. Total member- ship 44,970. Meetings: Three times per year. Professional activities: Norman Medal, awarded for first paper of merit in Engineering Science. J. James R. Croes Medal, awarded for second paper of merit in Engineering Sci- ence. Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize, awarded for first paper of merit on Construction. James Laurie Prize, awarded for second paper of merit on Construction. Arthur M. Wellington Prize, awarded to the author of a paper on transportation. Collingwood Prize for Juniors, papers describing engineering works or investi- gations. Rudolph Hering Medal, awarded to the author of a paper on sanitary engi- neering. Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize, awarded to the author or authors of a paper of superior merit dealing with a problem of flowing water. Construction Engineering Prize, awarded to the author or authors of the best original scientific or education paper on Construction. J. C. Stevens Award, to the writer of the best discussion in the field of 104 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES hydraulics. Moisseiff Award, to the author of an important paper deaHng with the broad field of structural design. Rickey Medal, to the author of the best paper in the general field of hydroelectric engineering. Research Program Prize, for basic research in civil engineering. Daniel W. Mead Prizes, for Juniors and Stu- dents for papers dealing with ethics. Ernest E. Howard Award, for advancement in structural engineering. Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, for the paper published in Transactions on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Re- search Fellowship, for new knowledge for the advancement of the science and profession of civil engineering. Harza Latin-American Jun- ior Awards, for selected qualified engineer graduates of Latin-American universities. Free- man Fund, income to be used in the aid and encouragement of young engineers for research in engineering. J. Waldo Smith Hydraulic Fellowships, awarded to a graduate student and restricted to research in the field of hydraulics. Professional Recognition Award, to the member judged to have contributed substantially to the status of the engineering profession. The So- ciety also participates in the following Joint Awards of Engineering Societies : John Fritz Medal, for scientific or industrial achievement ; Hoover Award, for distinguished public serv- ice ; Alfred Noble Prize, for publication of Technical paper ; Charles Franklin Kettering Award, for creative accomplishments for the benefit of mankind within the relationship of materials and energy ; Washington Award, for accomplishments which promote happiness, comfort and well-being of humanity. Publications: Civil Engineering, monthly, current volume : 30, $5. Directory, annually, $2. Proceedings (Journals of the Technical Di- visions), monthly, current volume: 86, $40. Transactions, annually, $12. 3 n. American Society of Clinical Pathologists. President: John J. Clemmer, Bender Hy- gienic Laboratory, 136 South Lake Avenue, Albany 3, N. Y. Term expires September 1960. Executive Secretary: Claude E. Wells, American Society of Clinical Pathology, 445 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 11, 111. Term indefinite. History: Organized 1922. The Society spon- sors the American Board of Medical Tech- nology. Purpose: To promote the practice of scien- tific medicine by a wider application of clinical laboratory methods to the diagnosis of disease ; to stimulate original research in all branches of clinical laboratory work ; to establish from time to time standards for the performance of various laboratory examinations ; to elevate the scien- tific and professional status of those specializing in this branch of medicine; to encourage a closer cooperation between the practitioner and the clinical pathologist. Membership: Fellow, legally qualified phy- sician, devoting major part of practice to path- ology, or a branch thereof ; must hold one or more of the certificates of the American Board of Pathology ; must hold membership in the American Medical Association or any one of its constituent associations ; in Canada, Fellows must hold membership in either of the two national Medical Associations or in one of the provincial divisions ; shall have the same Ameri- can Board qualifications or Canadian equivalent as other applicants for Fellowship. Associate member, physician in good standing who is in- eligible for Fellowship, but w^hose membership would advance the purposes of this Society, or a non-physician scientist of such outstanding attainments in science that his membership would further the objects of the Society. Corre- sponding member, an ethical, qualified physician residing in a country other than the United States or Canada, who devotes the major por- tion of his practice to pathology. Junior Mem- ber, a qualified physician actively training for a career in pathology, must have completed two years of training recognized by the American Board of Pathology. Total membership 2,563. Meetings: Annual. Professional activities: Ward Burdick Re- search Award, gold medal presented annually for the outstanding piece of research by a Fellow ; Scientific Exhibits Award for Excel- lence, gold and silver medal ; Sanford-Sheard Education and Research Fund, for grants-in-aids of individual research problems. Publications: American Journal of Clinical Pathology, monthly, current volume : 33, $10 members, $12 non-members. Editor : Parker Beamer. 312. American Society of Criminology. Presi- dent: Marcel Frym, Hacker Clinic, 160 Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. Term expires December 1960. Executive Secretary: Donald E. J. MacNamara, New York School of Criminology, 115-117 West 42nd Street, New York 36, N. Y. Term expires December 1960. History: Organized in 1940 as Society for the Advancement of Criminology. Sections : East, Middle, South, West. Purpose: To bring together persons actively engaged, or who have been actively engaged, in teaching and/or practice in the field of criminology ; to foster training and research in criminology in institutions of higher learning and in law enforcement and correctional agen- UNITED STATES 105 cies ; to encourage understanding and coopera- tion among those engaged in criminology ; to serve as a clearing house for collection and dis- semination of criminological knowledge and skills. Membership: Active, those engaged in teach- ing, research, and administration in criminology ; Associate, such other persons as the Executive Committee shall find to be eligible ; Student, those studying in criminology in institutions of higher learning; Honorary, those persons who make outstanding contributions to criminology. Total membership, 250. Meetings: Annual. Publications: Newsletter, quarterly. Editor: Howard R. Leary, Deputy Police Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia, Pa. 313. American Society of Danish Engineers. Room 2734, 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. President: Anker Hansen. Term expires January 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Peer Wintersoe. Term expires January 1961. History: Founded in 1930 by a group of Danish engineers who were graduated from the Technical University of Copenhagen. Purpose: To further and maintain collegiate and social relations between the members. Membership: 200, graduation from the Tech- nical University of Denmark or other tech- nical training that qualifies the engineer as a professional engineer of high standing. M