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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. 



