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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 



