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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 



