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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. 



