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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. 



