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167, commercial organizations and individuals 

 interested in contributing to the purpose of this 

 Institute; Contributing Sustaining, qualifying as 

 F'ellows, but wishing to contribute further ; 

 Commissioners, 851. Total membership 3,011. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Honorary Fellowship 

 Award, annual, for professional achievement ; 

 cooperative research program with Michigan 

 State University. 



Publications: Parks and Recreation, monthly, 

 current volume: 43, $3.75. Editor: Alfred B. 

 La Gasse. 



Library: 23,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Park and recreation administration. 



210. American Institute of Physics. 335 East 

 45th Street, New York 17, N. Y. Chairman: 

 Ralph A. Sawyer, University of Michigan, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires spring 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Wallace ^^'aterfall. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1931 by the following mem- 

 ber societies : Acoustical Society of America, 

 American Association of Physics Teachers, 

 American Physical Society, Optical Society of 

 America, and Society of Rheology. Reorganized 

 1946 to provide membership for other organiza- 

 tions and for individuals. 



Purpose: Advancement and diffusion of 

 knowledge of the science of physics and its 

 applications to human welfare. 



Membership: Member Societies, 5, national 

 organizations of at least 400 members devoted 

 to purposes of this Institute ; Associate Member 

 Societies, 2, national organizations of at least 

 400 members devoted to advancement of science 

 with interest related to physics ; Corporate As- 

 sociates, approximately 175, corporations, in- 

 dividuals, or institutions interested in physics ; 

 Student Sections, 84, local organizations of stu- 

 dents interested in purposes of this Institute ; 

 Affiliated Societies, 10, local, regional, and 

 national organizations interested in physics. 

 Total membership approximately 276. 



Professional activities: Karl Taylor Compton 

 Gold Medal. 



Publications: Physical Review, semimonthly, 

 domestic $40, foreign $43. Reviews of Modern 

 Physics, quarterly, domestic $6, foreign $6.50. 

 Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 

 eight times a year, domestic $5, foreign $6. 

 Physical Review Letters, semimonthly, domestic 

 $10, foreign $11. Journal of the Optical Society 

 of America, monthly, domestic $25, foreign $28. 

 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 

 monthly, domestic $18, foreign $19. Noise Con- 

 trol, bimonthly, domestic $8, foreign $10. Ameri- 

 can Journal of Physics, nine times a year, 

 domestic $10, foreign $10. Astronomical Jour- 



nal, ten times a year, domestic $8, foreign $8. 

 Review of Scientific Instruments, monthly, 

 domestic $11, foreign $13. Journal of Chemical 

 Physics, monthly, domestic $25, foreign $27. 

 Journal of Applied Physics, monthly, domestic 

 $14, foreign $16. Physics of Fluids, bimonthly, 

 domestic $10, foreign $11. Journal of Mathe- 

 matical Physics, bimonthly, domestic $10, foreign 

 $11. Physics Today, monthly, domestic $4, 

 foreign $5. AIP Translation Journals: Soviet 

 Physics -JETP, 12 issues a year, domestic $75, 

 foreign $79, libraries domestic $35, libraries 

 foreign $39. Soviet Physics - Solid State, 12 

 issues a year, domestic $55, foreign $59, libraries 

 domestic $25, libraries foreign $29. Soviet 

 Physics - Technical Physics, 12 issues a year, 

 domestic $55, foreign $59, libraries domestic $25, 

 libraries foreign $29. Soviet Physics - Acoustics, 

 four issues a year, $12 domestic, $14 foreign, 

 no library discounts. Soviet Physics - Doklady, 

 six issues a year, domestic $35, foreign $38, 

 libraries domestic $15, libraries foreign $18. 

 Soviet Physics - Crystallography, six issues a 

 year, domestic $25, foreign $27, libraries domes- 

 tic $10, libraries foreign $12. Soviet Astronomy - 

 AJ, six issues a year, domestic $25, foreign 

 $27, libraries domestic $10, libraries foreign $12. 

 Soviet Physics - Uspekhi, six issues a year, 

 domestic $45, foreign $48, libraries domestic $20, 

 libraries foreign $23. Above library prices are 

 for libraries of non-profit academic institutions. 

 Library: 1,400 volumes, subject emphasis 

 physics. 



211. American Institute of Planners. Suite 410, 

 2400 16th Street, N. W., Washington 9, D. C. 

 President: Charles A. Blessing, Director of 

 City Planning, Detroit City Planning Com- 

 mission, 400 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 26, 

 Mich. Term expires October 1960. Executive 

 Director: W. C. Dutton, Jr. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in 1917 as American City 

 Planning Institute; name changed in 1939 to 

 present title to reflect broader planning inter- 

 ests. Nineteen chapters and twenty-three sec- 

 tions. Committees established on variety of tech- 

 nical problems. 



Purpose: To study and advance the science 

 and art of planning, to further the interests of 

 the profession, and to promote fellowship among 

 its members. 



Membership: Members, 500, eight years of 

 professional planning experience ; Associate, 880, 

 four years; Provisional, 910, one year; Affiliate, 

 160, six years professional experience in related 

 field plus achievement ; Honorary, 7, by general 

 election. Total membership over 2,400. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Committee studies on 

 planning policy, technical issues, and profes- 



