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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



sional matters ; annual awards ; enforcement of 

 ethics ; consultation and cooperation with 

 governments, professional societies, and related 

 organizations ; public education ; informing 

 membership of events of interest ; chapter 

 activities. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, $6 (mem- 

 bers only). Editor: Melvin Webber. Newslet- 

 ter, eight times a year. Editor : Edmund Burke 

 Peterson. Proceedings, annual. Price varies 



212. American Institute of Plant Engineers. 



4 Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights, 

 111. President: Fred G. Fryberger, Food Ma- 

 chinery and Chemical Corporation, P. O. Box 

 1616, Baltimore 3, Md. Term expires May 31, 

 1961. Secretary: Joseph N. Jacques, Lakeside 

 Laboratories, Inc., 1707 East North Avenue, 

 Milwaukee, Wis. Term expires May 31, 1961. 



History: Incorporated as a nonprofit organiza- 

 tion in Illinois in 1954 by Richard H. Morris, 

 S. A. Simonson, and Ted Ramond acting as 

 agents for nineteen independent local plant 

 engineers societies. The first national conven- 

 tion was held in Chicago in 1955 with nineteen 

 chapters represented. At the beginning of 1960 

 there were fifty-three chapters in the continental 

 United States, Hawaii, and Canada. Comparable 

 organizations exist in England and Italy and 

 are being formed in Belgium, Japan, and Mexico. 

 Elected a member of the Engineers Joint Coun- 

 cil in 1958. 



Purpose: To advance the science of engineer- 

 ing, further the professional interest of plant 

 engineers, encourage unified organizational 

 activity, and cooperate throughout the world 

 with compatable organizations having similar 

 objectives. 



Membership: Members, 1,618; active partici- 

 pation in plant engineering work, ten years' 

 engineering experience at least two of which 

 were in responsible charge of plant engineering 

 activities, with four years' experience credit for 

 a degree from an accredited engineering college 

 or for a professional engineer's license. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Student Loan Fund, 

 a revolving fund for short-term loans to students 

 in engineering schools. 



Publications: AIPE News, bimonthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 5, $1.50. 



213. American Institute of the City of New 

 York. 2 East 63rd Street, New York 21, N. Y. 

 President: Robert F. Light. Term expires 

 February 1961. Executive Secretary: Gene- 

 vieve E. Peterson. Term expires February 

 1961. 



History: Organized and incorporated February 

 1828. 



Purpose: To interpret the latest development 

 in science through lectures ; to encourage the 

 youth of the country in science interest and 

 efforts through school science fairs. 



Membership: Annual members. Participating, 

 Sustaining, Corporate, Life. Total membership 

 210. 



Meetings: Monthly, October through May. 



Professional activities: Institute receives a 

 small grant annually from the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science ; 

 licensed by the State of New York to conduct 

 science fairs in the five boroughs of the City of 

 New York. 



214. American Institute of the History of 

 Pharmacy. President: George B. Griffen- 

 hagen. Division of Communications, American 

 Pharmaceutical Association, 2215 Constitution 

 Avenue, Washington 7, D. C. Term expires 

 April 1961. Director: Glenn Sonnedecker, 

 357 Chemistry Building, University of Wis- 

 consin, Madison 6, Wis. Term expires spring 

 1963. 



History: Founded January 1941 at Madison, 

 Wisconsin ; incorporated in Wisconsin February 

 1943. Represented in the House of Delegates 

 of the American Pharmaceutical Association ; a 

 constituent society of the American Association 

 for the History of Medicine ; member, Union 

 Mondiale des Societes d'Histoire Pharma- 

 ceutique ; maintains informal relations with 

 other international societies of related purpose. 

 Committees : Executive, Membership, Exhibits 

 and Pictorial History, Awards, Historical 

 Markers. 



Purpose: To publish research on historical or 

 social aspects of pharmacy, to provide historical 

 information service for members and non- 

 members, to organize and sponsor historical 

 meetings and exhibits, to grant historical awards 

 and aid scholars in their projects, to promote 

 the highest possible standard of teaching the 

 history of pharmacy in American pharmaceutical 

 education, to collect historical materials about 

 pharmacy, to conduct research. 



Membership: Individual, 616 (including 41 

 foreign members), any person interested in the 

 purposes of the Institute ; Institutional, 7Z (2 

 foreign), any organization, board, school, or 

 library; Supporting and Complimentary, 132 

 (29 foreign), a person, group, or firm offering 

 special support to the objectives of the Insti- 

 tute ; Honorary, person whose activities have 

 contributed significantly to pharmacy and its 

 service to society, or to historical endeavors in 

 pharmacy or allied fields. Total membership 

 821. 



