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Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: George Urdang Medal, 

 an international award for an outstanding pub- 

 lication on the history of pharmacy ; award for 

 writing on the history of hospital pharmacy. 



Publications : Pharmacy in History, quarterly, 

 current volume : 4, free to members only. 

 Editor : Glenn Sonnedecker. 



215. American Institute of Ultrasonics in Medi- 

 cine. President: David Rubin, 6360 Wilshire 

 Boulevard, Los Angeles 48, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires August 1962. Secretary-Treasurer: John 

 H. Aides, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, 4833 

 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles 29, Calif. 

 Term expires August 1962. 



History: Organized 1950. 



Purpose: To exchange clinical and labora- 

 tory information on use of ultrasonic radiation 

 in medicine. 



Membership: Requires degree of doctor of 

 medicine or doctor of philosophy. Members 

 must be engaged in clinical or laboratory re- 

 search in use of ultrasonic radiation in medicine, 

 or must be physicians and surgeons using ultra- 

 sonics in clinical practice. Physicians must be 

 members of county medical societies and Ameri- 

 can Medical Association. Total membership 

 approximately 250. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Certificate of Merit, 

 awarded to participants in scientific meetings. 



216. American Iron and Steel Institute. 150 



East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: B. F. Fairless. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: George S. Rose. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Incorporated March 31, 1908. The 

 American Iron Association, founded 1855, was 

 absorbed by the American Iron and Steel Asso- 

 ciation in 1864; in 1912 the latter was absorbed 

 by the Institute. Committees : Manufacturing 

 Problems ; General Research ; Reinforced Con- 

 crete Research ; Steel Pipe Research ; Building 

 Research and Technology; General Metallurgy 

 and Product Technology. 



Purpose: To promote the interests of the iron 

 and steel industry ; to collect and publish 

 statistics and other information concerning any 

 matters connected with the industry ; to provide 

 a forum for the exchange of information and 

 discussion of problems relating to the industry ; 

 to engage in activities to promote the use of 

 iron and steel. 



Membership: Companies, corporations or part- 

 nerships in the Western Hemisphere engaged 

 directly in the production and sale of products 



of the iron and steel industry ; Active, individ- 

 uals associated with company members ; Asso- 

 ciate, individuals, suppliers of raw materials and 

 equipment, consumers, distributors of steel, tech- 

 nical and research experts ; Emeritus, twenty- 

 five years as an active member and retirement 

 from business. Company members, 102 ; Active 

 individual members, 2,000 ; Associate mem- 

 bers, 600; Emeritus, 157. Total membership 

 2,859. 



Meetings: General meeting on the fourth 

 Wednesday and Thursday in May of each year ; 

 annual autumn regional and technical meetings. 



Professional activities: Financing of various 

 research projects pertaining to production and 

 fabrication of iron and steel, including work on 

 welding, slag, refractories, protective coatings, 

 pressure vessels, light gage structural steel, 

 plastic flow of steel, stream pollution, raw mate- 

 rials, reinforced concrete, air pollution, corro- 

 sion, physical chemistry of steelmaking; The 

 Medal of the Institute, awarded the author or 

 co-authors of a paper read before the Institute 

 having special merit and importance in connec- 

 tion with iron and steel manufacture, is to per- 

 petuate the memory of Elbert H. Gary, founder 

 and first president of the Institute ; Gary Me- 

 morial Medal, awarded for oustanding achieve- 

 ment in the iron and steel industry, to honor 

 Elbert H. Gary ; Charles M. Schwab Memorial 

 Lecture, given annually to perpetuate the mem- 

 ory of Charles M. Schwab, one of the founders 

 of the Institute ; Regional Technical Meeting 

 Award, for outstanding paper at regional tech- 

 nical meetings. 



Publications: Steel Facts, bimonthly, free. 

 Editor : Donald R. James. Steelways, bimonthly, 

 free. Editor : John Hill. Annual Statistical Re- 

 port, $5. Yearbook. Directory of Iron and Steel 

 Works of the United States and Canada, tri- 

 annually, $10. 



Library: 6,000 volumes. 



217. American Laryngological Association. 



President: Edwin N. Broyles, 1100 North 

 Charles Street, Baltimore 1, Md. Term ex- 

 pires May 22, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Lyman G. Richards, 12 Clovelly Road, Wel- 

 lesley Hills, Mass. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized and incorporated 1879. 



Purpose: Advancement of research and 

 knowledge in the fields of rhinology and 

 laryngology. 



Membership: Active Fellows, 96 (limited to 

 100), elected for distinguished service in re- 

 search, teaching, or clinical activity ; Emeritus 

 Fellows, 22, eligible after twenty years member- 

 ship and age 60 ; Honorary Fellows, 5, elected 

 for outstanding contributions in the field ; Corre- 



