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cere interest in moUusks and their shells on an 

 amateur or scientific level. Total membership 

 750. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Annual Report Bulletin, current 

 volume : 26, $2, free to members. Editor : George 

 M. Moore. 



222. American Material Handling Society, Inc. 



President: Robert Rutherford, Sun Oil Com- 

 pany, Marcus Hook, Pa. Term expires June 

 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert B. 

 Divine, Super Valu Stores Inc., 101 Jefferson 

 Avenue, S., Hopkins, Minn. Term expires 

 June 30, 1961. Administrative Secretary: 

 Arthur E. Fryer. 



History: Organized and incorporated January 

 1949. Sections : Divided into nine regions 

 covering United States and Canada. Affiliated 

 with : Institute of Materials Handling in Eng- 

 land, Arbeitsgebiet Materialfluss in RKW Ger- 

 many, Centre d'Information de la Manutention, 

 Materials Handling and Construction Plant 

 Association of South Africa, Japanese Material 

 Handling Society. 



Purpose: To promote study and advancement 

 of the science of material handling; to develop 

 programs ; to publish technical, statistical, and 

 engineering data ; to establish standards ; to de- 

 velop safety codes ; to establish and encourage 

 university material handling courses. 



Membership : General members, 5,200, persons 

 interested in promotion and operation of mate- 

 rial handling equipment and practices and per- 

 sons in field of education pertaining to subject. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Clark Equipment Com- 

 pany Award, $2,500 to $5,000 annually. Silent 

 Hoist and Crane Company, Wunsch Founda- 

 tion Award, capital amount $10,000; $350 an- 

 nually. <The awards are to promote the science 

 of materials handling. 



Publications: Journal, published in Modern 

 Materials Handling Magazine, monthly. Editor : 

 Gordon Thomas. 



223. American Mathematical Society. 190 Hope 

 Street, Providence 6, R. I. President: E. J. 

 McShane, University of Virginia, Charlottes- 

 ville, Va. Term expires December 31, 1960. 

 Secretary: John W. Green, University of 

 California, Los Angeles 24, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1960. Executive Director: 

 Gordon L. Walker. Term expires August 31, 

 1961. 



History: Organized November 1888, as the 

 New York Mathematical Society ; reorganized 

 July 1894, under its present title; incorporated 

 May 1923 in the District of Columbia. 



Purpose: The encouragement and advance- 

 ment of mathematical scholarship and research. 



Membership: Ordinary and contributing, 

 7,000, having an interest in mathematical re- 

 search ; endorsement by two ordinary members 

 or by an institutional or corporate member 

 required. Institutional, 153; Corporate, 13. 



Meetings: Two national meetings and ap- 

 proximately nine regional meetings a year. 



Professional activities: Research activities 

 co-sponsored by the Society and supported by 

 grants from Government agencies : Symposia 

 in Applied Mathematics, held annually since 

 1948 ; Symposia in Pure Mathematics, held at 

 various regular meetings of the Society; Sum- 

 mer Research Institute, held annually; Summer 

 Seminars, held biannually ; maintenance of the 

 Mathematical Sciences Section of the National 

 Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel. 

 Bocher Memorial Prize, awarded every five 

 years for a notable research memoir in analysis 

 which has appeared during the preceding five 

 years in a recognized journal published in the 

 United States or Canada, capital about $2,000. 

 Frank Nelson Cole Prizes in algebra and in 

 the theory of numbers, awarded every five 

 years for contributions to these subjects, capital 

 about $3,000. Eliakim Hastings Moore Fund, 

 used for the publication of important mathe- 

 matical books or memoirs, or the award of 

 prizes, capital about $3,000. Marion Reilly Fund, 

 capital $23,500, used for the advancement of 

 research in pure mathematics. Ernest William 

 Brown Fund, used for the publication of mathe- 

 matical books, memoirs, periodicals, and lectures 

 to be delivered on special occasions by invited 

 guests of the Society, capital $1,000. Robert 

 Henderson Fund, unrestricted, capital $1,000. 

 James K. Whittemore Fund, for use in mathe- 

 matical research, capital $1,000. Geneva B. 

 Hutchinson Fund, to be used in the advance- 

 ment of mathematical research, capital $1,000. 

 Helen A. Merrill Fund, for mathematical re- 

 search, capital $650. Solomon A. Joffe Fund, 

 unrestricted, capital $3,000. Library Proceeds 

 Fund, capital $66,000. 



Publications: Bulletin, bimonthly, current vol- 

 ume : 66, $7. Editor : E. E. Moise. Proceedings, 

 bimonthly, current volume: 11, $11. Editor: 

 R. P. Boas. Transactions, monthly, current 

 volume: 95 (4 volumes annually), $8 per vol- 

 ume, $32 per annum. Editor. : Lipman Bers. 

 Mathematical Reviews, monthly except August, 

 current volume: 21, $50. Editor: S. H. Gould. 

 Soviet Mathematics - Doklady, bimonthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 1, $17.50. Editor S. H. Gould. 

 Notices, seven times annually, current volume: 

 7, $7. Editor: Gordon L. Walker. 



224. American Medical Association. 535 North 

 Dearborn Street, Chicago 10, 111. President: 



