UNITED STATES 



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History: Organized 1898 in Denver, Colorado. 

 Affiliated State Mining Associations are in most 

 of the mining states. There are various commit- 

 tees on improved mining practices and equip- 

 ment, also on Public Lands, Land and Water 

 Use, Taxation, Strategic Minerals, Safety, 

 Radio, etc. 



Purpose: The advancement of the best inter- 

 ests of the mining industries in the LTnited 

 States. 



Membership: Limited to Corporate Members 

 who are domestic producers of minerals. Total 

 membership several thousand mining firms. 



Meetings: Annual Coal Mining Convention, 

 with exposition of mining machinery in alternate 

 years, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, or Cincinnati ; An- 

 nual Metal Mining-Industrial Minerals Conven- 

 tion, with exposition of mining machinery in 

 alternate years, in some western state ; Annual 

 Members Meeting, New York City, December. 



Publications: Mining Congress Journal. Edi- 

 tor : R. \\\ Van Evera. 



232. American Miscellaneous Society. Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Contact: Gordon G. Lill, 3111 

 North Pollard Street, Arlington 7, Va. 



History: Organized 1952 to bring order into 

 the miscellaneous nature of the earth sciences. 

 Society has no formal officers. 



Purpose: To sponsor worthwhile research. 



Membership: Limited to scientists who have 

 the ability to see the lighter side of heavier prob- 

 lems. Total membership 75. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Drilling a hole to the 

 Mohorovicic discontinuity, 'Project Mohole". 



233. American Mosquito Control Association, 

 Inc. P. O. Box 278, Selma, Calif. President: 

 D. M. Jobbins, New Jersey Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, New Brunswick, N. J. Term 

 expires January 31, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: T. G. Raley. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1935 as the Eastern Asso- 

 ciation of Mosquito Control Workers, name 

 changed to present title in 1944. Geographical 

 regions : Southeast Central, North Atlantic, 

 South Atlantic, Northeast Central, South Pa- 

 cific, North Pacific, Southwest Central, North- 

 west Central, Canada ; Mexico, Central and 

 South America. 



Purpose: To promote closer cooperation 

 among those concerned with or interested in 

 mosquito control and related work. 



Membership: Anyone concerned with or in- 

 terested in mosquito control and related work. 

 Members, 965 ; Life Members, 2 ; Exchange 

 Accounts, 26 ; Honorary Members, 6 ; Good 



Neighbors, 116; Subscribers, 445. Total mem- 

 bership approximately 1,100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Mosquito News, quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume : 20, $5. Editor : Donald L. Collins, 

 State Education Building, Albany 1, N. Y. 



234. American Nature Study Society. President: 

 Emery E. Will, State University Teachers' 

 College, Oneonta, N. Y. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 1960. Secretary: Beth Schultz, Department 

 of Biology, Western Michigan University, 

 Kalamazoo, Mich. Term expires December 

 1960. 



History: Organized and incorporated 1908. 



Purpose: To promote nature education by 

 means of research, publicity, and field excursions 

 and with help, stimulation, and encouragement 

 to nature leaders. 



Membership: Open to those interested in 

 nature and conservation. Annual, Section, 

 Affiliate, Life, and Family memberships. Total 

 membership 430. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly. Editor: 

 Stanley B. Mulaik. 



235. American Neurological Association. Presi- 

 dent: Harold G. Wolff, 525 East 68th Street, 

 New York 21, N. Y. Term expires June 12, 

 1961. Secretary: Melvin D. Yahr, Neurolog- 

 ical Institute, 710 West 168th Street, New 

 York 32, N. Y. Term expires June 12, 1961. 



History: Organized 1875; incorporated 1947. 



Purpose: The advancement of the neurological 

 sciences. 



Membership: Senior, 60; Active, 223; Asso- 

 ciate, 67; Honorary, 30; Corresponding, 23. 

 Total membership 403. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume : 84, $6, free to members. Editor : Melvin 

 D. Yahr. 



236. American Nuclear Society. 86 East Ran- 

 dolph Street, Chicago 1, 111. President: Miles 

 C. Leverett, General Electric Aircraft Nu- 

 clear Propulsion Department, P. O. Box 132, 

 Cincinnati 15, Ohio. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Octave J. DuTemple. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Founded October 1954. In 1958- 

 1959 three divisions authorized : Hot Labora- 

 tory Division, Isotopes and Radiation Division, 

 and Reactor Mathematics and Computations 

 Division. Society now has 16 local sections and 

 16 student branches. 



