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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: The integration and advancement of 

 nuclear science and technology. 



Membership: Requires technical college de- 

 gree and experience in some phase of nuclear 

 science and engineering; experience indicates 

 type of membership — member or associate. 

 Affiliates usually not engaged in technical phase 

 of nuclear energy. Members, 3,400; Associates, 

 300; Affiliates, 140; Students, 220. Total mem- 

 bership 4,060. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Mark Hills Student 

 Award ; local sections hold topical symposia on 

 subjects of nationwide interest. 



Publications: Nuclear Science and Engineer- 

 ing, monthly, current volume: 7, $8. Editor: 

 Everitt P. Blizard. Transactions, semiannual, 

 current volume: 3, $8; Editor: Frank Ward. 

 Nuclear News, monthly, current volume: 2, $5. 

 Editor : Octave J. DuTemple. 



237. American Nurses' Association. 10 Colum- 

 bus Circle, New York 19, N. Y. President: 

 Miss Mathilda Scheuer. Term expires May 

 1962. Executive Secretary: Mrs. Judith G. 

 Whitaker. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1896 as the Nurses Asso- 

 ciated Alumnae of the United States and 

 Canada; name changed to present title 1911. A 

 federation of fifty-four nurses' associations in 

 the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the 

 Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and the 

 Virgin Islands. These, in turn, have a total of 

 781 district associations. 



Purpose: To foster high standards of nursing 

 practice; to promote the professional and edu- 

 cational advancement of nurses and the welfare 

 of nurses to the end that all people may have 

 better nursing care. 



Membership: Active members, registered nur- 

 ses with license to practice in at least one state 

 which license has not been revoked; Associate 

 members, must meet the same requirements but 

 do not anticipate employment in nursing during 

 the current calendar year. Total membership 

 more than 174,000 professional registered nur- 

 ses, each belonging to one of eight sections ac- 

 cording to area of practice: educational admin- 

 istrators, consultants, and teachers ; general duty 

 nurses ; occupational health nurses ; institutional 

 nursing service administrators; office nurses; 

 private duty nurses; public health nurses; 

 special groups. 



Meetings: National conventions, biennially, in 

 even numbered years. 



Professional activities: Programs in the areas 

 of Legislation, Economic Security, Intergroup 

 Relations, International Interests, Professional 

 CounseHng and Placement Service, Research 



and Statistics, State Boards, Public Relations. 

 Establishment 1955 of the American Nurses 

 Foundation for the purpose of expanding re- 

 search in nursing. Pearl Mclver Public Health 

 Award, presented at each biennial convention to 

 honor a public health nurse who has made an 

 outstanding contribution to the field of public 

 health nursing; Mary Mahoney Award, presen- 

 ted at each biennial convention to the person or 

 group who, in addition to making a significant 

 contribution to nursing generally, has been out- 

 standingly instrumental in opening opportunities 

 in nursing to members of all minority groups. 



Publications: American Journal of Nursing, 

 monthly. Editor: Barbara Schutt. Facts About 

 nursing, annual. 



Library: Approximately 2,500 volumes. 



238. American Occupational Therapy Associa- 

 tion. 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, 

 N. Y. President: Miss Helen S. Willard, 

 Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy, 

 School of Allied Medical Professions, Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, 3901 Pine Street, 

 Philadelphia 19, Pa. Term expires 1961. 

 Executive Director: Miss Marjorie Fish. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in 1917. Sections: 

 There are 39 state and regional associations in- 

 cluding the District of Columbia and Puerto 

 Rico. Committees : Education ; Clinical Proce- 

 dures ; Special Studies ; International ; History ; 

 Civil Defense ; Legislation and Civil Service ; 

 Registration ; Recognitions ; Recruitment and 

 Publicity; Permanent Conference. 



Purpose: To promote the use of occupational 

 therapy; to advance standards of education and 

 training in this field ; to promote research ; to 

 engage in other activities advantageous to the 

 profession and its members. 



Membership: Active members, registered oc- 

 cupational therapists in good standing ; Sus- 

 taining, those eligible for active membership 

 whose interests in the objectives of the Asso- 

 ciation prompt them to larger contributions ; 

 Associate Subscribers, those interested in the 

 ^Association's journal, but not eligible for active 

 membership ; Student, those enrolled in ac- 

 credited occupational therapy schools. Regis- 

 tered therapists must pass national registration 

 examination. Total membership 4,694. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual Award of 

 Merit ; Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, an- 

 nual. Educational Fund, to promote projects for 

 development of educational program. 



Publications: American Journal of Occupa- 

 tional Therapy, bimonthly, domestic $6, foreign 

 $6.50. Editor: Lucie S. Murphy. Newsletter, 



