UNITED STATES 



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monthly, free to members. Editor : Helen C. 

 Mathias. Year Book, $4 per copy. Editor : 

 Helen C. Mathias. 



239. American Oil Chemists' Society. 35 East 

 W'acker Drive, Chicago 1, III. President: 

 Robert W. Bates, Armour and Company, 

 1425 West 42nd Street, Chicago 9, 111. Term 

 expires April 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Mrs. Lucy R. Hawkins. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1909 as the Society of 

 Cotton Products Analysts ; name changed in 

 1920 to its present title. Committees : Bleaching 

 Methods ; Cellulose Yield ; Color ; Fat Analysis ; 

 Glycerin Analysis ; Refining ; Seed and Meal 

 Analysis ; Soap and Synthetic Detergent Analy- 

 sis ; Spectroscopy ; Statistical ; Technical Safety ; 

 Uniform Methods. 



Purpose: To encourage the advancement of 

 the chemistry and technology of oils, fats, waxes, 

 their constituents and compounds, and all allied 

 and associated products ; to promote research in 

 these fields ; to bring about standardization of 

 analytical equipment, materials, and methods ; 

 to improve the qualifications and usefulness of 

 oil chemists and technologists through high 

 standards of professional ethics, education, and 

 attainment, and by its meetings, discussions, 

 analytical methods and publications to increase 

 and diflfuse chemical and technical knowledge. 

 The broad objects are to assist professionally 

 and culturally the members of this Society, to 

 develop industry and technology in these fields, 

 and to add to the prosperity and welfare of the 

 nation. 



Membership: Active. 2,444, must be engaged 

 in scientific and/or technological work relating 

 to oils, fats, waxes, their constituents or com- 

 pounds, or allied or associated products, and 

 have at least five years' scientific training or its 

 equivalent ; Honorary, 4 ; Emeritus, 20 ; In- 

 dividual Associate, 153; Junior, 3; Corpora- 

 tion, 125. Total membership, 2,749. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Bond Award. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 37, $8. Editor: A. R. Baldwin. 



240. American Ophthalmological Society. Presi- 

 dent: Edwin B. Dunphy, 243 Charles Street, 

 Boston 14, Mass. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: Joseph A. C. Wadsworth, 108 East 

 68th Street, New York 21, N. Y. Term expires 

 May 1963. 



History: Organized 1865. 



Purpose: Advancement of the science and art 

 of ophthalmology. 



Membership : Active members, medical gradu- 

 ates in ophthalmology ten years, certified by the 



American Board of Ophthalmology, and who 

 write acceptable theses : Emeritus, thirty year 

 membership or election from the membership by 

 the Society ; Honorary. Active, 199 ; Emeritus, 

 15; Honorary, 3. Total membership 217. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional actizntics: Howe Medal, for out- 

 standing character and professional attain- 

 ments, work in the domain of medical education 

 and of ophthalmic practice, and original investi- 

 gation in the field of ophthalmology. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume: 57, $18. Editor: M. Elliott Randolph. 



241. American Optometric Association, Inc. 



4030 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis 10, Mo. 

 President: Richard C. Schiller, Medical Arts 

 Center, 208 East Church Street, Marshall - 

 town, Iowa. Term expires June 29, 1961. 



History: Organized 1897 as the American 

 Optical Association, name changed to present 

 title 1918. Departments : Judicial Council : 

 Council on Optometric Education ; Department 

 of Education; Department of Legal Affairs; 

 Department of National Affairs ; Department of 

 Organization ; Department of Public Informa- 

 tion. Committees : Aid to the Partially Blind ; 

 Assistance to Graduates and LTndergraduates ; 

 Civil Defense ; Contact Lenses ; Ethics ; Insur- 

 ance ; International Affairs ; Interprofessional 

 Relations ; Long Term Planning ; Military 

 Optometry ; Motorists Vision and Highway 

 Safety ; Occupational Vision ; Orthoptics and 

 Visual Training ; Practice Management ; Re- 

 search ; Social and Health Care Trends ; Stand- 

 ards ; Vision Care of the Aging ; Visual Prob- 

 lems of Children and Youth; Vocational 

 Guidance. 



Purpose: To unite reputable optometrists to 

 improve the science of optometry; to elevate 

 its standards ; to restrict its practice to properly 

 qualified optometrists. 



Membership: Active members, those op- 

 tometrists who are in good standing in the 

 respective state associations which are affiliated 

 with the American Optometric Association. 

 Military members, those optometrists M^ho are 

 commissioned in the armed services of the 

 United States. Civil Service members, those 

 optometrists who have entered the Civil Service 

 of the United States in the capacity of an 

 optometrist. Distinguished members, those who 

 have completed a term of office as president of 

 the Association. Life members, those who have 

 rendered long and faithful service as active 

 members but who cannot continue as active 

 members. Honorary members, those who have 

 performed a signal service in the field of 

 health, optometry, or optics. Student members, 

 those who are active students in schools and 



