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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



colleges of optometry. Affiliated members, op- 

 tometrists who practice and reside in foreign 

 countries or in territories or possessions of the 

 United States. Total membership 11,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Provides funds for 

 the promotion of research, to encourage worthy 

 students of optometry, and to advance educa- 

 tional and professional standards in optometry. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 31, $7.50, free to members. Editor: Irving 

 Bennett, 1312 7th Avenue, Beaver Falls, Pa. 



242. American Ordnance Association. 708 Mills 

 Building, Washington, D. C. President: Louis 

 Polk, Sheffield Corporation, Dayton, Ohio. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: 

 Florence G. Ferriter. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1919 as Army Ordnance 

 Association ; incorporated 1928 in the District 

 of Columbia; name changed January 1948 to 

 present title. Posts : Aberdeen, Md. ; Albuquer- 

 que, N. Mex. ; Birmingham, Ala. ; Albany, 

 N. Y. ; Schenectady, N. Y. ; Troy, N. Y. ; Chi- 

 cago, 111. ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Charleston, S. C. ; 

 Cleveland, Ohio ; Portland, Ore. ; Chambers- 

 burg, Pa. ; Yorktown, Va. ; Rochester, N. Y. ; 

 Bufifalo, N. Y.; Jamestown, N. Y. ; Utica, 

 N. Y. ; Elmira, N. Y. ; Syracuse, N. Y. ; Bing- 

 hamton, N. Y. ; Yokohama, Japan ; Eglin AFB, 

 Fla. ; Hartford-Springfield ; Dallas, Tex. ; Los 

 Angeles, Calif. ; Shreveport, La. ; Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Technology ; Detroit, Mich. ; 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Tulsa, Okla. ; Kansas 

 City ; Milwaukee, Wis. ; Omaha, Nebr. ; New 

 Orleans, La. ; Rutgers LTniversity and N. Y. ; 

 Minneapolis, Minn. Philadelphia, Pa. ; Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. ; Seattle, Wash. ; Quad Cities, Iowa ; 

 Rio Grande ; Denver, Colo. ; St. Louis, Mo. ; 

 San Diego, Calif. ; San Francisco, Calif ; Hunts- 

 ville, Ala. ; Houston, Tex. ; Nashville, Tenn. ; 

 Washington ; Boston, Mass. Divisions : Artil- 

 lery ; Bomb, Warhead and Artillery Ammuni- 

 tion ; Combat and Tactical Vehicle ; Electronics ; 

 Fire Control Instruments ; Missiles and Astro- 

 nautics ; Small Arms and Small Arms Ammuni- 

 tion ; Underwater Ordnance ; Logistics ; Mate- 

 rials ; Packaging and Handling ; Production 

 Techniques ; Research ; Standards and Metrol- 

 ogy. 



Purpose: A patriotic, educational, scientific, 

 and non-profit-making organization of American 

 citizens dedicated to scientific and industrial 

 preparedness. 



Membership: Regular members, 40,900, must 

 be American citizens and have an interest in 

 advancing knowledge of scientific and industrial 

 preparedness; Life, 1,400; Company, 1,200. 

 Total membership 43,500. 



Meetings: Annual; frequent meetings of 

 regions, posts, and divisions. 



Professional activities: Crozier Medal, for 

 distinguished service in the advancement of 

 ordnance in the fighting services of the United 

 States, ground, sea, and air. Williams Medal, for 

 distinguished service in the field of munitions 

 preparedness. Rice Medal, for distinguished 

 service in ordnance engineering. Crowell Medal, 

 for distinguished service to the American Ord- 

 nance Association. Scott Medal, for distin- 

 guished service to industrial preparedness. 

 Campbell Medal, for distinguished service in the 

 field of ordnance design and production. Blandy 

 Medal, for distinguished service in the progress 

 of armament preparedness, particularly in the 

 utilization of atomic energy. 



Publications : Ordnance, bimonthly. Editor : 

 Roger E. Lewis. Industrial Preparedness, 

 monthly. Editor: Maj. Gen. E. P. Mechling. 

 Common Defense, monthly. Editor: Capt. J. M. 

 P. Wright. Ordnance Reports. Editor : Leo A. 

 Codd. 



243. American Ornithologists' Union. Presi- 

 dent: George H. Lowery, Jr., Museum of 

 Zoology, Louisiana State University, Baton 

 Rouge 3, La. Term expires October 20, 1961. 

 Secretary: Herbert G. Deignan, United States 

 National Museum, Washington 25, D. C. 

 Term expires October 20, 1961. 



History: Organized September 26, 1883; in- 

 corporated in the District of Columbia, Novem- 

 ber 1888. 



Purpose: Advancement of ornithological 

 science. 



Membership: Requires serious interest in 

 ornithology. Total membership 2,561. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Brewster Memorial 

 Medal, awarded annually for most meritorious 

 publication on American birds ; Josselyn Van 

 Tyne Memorial Fund, for research in ornithol- 

 ogy. 



Publications: The Auk, quarterly, current 

 volume: 77, $5. Editor: Donald S. Earner, 

 Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. 



244. American Orthopaedic Association. 29 



East Madison Street, Chicago 2, 111. Presi- 

 dent: Edwin F. Cave, 275 Charles Street, 

 Boston 14, Mass. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: Lee Ramsay Straub, 535 East 70th 

 Street, New York 21, N. Y. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1887; incorporated 1937. 



Purpose: To promote and improve ortho- 

 paedic treatment, education, and research, and 

 to provide an assembly for papers covering these 

 fields in orthopaedic surgery. 



