SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



vard, Jacksonville 7, Fla. Term expires May 

 12, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: W. Les 

 Warburton. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1918 as National Society 

 of Denture Prosthetists ; name changed to 

 present title 1940; incorporated 1951. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 denture prosthetics as a specialty of dentistry ; 

 to provide for the dissemination of knowledge 

 of this specialty throughout the dental profes- 

 sion ; to encourage study and investigation of its 

 various phases and related subjects. 



Membership: By invitation only, after having 

 made a presentation before the Academy. Active 

 Fellows, 49; Associate Fellows, 10; Life Fel- 

 lows, 8. Total membership 67. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Educational and Re- 

 search Fund, initiated February 1960. 



Publications: Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 

 (cosponsored with two other denture societies), 

 bimonthly, current volume : 10, $12. Editor : 

 Carl O. Boucher, Ohio State University, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. Newsletter, irregular, free, for 

 Fellows only. Editor : W. Les Warburton. 



5. Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati. 320 



Broadway, Cincinnati 2, Ohio. President: 

 Robert E. Howard, 2600 Union Central Build- 

 ing, Cincinnati 2, Ohio. Term expires Septem- 

 ber 19, 1961. Executive Secretary: Edward 

 F. Willenborg. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized March 5, 1857; incor- 

 porated March 6, 1869 ; Cincinnati Medical 

 Society, organized 1851, merged with Academy 

 February 13, 1893. 



Purpose: The interchange of ideas in medicine 

 and surgery and the maintenance of a central 

 information bureau for the public on medical 

 questions. 



Membership: Senior Active in practice more 

 than 3 years, 901 ; Senior Active not in private 

 practice, 104; Junior Active in practice less 

 than 3 years, 75 ; Junior Active not in private 

 practice, 13 ; Associates, 13 ; Nonresident, 191 ; 

 Intern-Resident, 178; Retired, 75. Total mem- 

 bership 1,550. 



Meetings: Annual, third Tuesday in Septem- 

 ber ; monthly, third Tuesday, October through 

 May. 



Professional activities: Health campaigns, 

 scientific programs, awards to past presidents 

 upon retirement from Presidency, awards to 

 members in medical practice for fifty years. 



Publications: Cincinnati Journal of Medicine, 

 monthly, current volume: 41, domestic $4.00, 

 foreign $5.00. Editor-in-Chief : George X. 

 Schwemlein. 



6. Academy of Medicine of Cleveland. 2009 

 Adelbert Road, Cleveland 6, Ohio. President: 

 P. J. Robechek, 10300 Carnegie Avenue, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. Term expires May 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Robert A. Lang. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1824. 



Purpose: To promote the interests of the 

 medical profession and the general welfare of 

 the community, and to foster the prosecution of 

 medical research. 



Membership: Requires degree of M. D. from 

 accredited medical school, license for the prac- 

 tice of medicine in the State of Ohio, member- 

 ship in American Medical Association, and 

 active medical practice. Total membership 

 2,200. 



Meetings: Annual and monthly. 



Professional activities: Fifty-year awards are 

 presented to those who have been practicing 

 medicine for that period ; Health Education 

 Foundation, $10,000 ; Lower Fund Lectures, for 

 continuance of a scientific educational program 

 for members. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 45, $3. Editor : Leon H. Dembo. 



7. Academy of Medicine of Washington, D. C. 



Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N. 

 W., Washington, D. C. President: Joseph 

 Hyram Roe, George Washington University 

 Medical School, Washington, D. C. Term ex- 

 pires December 1962. Secretary: Angus M. 

 Griffin. Term expires December 1962. 



History: Incorporated February 1935 as the 

 Washington Academy of Medicine ; name 

 changed to present title November 1935. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 medicine, and to promote the mutual exchange 

 of knowledge between medical and other scien- 

 tific groups. 



Membership: Limited to leading clinicians, 

 medical research scientists, and medical admin- 

 istrators of Washington, D. C. Total member- 

 ship 150. 



Meetings: Three times a year. 



8. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- 

 ences. 9038 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood 46, 

 CaXii. President: B. B. Kahane. Term expires 

 July 1961. Secretary: Hal Elias. Term ex- 

 pires July 1961. 



History: Organized May 1927. 



Purpose: To advance the arts and sciences of 



motion pictures. 



Membership: Active, Honorary, and Life 

 Members ; must be sponsored by two Academy 



