UNITED STATES 



engineers concerned with life sciences as related 

 to aviation or astronautics ; to workers in, or 

 contributors to, aerospace medicine, if college 

 graduates or commissioned in the armed services 

 with equivalent qualifications ; to those persons 

 connected with commercial airline or aerospace 

 industry ; and to those persons engaged in teach- 

 ing of research in aerospace or related medicine. 

 Corporate membership is authorized for com- 

 panies supporting the Association and its ob- 

 jectives. Total membership 2,420. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Theodore C. Lyster 

 Award, annual, established 1947, for outstanding 

 achievement in the general field of aviation 

 medicine ; Raymond F". Longacre Award, annual, 

 for outstanding accomplishment in psychological 

 and psychiatrical aspects of aviation medicine ; 

 Arnold D. Tuttle Award, annual, established 

 1952, to individual or group for the most signifi- 

 cant contribution toward solution of a challeng- 

 ing problem in aviation medicine by original 

 research, and which has been published in 

 Aerospace Medicine during the previous two 

 years; Eric Liljencrantz Award, annual, estab- 

 lished 1957, to individual for the best paper on 

 basic research in problems of acceleration and 

 altitude. 



Publications : Aerospace Medicine, monthly, 

 current volume: 31, $10, free to members. 

 Editor : John P. Marbarger. 



16. Agricultural History Society. Room 3446, 

 South Agriculture Building, U. S. Agricul- 

 tural Marketing Service, Washington 25, 

 D. C. President: Gilbert C. Fite, University 

 of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Term expires 

 spring 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Wayne D. 

 Rasmussen. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded February 14, 1919; incor- 

 porated June 6, 1924. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in the history 

 of agriculture, to promote its study and to 

 facilitate research and publication. 



Membership: Based on interest in the history 

 of agriculture. Total membership 725. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Everett E. Edwards 

 Memorial Awards, $50 each, awarded annually 

 for (1) the best manuscript article on agricul- 

 tural history submitted by an author in the 

 course of taking a degree and (2 ) the best 

 article published in Agricultural History. In 

 cooperation with the University of Illinois Press, 

 an annual award for the best book manuscript 

 dealing with a subject in agricultural history. 



Publications: Agricultural History, quarterly, 

 current volume : 34, $5. Editor : C. Qyde Jones. 



17. Agricultural Research Institute. 2101 Con- 

 stitution Avenue, N. W., Washington 25, 

 D. C. President: C. H. Mahoney, National 

 Canners Association, 1133 20th Street, N. W., 

 Washington 6, D. C. Term expires October 

 \96\. Secretary: R. E. Krauss. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized December 1951. The 

 Institute was conceived by industrial scientists 

 as a supporting organization for the Agricul- 

 tural Board of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences — National Research Council in promotion 

 of the kinds of research and policies needed to 

 insure the long-time utilization of agricultural 

 resources for the national welfare. The Institute 

 operates under the Division of Biology and 

 Agriculture of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences — National Research Council. 



Purpose: To promote the objectives of the 

 Agricultural Board : namely, to advance and 

 interpret scientific knowledge pertaining to 

 agriculture ; to initiate and provide recommenda- 

 tions relative to the science of agriculture based 

 on objective analysis, and to disseminate the 

 facts and conclusions by publication or otherwise 

 among those agencies and population groups, 

 including industry, where appropriate utiliza- 

 tion and implementation can be effected ; to aid 

 the Agricultural Board in the selection, initia- 

 tion, and interpretation of its studies ; and to 

 provide financial support to the Board. 



Membership: Qass A, 68, corporations and 

 individuals who are interested in the industrial 

 applications of scientific agriculture ; Class B, 

 100, experiment stations, academic institutions, 

 scientific societies, and other associations, 

 organizations, or individuals who are engaged 

 in activities related to the science of agricul- 

 ture and who are nominated by the National 

 Research Council and elected by the Governing 

 Board of the Institute. Total membership 168. 



Meetings : Annual. 



Publications: Reporter, bimonthly, current 

 volume: 1, free; Proceedings, annual, free. 

 Editor : LeRoy Voris. 



18. Air Pollution Control Association. 4400 5th 

 Avenue, Pittsburgh 13, Pa. President: Harry 

 A. Belyea, Chief Air Pollution Control Officer, 

 Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, De- 

 partment of Works, 55 Eglinton Avenue, East 

 Toronto 12, Canada. Term expires June 1, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Arnold Arch. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1906 as International 

 Association for the Prevention of Smoke ; name 

 changed to Smoke Prevention Association in 

 1915; incorporated in 1923; name changed to 

 Smoke Prevention Association of America in 



