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Publications: Neurology, monthly, current 

 volume: 10, $12, $9 to junior members. Editor: 

 Russell N. Dejong, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



AA. American Academy of Occupational Medi- 

 cine. President: Joseph A. Quigley, National 

 Lead Co., P. O. Box 158, Mt. Healthy Station, 

 Cincinnati 31, Ohio. Term expires February 

 9, 1961. Secretary: Paul J. Whitaker, Allis- 

 Chalmers Manufacturing Co., P. O. Box 512, 

 Milwaukee 1, Wis. Term expires February 9, 

 1961. 



History: Organized April 26, 1946. 



Purpose: Maintenance and improvement of 

 the health of industrial vi^orkers. 



Membership: Full-time practice in occupa- 

 tional medicine. Total membership 350. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Award of Honor. 



Publications: Archives of Environmental 

 Heahh. 



45. American Academy of Ophthalmology and 

 Otolaryngology. 15 2nd Street, S. W., 

 Rochester, Minn. President: Dean McAllister 

 Lierle, Iowa City, Iowa. Term expires De- 

 cember 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: Wil- 

 liam Lemuel Benedict. Term expires December 

 31, 1960. 



History: Organized in 1896 as the Western 

 Ophthalmological, Otolaryngological and Rhin- 

 ological Association ; name changed to Western 

 Ophthalmologic and Otolaryngologic Associa- 

 tion in 1899, and to present title in 1903. Com- 

 mittees : Conservation of Hearing; Stand- 

 ardization of Tonometers ; Optics and Visual 

 Physiology ; Ophthalmic Pathology ; Otolaryn- 

 gologic Pathology ; Reconstructive Plastic Sur- 

 gery ; Audio- Visual Education; Implants and 

 Implant Techniques ; Use of Diagnostic Pro- 

 cedures and Therapy in Uveitis ; Research in 

 Otolaryngology. 



Purpose: To promote and advance the science 

 and art of medicine appertaining to the eye, ear, 

 nose, and throat ; to encourage the study of the 

 relationship of these specialties to surgery, gen- 

 eral medicine, and hygiene. 



Membership: A candidate for Active Fellow- 

 ship shall be a m.ember in good standing of a 

 local and national medical society and shall be 

 certified and approved by a national examining 

 and certifying specialty board acceptable to the 

 Council. Active Fellows shall automatically be- 

 come Life Fellows after twenty-five consecutive 

 years in good standing. Active Fellows, 5,797 ; 

 Life, 938; Inactive, 130; Honorary, 29; Asso- 

 ciate, 10. Total membership 6,904. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional acfiz'itics: Wherry Memorial 

 Lecture Fund ; Educational Trust Fund ; schol- 

 arships in ophthalmic and otolaryngic path- 

 ology ; awards for research in otolaryngology ; 

 awards for theses. 



Publications: Transactions, bimonthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 64, $2 ; Orthoptic Journal, annual, 

 current volume : 10, $2. Editor : William L. 

 Benedict. 



46. American Academy of Optometry. 1506 

 Foshay Tower, Minneapolis 2, Minn. Presi- 

 dent: Lawrence Fitch, Pennsylvania State 

 College of Optometry, 12th and Spencer 

 Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires De- 

 cember 1960. Secretary: Carel C. Koch. Term 

 expires December 1960. 



History: Founded 1921. 



Purpose: To support research on vision and 

 to promote postgraduate education. 



Membership: Members must be optometrists 

 in practice, faculty teachers of professional 

 optometric courses, or research workers in 

 vision. Total membership 920. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Grants in aid for re- 

 search projects. 



Publications: American Journal of Optometry, 

 monthly, current volume : 37, $8. Editor : Carel 

 C. Koch. 



47. American Academy of Oral Pathology. 



President: Robert Colby, School of Dentistry, 

 Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. 

 Term expires April 4, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Robert J. Gorlin, University of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Founded 1947. Founded the Ameri- 

 can Board of Oral Pathology 1948. 



Purpose: To stimulate study and research in 

 oral pathology ; to advance the understanding of 

 the application of scientific procedures to 

 dentistry ; to promote and assist a certification 

 board in oral pathology ; to encourage the estab- 

 lishment of fellowships ; to aid in the mainte- 

 nance of the Registry of Dental and Oral Path- 

 ology of the American Dental Association. 



Membership: Interest in oral pathology. Total 

 membership approximately 350. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Helen McLain Lec- 

 ture, annual. 



Publications: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, 

 Oral Pathology, monthly, current volume: 13, 

 $12. Editor : K. Thome. 



