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two years), who perform plastic surgery of the 

 head and neck. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Publications: Transactions, annual. 



252. American Pediatric Society. Denver Gen- 

 eral Hospital, Denver 4, Colo. President: L. 

 Emmett Holt, Jr., 550 First Avenue, New 

 York 16, N. Y. Term expires May 1, 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Conrad M. Riley. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized September 18, 1888. 



Purpose: The advancement of the knowledge 

 of the physiology, pathology, and therapeutics 

 of infancy and childhood. 



Membership: Active, 238, individuals active 

 in pediatric education and research ; Emeritus, 

 52, Active members having reached sixty-seven 

 years of age; Honorary, 11, foreigners disting- 

 uished in pediatrics. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: The John Howland 

 Medal given annually. 



253. American Petroleum Institute. 1271 Ave- 

 nue of the Americas, New York 20, N. Y. 

 President: Frank M. Porter. Term expires 

 November 1960. Secretary: Willard M. 

 Wilson. Term expires November 1960. Pro- 

 duction office, Dallas, Tex. Transportation 

 office, 1625 K Street, N. W., Washington, D. 

 C. Pacific Coast office, 510 West 6th Street, 

 Los Angeles, Calif. 



History: Organized and incorporated March 

 20, 1919, in Washington, D. C. Divisions : 

 Production, Refining, Marketing, Transporta- 

 tion, Finance and Accounting. Departments : 

 Technical Services, Statistics. Committee on 

 PubHc Affairs. 



Purpose: To afford a means of cooperation 

 with the Federal government in all matters of 

 national concern ; to foster foreign and domestic 

 trade in American petroleum products ; to pro- 

 mote, in general, the interests of the petroleum 

 industry in all its branches ; to promote the 

 mutual improvement of its members and the 

 study of the arts and sciences connected with 

 the petroleum industry. 



Membership: Individual members, engaged in 

 petroleum or allied industry ; company members. 

 Total membership approximately 11,000. 



Meetings: Annual; also midyear meetings. 



Professional activities: Funds provided for 

 numerous fundamental research projects. 



Publications: Annual and Midyear Meeting 

 Proceedings. Statistical Bulletin, weekly, $12.50, 

 free to members. 



254. American Pharmaceutical Association. 2215 

 Constitution Avenue, N. W., Washington 7, 

 D.C. President: Ronald V. Robertson, 409 

 West Riverside Avenue, Spokane 1, Wash. 

 Term expires April 28, 1961. Executive Sec- 

 retary: William S. Apple, 2215 Constitution 

 Avenue, N. W., \\'ashington 7, D. C. Term 

 expires spring 1962. 



History: Organized 1852; incorporated Feb- 

 ruary 21, 1888. Local Branches: Baltimore, 

 Central Utah (Salt Lake City), Charleston 

 (South Carolina), Chicago, Cincinnati, District 

 of Columbia, Fresno-Madera County (Califor- 

 nia), Greater Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Lewis 

 & Clark (Idaho), Memphis, Miami, Michigan 

 (Detroit), New Orleans, New York, Northern 

 California (San Francisco), Northern New 

 Jersey (Newark), Northwestern (Minneapolis). 

 Northwestern Ohio (Toledo), Oregon (Port- 

 land), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Puerto Rico, 

 Puget Sound (Seattle), St. Louis, Santa Clara 

 County (California), Southeast Idaho (Poca- 

 tello). Southeast Texas (Houston), Southeast 

 Wisconsin (Milwaukee), Southern New Jersey 

 (Camden), Western Nebraska (Scottsbluflf ). 

 Student branches in all seventy-six United 

 States colleges and universities which have 

 schools of pharmacy. Sections : Education and 

 Legislation, Historical, Industrial, Military, 

 Pharmaceutical Economics, Practical Pharmacy, 

 Scientific, and Student. 



Purpose: To advance the art and science of 

 pharmacy and to improve the standards of 

 pharmaceutical practice. 



Membership: Open to all pharmacists of good 

 moral and professional standing, whether in 

 practice or retired, employers or employed ; 

 teachers of pharmacy, chemistry, botany, materia 

 medica, and related subjects ; editors, publishers, 

 and writers of pharmaceutical literature ; law 

 enforcement officials, pharmaceutical chemists ; 

 retail and sales personnel as well as other 

 officials of wholesale drug and manufacturing 

 firms ; pharmacy students and all other persons 

 interested in the progress of the art and science 

 of pharmacy. Active members 21,000; Associate 

 members 12,000; Life members 633; Honorary 

 members 8. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Ebert Prize, a medal 

 awarded annually to person who submits the 

 best essay or written contribution published in 

 the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical 

 Association containing results of an original 

 investigation of a medicinal substance, deter- 

 mining new properties, or containing other mer- 

 itorious contributions to knowledge, or for 

 improved methods of determining merit, or for 

 the preparation of chemical or pharmaceutical 

 products. Research Fund, capital approximately 



