90 



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



271. American Psychosomatic Society, Inc. 265 

 Nassau Road, Roosevelt, N. Y. President: 

 Morton F. Reiser, Albert Einstein College 

 of Medicine, New York, N. Y. Term expires 

 April 30, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Eugene 

 Meyer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 

 Md. Term expires April 30, 1961. 



History: Organized 1943 as the American 

 Society for Research in Psychosomatic Prob- 

 lems, Inc. ; incorporated January 1944. Name 

 changed to present title May 1948. 



Purpose: To stimulate the investigation of 

 psychosomatic problems. 



Membership: Regular, scientists in biological, 

 psychological, and sociological disciplines and 

 workers in cognate fields who teach, practice, 

 or participate in investigations of psychosomatic 

 relationships and who are duly recognized and 

 qualified representatives of their respective spec- 

 ialties ; Emeritus, upon reaching the age of 65, 

 or earlier where circumstances such as retire- 

 ment, illness, and the like may, in the opinion 

 of the Council, justify such action; Corre- 

 sponding, extended to outstanding leaders in the 

 study of psychosomatic relationships in com- 

 munities outside of the United States and 

 Canada ; Honorary, persons whose research and 

 training give them exceptional eminence in the 

 study of psychosomatic relationships from the 

 disciplines represented in the Society. Total 

 membership 660. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Psychosomatic Medicine, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 22, $8.50. Editor : 

 Carl Binger, 21 Lowell Street, Cambridge 38, 

 Mass. 



272. American Public Health Association. 1790 

 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. President: 

 Malcolm H. Merrill, San Francisco, Calif. 

 Term expires November 4, 1960. Executive 

 Director: Berwyn F. Mattison. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized April 18, 1872. 



Purpose: To promote and protect public and 

 personal health. 



Membership: Members, 9,440, persons en- 

 gaged or interested in public health ; Fellows, 

 3,339, membership for at least two years, with an 

 established standing in public health work ; 

 Sustaining, 52; Affiliated Societies, 48; 

 Branches, 3. Total membership 12,937. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sedgwick Memorial 

 Medal for distinguished service in public health ; 

 Lasker Award for administrative and scientific 

 achievement. Funds granted from various 

 foundations for special projects. 



Publications: American Journal of Public 

 Health, monthly, current volume : 50, $12. Edi- 

 tor : George Rosen. 



273. American Radio Relay League, Inc. 38 La 

 Salle Road, West Hartford 7, Conn. Presi- 

 dent: Goodwin L. Dosland, Moorhead, Minn. 

 Term expires May 11, 1962. Secretary and 

 General Manager: John Huntoon. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1914; incorporated Janu- 

 ary 29, 1915. Divisions: Sixteen geographic 

 divisions in the United States and Canada. 



Purpose: Promotion of interest in amateur 

 radio communication and experimentation ; re- 

 laying of messages by radio ; advancement of the 

 radio art. 



Membership: Full members, 77,170, licensed 

 amateurs of the United States or Canada ; Asso- 

 ciate, 20,253, persons anywhere who are inter- 

 ested in amateur radio. Total membership 

 97,423. 



Meetings: No meetings of League as a whole; 

 Board of Directors meets annually. 



Professional activities: Annual Merit Award 

 for outstanding contribution to amateur radio 

 technical development. 



Publications: QST, monthly, current volume: 

 44, domestic $5, Canada $5.25, elsewhere $6. 

 Editor : A. L. Budlong. 



274. American Radium Society. President: Jess- 

 hill Love, The Memorial Cancer Founda- 

 tion, 2315 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, Calif. 

 Term expires May 1961. Secretary: Charles 

 G. Stetson, Englewood Hospital, Englewood, 

 N. J. Term expires May 1962. 



History: Founded in 1916 by a pioneer group 

 of active physicians interested in radiation 

 therapy. 



Purpose: To promote the scientific study of 

 radium and other sources of ionizing radiation 

 in relation to their physical properties and 

 therapeutic application. 



Membership: Members, 430, physicians and 

 allied scientists who are interested in the pur- 

 poses of the Society. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: American Journal of Roentgen- 

 ology, Radium Therapy and Nuclear Medicine, 

 monthly, current volume: 83, $15. Editor: Law- 

 rence Reynolds, 110 Professional Building, 

 Detroit 1, Mich. 



275. American Railway Bridge and Building 

 Association. 220 South Michigan Avenue, 

 Chicago 4, 111. President: H. D. Curie, Master 

 Carpenter, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Gar- 



