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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



New York 21, N. Y. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Gerard W. Speyer. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized June 1934 as the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Study and Control of 

 Rheumatic Diseases ; name changed to present 

 title 1937; incorporated May 1939. Sections: 

 Affiliated with local rheumatism societies in 

 Akron, Atlanta, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, 

 Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, 

 Detroit, District of Columbia, Hartford, Los 

 Angeles, Louisville, Miami, Milwaukee. New 

 York, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Philadelpliia, 

 Pittsburgh, Reading, Portland (Oregon), St. 

 Louis, San Francisco, Trenton, Tucson. 



Purpose: To encourage study and research 

 in the area of joint and connective tissue disease ; 

 to train and teach practicing physicians in the 

 care of patients ; to arouse in communities and 

 governmental bodies a feeling of responsibility 

 leading to more adequate treatment, care, and 

 rehabilitation of arthritics. 



Membership: Active members, 1,400, teachers, 

 physicians, or investigators in good standing, 

 qualified by investigation and research, practice, 

 teaching, contributions to medical literature, or 

 advancement of knowledge of rheumatic diseases. 



Meetings: Annual ; interim scientific session. 



Publications: Arthritis and Rheumatism, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 3, $10. Editor : 

 William S. Clark. 



279. American Rocket Society, Inc. 500 5th 

 Avenue, New York 36, N. Y. President: 

 Howard S. Seifert, Stanford University, Palo 

 Alto, Calif. Term expires December 31, 1960. 

 Executive Secretary: James J. Harford, Prin- 

 ceton, N. J. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized March 21, 1930 and in- 

 corporated May 4, 1930. There are fifty-two 

 sections, thirty-seven chapters, and twenty-two 

 committees. 



Purpose: The advancement of the field of 

 astronautics and related sciences. 



Membership: Individual members, 13,700, 

 persons having a degree in engineering or 

 science and professional activity in astronautics 

 or related field; Fellows, elected by Board of 

 Directors for outstanding contribution to astro- 

 nautics ; Associates, interested in astronautics ; 

 Students, seventeen years of age or over, en- 

 rolled full time at recognized educational 

 institution or serving in enlisted status in 

 Armed Forces of United States ; Corporate 

 members, 158. 



Meetings: Eight to twelve yearly. 



Professional activities: C. N. Hickman Award, 

 for outstanding work in solid rockets. G. Edward 



Pendray Award, for outstanding contribution 

 to literature in rockets and astronautics. James 

 H. Wyld Memorial Award, for outstanding 

 application of rocket power. ARS Astronautics 

 Award, for outstanding contribution to the ad- 

 vancement of space flight. ARS Liquid Rocket 

 Engine Award, for outstanding achievements 

 in the field of liquid rocket engine research and 

 development. ARS High Energy Propulsion 

 Award, for outstanding achievement in the field 

 of nonchemical high energy propulsion systems 

 research and development. ARS Space Tech- 

 nology Award, for outstanding contributions to 

 space technology outside the propulsion field. 

 ARS Space Flight Award, to recognize advan- 

 cement in the field of manned space flight involv- 

 ing great personal risk, either in orbital or 

 hypersonic flights or in terrestrial simulators 

 or research laboratories. ARS Space Sciences 

 Award, for outstanding achievement in scientific 

 exploration of space and other worlds by means 

 of rocket-powered, instrumented, or piloted 

 spacecraft. ARS Academic Award, for out- 

 standing contributions to the field of engineering 

 and scientific education. ARS Thiokol Chemical 

 Corporation Graduate Award, a $1,000 stipend 

 for the outstanding paper by a graduate student 

 on astronautics or a related subject. ARS 

 Chrysler Corporation LTndergraduate Student 

 Award, a $1,000 stipend for the outstanding 

 paper by an undergraduate on astronautics or 

 a related subject. 



Publications: Astronautics, monthly, current 

 volume : 5, $9. Editor : Irwin Hersey. Journal, 

 monthly, current volume : 30, $12.50. Editor : 

 Martin Summerfield. Roster, yearly, current 

 volume: 29 (to members only). 



280. American Roentgen Ray Society. Presi- 

 dent: Edward B. D. Neuhauser, 300 Long- 

 wood Avenue, Boston IS, Mass. Term expires 

 September 1960. Executive Secretary: C. 

 Allen Good, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 

 Term expires September 1960. 



History: Organized 1900 as the Roentgen 

 Society of the United States ; name changed 

 to present title 1906; incorporated (District 

 of Columbia) 1922. 



Purpose: Advancement of medicine through 

 the science of radiology. 



Membership: Members, persons having an 

 M.D. from an approved school of medicine, 

 eight years' training or experience in the United 

 States or Canada limited to the specialty, cer- 

 tification by the American Board of Radiology, 

 endorsement by two active members and two 

 other physicians, and a thesis on a pertinent 

 subject or reprints on previously published 

 work acceptable to the Executive Council ; 

 Associate members, recognized scientists in 



