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allied fields ; Corresponding members. Total 

 membership 815. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Caldwell Lecture, 

 delivered annually to honor the late president, 

 Eugene W. Caldwell, a pioneer in roentgen- 

 ology ; a gold, silver, and bronze medal and 

 certificate may be given annually for original 

 investigation of excellence of presentation of 

 scientific exhibits. 



Publications: American Journal of Roent- 

 genology, Radium Therapy, and Nuclear Medi- 

 cine, monthly, current volume: 84, $15, free to 

 members. Editor : Lawrence Reynolds. 



281. American Sanitary Engineering Inter- 

 society Board, Inc. Z?> West 39th Street, New 

 York 18, N. Y. President: Thomas R. Camp, 

 18 Tremont Street, Boston 8, Mass. Term 

 expires October 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 R. S. Rankin, 17 Morgan Street, Stamford, 

 Conn. Term expires October 1960. 



History: In 1934 the Sanitary Engineering 

 Division of the American Society of Civil 

 Engineers formed a Committee on the Advan- 

 cement of Sanitary Engineering. In 1952 the 

 Joint Committee for the Advancement of Sani- 

 tary Engineering was formed to include repre- 

 sentatives from American Society of Civil 

 Engineers, American Public Health Association, 

 American Water Works Association, Federation 

 of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations, 

 and American Society for Engineering Educa- 

 tion. During the next three years it studied 

 and formulated plans for a suitable organization 

 to carry out a certification program by an 

 intersociety board. In 1955, the American Sani- 

 tary Engineering Intersociety Board was in- 

 corporated and proceeded with certification of 

 qualified applicants, those certified to become 

 Diplomates in the American Academy of Sani- 

 tary Engineers. In 1957 the American Institute 

 of Chemical Engineers became the sixth spon- 

 soring society. 



Purpose: To improve the practice, elevate 

 the standards, and advance the cause of sanitary 

 engineering ; to grant and issue to engineers, 

 duly licensed by law to practice engineering, 

 certificates of special knowledge in the various 

 fields of sanitary engineering. 



Membership: Diplomates, 1,016, applicants 

 shall be of good moral character and of high 

 ethical and professional standing, be graduates 

 of a college acceptable to the Board, and 

 possess an engineering degree ; have a license 

 to practice engineering in the LInited States or 

 Canada ; have at least eight years' engineering 

 experience in sanitary engineering following 

 graduation from college and successfully pass an 

 examination. 



282. American School Health Association. 515 



East Main Street, Kent, Ohio. President: 

 Lyda Smiley, LaMesa-Spring Valley School 

 District, 4750 Date, La Mesa, Calif. Term 

 expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 A. O. DeWeese. Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized 1927 as the American 

 Association of School Physicians ; name changed 

 to present title 1938. Regional Branch Assoc- 

 iations : California, Michigan, New Jersey, 

 New York. Committees : Appraisal of School 

 Health Services ; Health Education in Elemen- 

 tary and Secondary Schools ; Health Problems 

 of Physical Education and Recreation ; Improve- 

 ment of the Status and Functions of the School 

 Physician ; Mental Hygiene in the Classroom ; 

 School Nursing Policies and Practices ; Teacher 

 Training in Health Education ; Tuberculosis 

 Control ; School Lunch Program. 



Purpose: To promote comprehensive and 

 constructive school health programs, including 

 the teaching of health, health services, and 

 healthful school living. 



Membership: Members, 7,000, school doctors, 

 dentists, nurses, health educators, dental hygien- 

 ists, and school health administrators. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: William A. Howe 

 Award issued annually for outstanding services 

 in school health. 



Publications: Journal of School Health, 10 

 issues per year, current volume : 30, $4. Editor : 

 Delbert Oberteuflfer. 



283. American Scientific Glassblowers Society. 



309 Georgetown Avenue, Gwinhurst, Wil- 

 mington 3, Del. President: J. Allen Alex- 

 ander, 2417 Ritner Street, Philadelphia 45, 

 Pa. Term expires May 31, 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: George A. Sites. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized March 14, 1952; incorp- 

 orated in Delaware March 17, 1954. Sections: 

 Delaware Valley, Hudson-Mohawk, Metropoli- 

 tan New York, Midwest, Niagara Frontier, 

 Pittsburgh Tri-State, San Francisco Bay Area, 

 Southeastern, Southern California, Washington- 

 Caltimore. Committees : Cooperative Testing, 

 Methods and Materials, Safety and Hazards, 

 Standards. 



Ptirpose: To gather and disseminate knowl- 

 edge concerning scientific glassblowing, appar- 

 atus, equipment, and materials. 



Membership: Regular, 453, persons who now 

 or in the past have for five consecutive years 

 gained the major portion of their income through 

 the art of scientific glassblowing ; Junior, 26, 

 persons who are actively engaged in scientific 

 glassblowing, with less than five years' experi- 

 ence ; Associate, 57, persons who have a close 



