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History: Organized 1908 as American Society 

 for the Advancement of Clinical Investigation; 

 name changed to present title 1916. 



Purpose: Cultivation of clinical research by 

 methods of the natural sciences ; unification of 

 science and practice of medicine ; encouragement 

 of scientific investigation by the practitioner ; 

 dififusion of scientific spirit among members. 



Membership: Active members, 279, practicing 

 physicians of the United States and Canada 

 who have accomplished meritorious original 

 investigation in clinical and allied sciences of 

 medicine ; Emeritus, 427, members past the age 

 of forty-five. Total membership 706. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal of Clinical Investigation, 

 monthly, current volume : 39, $12, free to mem- 

 bers. Editor: Stanley E. Bradley, 622 West 

 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. 



288. American Society for Engineering Educa- 

 tion. President: Eric A. Walker, Pennsyl- 

 vania State University, University, Pa. Term 

 expires July 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 W. Leighton Collins, University of Illinois, 

 Urbana, 111. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1893 as the Society for 

 the Promotion of Engineering Education ; merg- 

 ed with the Engineering College Research 

 Association June 1946 to form the present 

 society. The Engineering College Research 

 Council and Engineering College Administrative 

 Council are major functioning units. Sections: 

 Allegheny; Illinois-Indiana; Kansas-Nebraska; 

 Michigan; Middle Atlantic; Missouri-Arkan- 

 sas; National Capital; New England; North 

 Midwest; Ohio; Pacific Northwest; Pacific 

 Southwest; Rocky Mountain; Southeast; South- 

 west ; Upper New York. Committees : Affil- 

 iate, Annual Meeting, Awards Policy, Ceramic 

 Engineering, Constitution and By-Laws, Curtis 

 W. McGraw Award, Development of Engineer- 

 ing Faculties, Division Activities, Editorial, 

 Engineering School Libraries, Ethics, Financial 

 Policy, George Westinghouse Award, Honorary 

 Memljership, Industrial Fellowship, Industrial 

 Membership, Instrumentation, James H. McGraw 

 Technical Institute Award, Lamme Award, 

 Metallurgical Engineering, National Legislation, 

 Nominating, Nuclear, Planning, Publications, 

 Public Information, Registration Law, Sections 

 and Branches, Technical Institute Education, 

 Technical Institute Education Evaluation, Tex- 

 tile Engineering, Vincent Bendix Award, Visit- 

 ing Engineers, Young Engineering Teachers. 

 Divisions : Aeronautical, Architectural, Chem- 

 ical, Civil, Cooperative Engineering Education, 

 Educational Methods, Electrical, Engineering 

 Economy, Engineering Graphics, English, Even- 

 ing Engineering Education, Graduate Studies, 



Humanities and Social Sciences, Industrial, 

 Mathematics, Mechanical, Mechanics, Mineral, 

 Physics, Relations with Industry, Technical 

 Institute. 



Purpose: The advancement of education in 

 all its functions which pertain to engineering 

 and allied branches of science and technology, 

 including the processes of teaching and learning, 

 research, and public relations. 



Membership: Individual, 9,400, persons who 

 occupy or have occupied responsible positions 

 in engineering instruction, research, or practice, 

 or other persons interested in engineering educa- 

 tion ; Institutional, 228, institutions having active 

 curricula leading to baccalaureate or higher 

 degree in engineering and having one or more 

 curricula accredited by Engineers' Council for 

 Professional Development; Industrial, 196, org- 

 anizations having a major interest in engineering 

 education ; Afiiliate, other institutions engaged 

 in technical instruction which are accredited 

 by a major regional accrediting association. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Lamme Medal, for 

 distinguished contributions as an engineering 

 educator; George Westinghouse Award, $1,000 

 for a young engineering teacher of outstanding 

 ability ; Vincent Bendix Medal, for outstanding 

 research contributions in colleges of engineering ; 

 Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, $1,000 

 for outstanding early achievement in research 

 in colleges of engineering ; James H. McGraw 

 Technical Institute Award, $500 for outstanding 

 contributions to technical institute education. 

 Special studies financed by grants from govern- 

 ment and private foundations are carried out 

 by special committees. 



Publications: Journal of Engineering Educa- 

 tion, monthly October through June with P>b- 

 ruary 15 yearbook-directory, current volume: 

 51, $10 in United States and Canada, $11 

 foreign. Editor : Paul T. Bryant. 



289. American Society for Experimental Path- 

 ology. School of Medicine, University of 

 North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. President: 

 Jacob Furth, Roswell Park Memorial Insti- 

 tute, Buffalo, N. Y. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Kenneth M. Brinkhous. 

 Term expires June 1963. 



History: Founded December 1913; incor- 

 porated August 1950. CoMiMiTTEES : Meritorious 

 Award or Honors, Publications, Membership 

 Survey, Nutritional Pathology. 



Purpose: To bring the productive investiga- 

 tors in pathology, working essentially by 

 experimental methods, in closer affiliation with 

 the workers in other fields of experimental 

 medicine. 



