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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Open to American investigators 

 who, through the use of experimental methods, 

 have, within three years prior to candidacy, 

 contributed meritorious work in pathology. 

 Active members, 679. 



Meetings: Annual. 



290. American Society for Horticultural Science. 



301 Horticultural Building, Michigan State 

 University, East Lansing, Mich. President: 

 Vernon T. Stoutemyer, University of Cali- 

 fornia, Los Angeles 24, Calif. Term expires 

 August 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Roy E. 

 Marshall. Term expires August 1961. 



History: Organized 1903. Regions: New 

 England, Southern, Great Plains, Western, 

 Caribbean. Sections : Pomology, Vegetable 

 Crops, Floriculture and Ornamental Horticul- 

 ture, Handling and Processing. Committees : 

 Editorial, Education, Grades and Standards of 

 Horticultural Crops, Extension, Vegetable 

 Breeding and Varieties, International Horti- 

 culture, Mineral Nutrition. 



Purpose: To promote the science of horti- 

 culture. 



Membership: Active Members, 2,226, any per- 

 son holding a baccalaureate degree and actively 

 engaged in research or education ; Emeritus 

 Members, 42; Sustaining Members, 90, any cor- 

 poration or company that is interested in the 

 promotion of horticultural research. Total 

 membership 2,358. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Awards presented at 

 the annual meeting for the best papers published 

 in the Proceedings during the preceding year ; 

 Leonard H. Vaughan Award in Floricultural 

 Research ; the Leonard H. Vaughan Award in 

 Vegetable Crops Research ; the Charles G. 

 Woodbury Award in Raw Products Research ; 

 Joseph Harvey Gourley Award in Fruit Re- 

 search ; the Alex Laurie Award in Floriculture 

 and Ornamental Horticulture for research papers 

 of graduate students ; L. M. Ware Award for 

 the best paper on teaching horticulture published 

 during the preceding three years. 



Publications: Proceedings, semiannual, cur- 

 rent volume : 75, domestic $12, foreign $13. 

 Editor : John R. Magness. 



291. American Society for Metals. Metals Park, 

 Novelty, Ohio. President: William A. Penn- 

 ington, University of Maryland, College Park, 

 Md. Term expires October 1961. Managing 

 Director: Allan Ray Putnam. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1920 as the American Soci- 

 ety for Steel Treating, formed by an amalgama- 

 tion of the Steel Treating Research Society and 

 the American Steel Treating Society; name 



changed to present title 1935. 114 chapters in 

 United States and Canada. 



Purpose: Service of members in the metal 

 producing and consuming industries through 

 dissemination of technical information on the 

 manufacture, treatment, and use of metals. 



Membership: Open to anyone having an 

 interest in the engineering aspects of metals 

 and materials. Members ; Junior Members ; 

 Sustaining Members. Total membership 31,500. 



Meetings : Annual ; monthly chapter meetings. 



Professional activities: Henry Marion Howe 

 Medal, awarded to the author of the best paper 

 published in the Transactions ; Albert Sauveur 

 Achievement Award, for metallurgical research 

 proven in time to have affected industry ; 

 Campbell Memorial Lectureship, presented 

 during the annual convention ; ASM Gold Medal, 

 awarded to one who, having attained the age 

 of fifty and having become recognized for his 

 outstanding metallurgical knowledge, shall have 

 shown great versatility in the application of 

 science to the metal industry; ASM Medal for 

 the Advancement of Research, awarded to an 

 industrial organization executive who, over a 

 period of years, has consistently sponsored 

 metallurgical research or development and by 

 his foresight and his influence in making avail- 

 able financial support has helped substantially 

 to advance the arts and sciences relating to 

 metals ; William Hunt Eisenman Award, pre- 

 sented each year for outstanding contributions in 

 the practical application of the science of metal- 

 lurgy to the production of metals or their 

 engineering use, given to that person whose 

 achievements have accomplished significant im- 

 provement in metallurgical processing ; Albert 

 Easton White Award, for outstanding teachers 

 of metallurgy or related sciences, presented to 

 a teacher of long standing reputation through 

 his ability to inspire students and impart enthus- 

 iasm and understanding ; Marcus A. Grossmann 

 Award, granted to the author (s) under age 35 

 of the most outstanding paper in ASM Trans- 

 actions, winners also eligible for Howe Medal ; 

 Bradley Stoughton Award, presented to a teach- 

 er of metallurgy or related sciences, under age 

 35, who has demonstrated excellence in his 

 sound knowledge, enthusiasm, and ability to 

 inspire students. ASM Foundation for Educa- 

 tion and Research, $700,000, supports a broad 

 •program of scholarships, fellowships, and other 

 career activities ; National Metal Congress and 

 Exposition, annual technical sessions and 

 exhibit ; Western Metal Congress and Expo- 

 sition, biennial regional sessions and exhibit ; 

 Southwestern Metal Congress and Exposition ; 

 Metals Engineering Institute, Home-study Di- 

 vision ; ASM Documentation Service, electronic 

 searching of current technical literature. 



