UNITED STATES 



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History: Organized and incorporated 1929. 



Purpose: Advancement of practice of general 

 anesthesia. 



Membership: Open to persons having interest 

 and training in, and experience with, anesthetics. 

 Total membership 500. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



298. American Society for the Study of Sterility. 



920 South 19th Street. Birmingham 5, Ala. 

 President: S. Leon Israel, 2116 Spruce Street, 

 Philadelphia 3, Pa. Term expires April 23, 

 1961. Secretary: Herbert H. Thomas. Term 

 expires April 23, 1961. 



History: Organized and incorporated in 

 California 1944. Committees covering all phases 

 of the field of infertility. Sections : United 

 States ; Canada ; Mexico. 



Purpose: To extend our knowledge of all 

 aspects of fertility and problems of infertility 

 and mammalian reproduction, and to provide, 

 through its meetings, a rostrum for the presenta- 

 tion of scientific studies dealing with all phases 

 of these subjects, and an opportunity for formal 

 and informal discussions among investigators 

 in this field. 



Membership: Active, 836, physicians, scien- 

 tists holding a degree in one of the biological 

 sciences, veterinarians, or individuals who are 

 otherwise qualified, who are of high ethical 

 standing and have evinced interest in the subject 

 of fertility and the objectives of this Society, and 

 who subscribe to the standards and principles 

 of the medical profession ; Honorary, 10, those 

 who, in the opinion of the Society, are deserving 

 of this special recognition because of exceptional 

 contribution either to the field of fertility or to 

 the Society ; Corresponding, 47, any qualified 

 physician or scientist outside of the United 

 States who seeks this type of membership in 

 preference to Active membership. Total mem- 

 bership 893. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Rubin Award, to the 

 individual contributing the outstanding article to 

 the Fertility and Sterility Journal for the past 

 year, as judged by the Awards Committee. 

 Carl G. Hartman Award, given to an individual 

 for an outstanding research project. 



Publications: Fertility and Sterility Journal, 

 bimonthly, current volume : 2, $8 domestic, $9.50 

 foreign. Editor : M. Edward Davis. 



299- American Society of Agricultural Eng- 

 ineers. 420 Main Street, St. Joseph, Mich. 

 President: L. \V. Hurlbut, Lincoln, Nebr. 

 Term expires June 15, 1961. Executive Sec- 

 retary: Jimmy L. Butt. 



History: Founded December 28, 1907 at the 

 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Sec- 

 tions: Regional: Connecticut Valley; Mid- 

 Central; North Atlantic; Pacific Coast; Pacific 

 Northwest ; Quad City ; Rocky Mountain ; 

 Southeast ; Southwest. State : Alabama ; Flor- 

 ida ; Georgia ; Iowa ; Hawaii ; Michigan ; Minn- 

 esota ; Kentucky ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; 

 Oklahoma ; Pennsylvania ; South Carolina ; 

 Tennessee ; Virginia ; West Virginia. Local : 

 Baton Rouge; Chicago; Central Illinois; Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Divisions : Education and Re- 

 search ; Farm Structures ; Power and Machin- 

 ery ; Rural Electric ; Soil and Water. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 engineering in agriculture. 



Membership: Fellows, 103, engineers, may be 

 elected but cannot apply for an honorary status ; 

 Members, 2,099, engineers with eight years 

 active practice ; Associate Members, 2,324, eng- 

 ineering graduates of schools of accepted stand- 

 ing; Affiliates, 829, qualified to cooperate with 

 engineers ; Honorary, 7, having acknowledged 

 professional eminence. Total membership 5,362. 



Meetings: Annual meeting in June; winter 

 meeting in December. 



Professional activities: Cyrus Hall McCormick 

 Gold Medal, awarded annually for exceptional 

 and meritorious engineering achievement in 

 agriculture. John Deere Gold Medal, awarded 

 annually for distinguished achievements in the 

 application of science and art to the soil. MBMA 

 Award, annually for distinguished work in 

 advancing the knowledge and science of farm 

 buildings. 



Publications: Agricultural Engineering, 

 monthly, current volume: 41, $8, $4 to members. 

 Transactions, annual, current volume : 4. Agri- 

 cultural Engineers Yearbook, current volume : 

 7, $5. Editor : James A. Basselman. 



300. American Society of Agronomy. President : 

 B. R. Bertramson, Washington State Univer- 

 sity, Pullman, Wash. Term expires Novem- 

 ber 29, 1961. Executive Secretary: L. G. 

 Monthey, 2702 Monroe Street, Madison 5, 

 Wis. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized December 13, 1907. In- 

 corporated April 17, 1948. Regional Bran- 

 ches : Northeastern ; North-central ; Southern ; 

 Western. Divisions : Agronomic education ; 

 Land use and management ; Crop breeding, 

 genetics and cytology ; Crop physiology and 

 ecology ; Crop production and management ; 

 Forest and range soils ; Seed production and 

 technology ; Soil chemistry ; Soil classification ; 

 Soil conservation, drainage, irrigation, and 

 tillage; Soil fertility; Soil microbiology; Soil 

 physics ; Turfgrass management : Weeds and 

 weed control. 



