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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: The increase and dissemination of 

 information concerning crops and soils and the 

 conditions affecting them in order to contribute 

 to the general human welfare. 



Membership: Active members, 3,600, pro- 

 fessional agronomists and others interested in 

 the objectives and program of the Society; 

 Associate, 400, farm advisors and commercial 

 men who do not desire technical journals but 

 who wish to affiliate with the Society ; Sustain- 

 ing members, 95, commercial firms and associa- 

 tions who wish to affiliate with the Society and 

 support its program. Total membership 4,000. 



Meetings: Annual national and branch meet- 

 ings, and special conferences. 



Professional activities: Annual American Soc- 

 iety of Agronomy Awards, in recognition of 

 outstanding work in the fields of plant science 

 and soil science : three, $200 each. Students 

 Essay Awards, given annually to top six winners 

 in the American Society of Agronomy's student 

 essay contest : $200 annually divided six ways. 

 Agronomy Club Trophy, in recognition of the 

 Society's outstanding student agronomy chapter 

 each year. 



Publications: Agronomy Journal, monthly, 

 current volume : 52, $15. Editor: H. L.Hamilton. 

 Crops and Soils, nine copies annually : current 

 volume : 12, $3. Editor : L. G. Monthey. 



301. American Society of Anesthesiologists, 

 Inc. 515 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, 111. 

 President: Leo V. Hand, 1501 Centre Street, 

 Newton Highlands 61, Mass. Term expires 

 October 7, 1960. Executive Secretary: John 

 W. Andes. Term indefinite. Secretary: 

 Robert L. Patterson, 612 Berkshire Drive, 

 Pittsburgh 15, Pa. Term expires October 

 1961. 



History: Organized October 1905 in Brooklyn, 

 New York, as the Long Island Society of 

 Anesthetists ; name changed 1912 to New York 

 Society of Anesthetists ; incorporated 1935 as 

 The American Society of Anesthetists, Inc. ; 

 name changed to present title 1945. Component 

 societies in forty-seven States. Committees : 

 Annual Session Arrangements ; Archives and 

 History ; Bylaws ; Clinical Anesthesia Study 

 Commissions ; Credentials ; Defense and Mili- 

 tary Affairs ; Equipment and Standardization ; 

 Judicial ; Liaison ; Medical Schools and Resi- 

 dencies ; Membership ; Postgraduate Education ; 

 Professional and Public Relations ; Programs ; 

 Research; Scientific Exhibits. Special Com- 

 mittees : Building Fund ; Clarification of Ethics ; 

 Consultants ; Economics and Fee Schedules ; 

 Fires and Explosions ; Foreign Residents ; Hos- 

 pital Planning and Construction ; Inhalation 

 Therapy; Legal Affairs ; Liaison with the Wood 

 Library-Museum; Maternal Welfare; Motion 



Pictures ; Past Presidents ; Placement ; Re- 

 fresher Courses. 



Purpose: To associate and affiliate into one 

 organization all of the reputable doctors of 

 medicine in the United States, its territories 

 and possessions, who are engaged in the practice 

 of or otherwise especially interested in anesthesi- 

 ology ; to encourage specialization in this field 

 and in other ways to make available to more 

 people the benefits to be derived from the 

 services of qualified anesthesiologists ; to raise 

 the standards of the specialty by fostering and 

 encouraging research and scientific progress in 

 anesthesiology, and by establishing standards 

 of postgraduate education for qualifications as 

 a specialist in anesthesiology and furthermore 

 by establishing standards for approval of post- 

 graduate training centers ; to disseminate infor- 

 mation in regard to anesthesiology ; to protect 

 the public against irresponsible and unqualified 

 practitioners of anesthesiology ; to edit and 

 publish publications in the field of anesthesiology 

 and related fields ; to safeguard the interests 

 of its members, and in all ways to develop and 

 further the specialty of anesthesiology for the 

 general elevation of the standards of medical 

 practice. 



Membership: Active, 4,602, Doctors of Medi- 

 cine engaged in the practice or especially inter- 

 ested in the medical specialty of anesthesiology, 

 who are graduates of medical schools approved 

 by the Council on Medical Education and Hos- 

 pitals of the American Medical Association or 

 who have passed the ECFMG examination; 

 whose principal professional activity is in a 

 State, territory, possession, or the District of 

 Columbia of the United States of America ; 

 who are licensed to practice medicine in such 

 location ; who are members of county medical 

 society or its equivalent and are active members 

 of component society. Junior, 1,366, Doctors 

 of Medicine in full-time training in the spec- 

 ialty of anesthesiology or in full-time post- 

 graduate medical training and have a special 

 interest in anesthesiology, who are junior 

 members of a component society. Scientific 

 Associates, 65, Doctors of Medicine or other 

 scientists who contribute to the advancement 

 and progress of anesthesiology but are not 

 engaged in the clinical practice of anesthesiology. 

 Federal Associates, 55, Doctors of Medicine 

 engaged in the practice or especially interested 

 in the medical specialty of anesthesiology and 

 who are members of the Armed Forces or 

 Public Health Services of the United States. 

 Foreign Associates, 553, Doctors of Medicine 

 engaged in or especially interested in the medi- 

 cal special of anesthesiology whose location is 

 outside United States, its territories and poss- 

 essions, and who are licensed to practice medicine 

 in their locations. Life, 21, members enrolled 



