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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Founded 1933 as an association of 

 animal hospitals. 



Purpose: To provide the best possible veter- 

 inary service and hospital facilities for the care 

 and treatment of animal pets ; to advance the 

 professional interests of veterinarians engaged 

 in hospitalization of animals ; to maintain high 

 standards of hospital facilities. 



Membership: Requirements: A hospital build- 

 ing, suitably constructed and maintained for 

 proper housing of small animals, subject to an- 

 nual inspections to guarantee proper mainte- 

 nance, and managed by a director complying 

 with Code of Ethics of the profession. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional aetivities: Annual scientific con- 

 vention, six regional scientific meetings ; Moss 

 Essay Award to senior veterinary student ; 

 Morris Memorial Animal Foundation Award for 

 research ; Veterinarian of the Year Award ; 

 special awards. 



Puhlieations: Bulletin, bimonthly, members 

 only. Editor : Frank R. Booth. 



57. American Anthropological Association. 1530 

 P Street, N. W., Washington 5, D. C. Presi- 

 dent: Margaret Mead, American Museum of 

 Natural History, 77th Street and Central Park 

 West, New York 24, N. Y. Term expires 

 November 20, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Betty J. Meggers. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated 1902, at Washington, 

 D. C ; reorganized 1947, as a professional asso- 

 ciation. 



Purpose: To advance all branches of science 

 of anthropology and further professional inter- 

 est of American anthropologists. 



Membership: No requirements for members 

 except dues payments ; Fellows must be pro- 

 fessional anthropologists with qualifications ap- 

 proved by Executive Board. Fellows, 771 ; 

 Members, 2,130; Library Subscribers, 1,050. 

 Total membership 3,951. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: American Anthropologist, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 62, $8.50 to members, 

 institutional subscribers $11.75. Editor: Edward 

 H. Spicer. Fellow Newsletter, ten annually, 

 current volume: 1, $2. Editor: Betty J. Meggers. 



58. American Association for Cancer Research, 

 Inc. President: Murray J. Shear, National 

 Cancer Institute, Bethesda 14, Md. Term ex- 

 pires April 8, 1961. Execufi-i'e Secretary: 

 Hugh J. Creech. Institute for Cancer Re- 

 search, 7701 Rurholme Avenue, Fox Chase, 

 Philadelphia 11. Pa. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized May 7, 1907; incorporated 

 1940 in New York. Two local sections, South- 

 west and Chicago. 



Purpose: Association of research workers 

 for presentation and discussion of new and 

 significant observations and problems in cancer ; 

 to foster cancer research. 



Membership : Active : persons having at least 

 two years of meritorious research resulting in 

 publications clearly relevant to cancer, residence 

 in the Americas. Honorary : distinguished sci- 

 entists and others contributing significantly to 

 advance of cancer research. Emeritus : those 

 sixty-five years of age, active members ten 

 years or longer. Corresponding membership 

 open to qualified persons not residents of the 

 Americas. Active, 1,011; Honorary, 9; Emeri- 

 tus, 39 ; Corresponding, 7. Total membership 

 1,066. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Cancer Research, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 20, $15. Editor : Harold P. Rusch, 

 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 



59. American Association for Cleft Palate Re- 

 habilitation. President: Samuel Pruzansky, 

 University of Illinois, 840 South Wood Street, 

 Chicago 12, 111. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Betty Jane McWilliams, 

 Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1942; incorporated Octo- 

 ber 8, 1951. Committees: Medical; Dental; 

 Para-Medical-Dental. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 rehabilitation of persons with cleft palate and 

 associated deformities ; to encourage scientific 

 research in the causes of cleft palate and cleft 

 lip ; to encourage cooperation among and 

 stimulation of specialists interested in rehabilita- 

 tion of cleft palate persons ; to stimulate public 

 interest in and support of this activity. 



Membership : Open to persons possessing de- 

 grees in dental surgery, dental medicine, medi- 

 cine, philosophy, or education, and possessing 

 recognized professional certificates in this field. 

 This is an inter-disciplinary organization, made 

 up of qualified people concerned with patient 

 management. Total membership 600. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Cleft Palate Bulletin, quarterly, 

 $3. Editor : Ernest H. Hixon, State University 

 of Towa, Towa City, Iowa. 



60. American Association for Health, Physical 

 Education, and Recreation. 1201 16th Street, 

 N. \V., Washington 6, D. C. President: Minnie 

 L. Lynn, Bouve Boston School, Tufts Uni- 



