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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized 1934; incorporated 1945. 



Purpose: To encourage in the broadest and 

 most liberal manner the advancement of textile 

 technology in all its branches ; to promote inter- 

 change of professional knowledge among mem- 

 bers of this Association and between this Asso- 

 ciation and other technical societies, associations, 

 and organizations ; to stimulate fraternal inter- 

 course among technologists ; to provide means 

 for the diffusion of the knowledge of textile 

 technology ; to consider the establishment and 

 promulgation of standards. 



Membership: Regular membership, open to 

 those graduates of accredited colleges or textile 

 technical schools of collegiate rank who are 

 engaged in the technical branches of the textile 

 and affiliated industries, who at time of appli- 

 cation for membership are pursuing the profes- 

 sion of technologist and have had two years of 

 textile technical experience. In lieu of gradua- 

 tion from a college or textile technical school 

 of collegiate rank, applicant must have had 

 at least five years of practical experience in the 

 technical branch of the textile or affiliated in- 

 dustries and must be qualified as a technologist 

 at the time of application for membership. 

 Total membership 944. 



Meetings: First Wednesday of each month, 

 except July and August. 



Professional activities: Plaques awarded an- 

 nually in June to the best textile graduate in 

 each of ten accredited textile schools. 



63. American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, 

 N. W., Washington 5, D. C. President: 

 Thomas Park, University of Chicago, Chicago, 

 111. Term expires December 1961. Executive 

 Officer: Dael Wolfle. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1848 in pursuance of a 

 resolution adopted at Boston, September 1847, 

 by the Association of American Geologists and 

 Naturalists to resolve itself into the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science ; 

 incorporated March 1874. Sections : A, 

 Mathematics ; B, Physics ; C, Chemistry ; D, 

 Astronomy ; E, Geology and Geography ; F, 

 Zoological Sciences ; G, Botanical Sciences ; H, 

 Anthropology; I, Psychology; K, Social and 

 Economic Sciences ; L, History and Philosophy 

 of Science ; M, Engineering ; N, Medical Sci- 

 ences ; Nd, Dentistry ; Np, Pharmacy ; O, 

 Agriculture ; P, Industrial Science ; Q, Educa- 

 tion. Divisions : Alaska Division, members 

 resident in Alaska, and others who meet the 

 Division's requirements ; Pacific Division, mem- 

 bers resident in British Columbia, Washington, 

 Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, 

 Hawaiian Islands, and Montana west of the 

 Continental Divide ; Southwestern and Rocky 



Mountain Division, members resident in Ari- 

 zona, New Mexico, Colorado, Sonora, Chihua- 

 hua, Texas west of the 100th meridian, Wyo- 

 ming, and Montana east of the Continental 

 Divide. 



In June 1960, there were two hundred and 

 ninety-one scientific organizations which were 

 officially affiliated with the Association. Affiliated 

 organizations have representatives in the coun- 

 cil of the Association and take part in the direc- 

 tion of its affairs. Of the affiliated organizations, 

 forty-six are academies of science, two hundred 

 and forty-five are other societies. 



Purpose: To further the work of scientists, 

 to facilitate cooperation among them, to improve 

 the effectiveness of science in the promotion of 

 human welfare, and to increase public under- 

 standing and appreciation of the importance and 

 promise of the methods of science in human 

 progress. 



Membership: Sustaining members; Life mem- 

 bers ; Annual members, separated into Members 

 and Fellows, the latter being those who have 

 made meritorious contributions to science. Total 

 membership about 60,000. 



Meetings: Annual. The Southwestern and 

 Rocky Mountain Division annual meeting is 

 held in the Spring ; the Pacific Division annual 

 meeting is held in June ; and the Alaska Division 

 annual meeting is usually held in September. 

 The AAAS Gordon Research Conferences are 

 held each Summer at the Colby Junior Col- 

 lege, New London, N. H., New Hampton 

 School, New Hampton, N. H., and Kimball 

 Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., to stimulate 

 research in universities, research foundations, 

 and industrial laboratories. 



Professional activities: General Endowment 

 Fund, capital in 1960 about $506,000, income 

 approximately $39,000. Newcomb Cleveland 

 Prize of $1,000, established in 1923, is awarded 

 each year to a person presenting a noteworthy 

 contribution to science at the annual meeting of 

 the Association. This paper must be presented 

 at the meeting, though the author need not be 

 a member of the Association. AAAS Prize in 

 Sociology of $1,000, funds provided for this 

 purpose by an anonymous friend of the Asso- 

 ciation, to be awarded annually for a paper or 

 book using successfully methods of the natural 

 sciences in the field of sociology. Theobald 

 Smith Award of $1,000, established in 1937 by 

 Eli Lilly and Company, for a distinguished con- 

 tribution to medical science by a person under 

 35 years of age. Other grants awarded through 

 state academies of science. 



Publications: Science, weekly, current vol- 

 ume : 131-132, $8.50, free to members. Editor : 

 Graham DuShane. 



