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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Publications: Journal of Thoracic and Cardio- 

 vascular Surgery, monthly, current volume : 39, 

 $20. Editor : Emile Holman. 



68. American Association of Anatomists. Presi- 

 dent: Edward W. Dempsey, School of Medi- 

 cine, Washington University, 4580 Scott Ave- 

 nue, St. Louis 10, Mo. Term expires March 

 24, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Louis B. 

 Flexner, Department of Anatomy, School of 

 Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Phila- 

 delphia 4, Pa. Term expires spring 1964. 



History: Organized September 17, 1888 at 

 Washington, D. C. as the Association of Ameri- 

 can Anatomists, in affiliation with the Congress 

 of American Physicians and Surgeons ; name 

 changed to present title December 29, 1909. 

 Committees : Motion Pictures ; Journal Trust 

 Fund ; Anatomical Nomenclature. 



Purpose: Advancement of anatomical science. 



Membership: Members must be engaged in 

 the investigation of anatomical or cognate sci- 

 ences, with the equivalent of an M.D. or Ph.D. 

 degree, and at least one publication on an 

 anatomical subject. Total membership 1300. 



Meetings: Annual, each year at a different 

 medical school, at the invitation of a depart- 

 ment of anatomy or biology. 



Professional activities: Journal Trust Fund, 

 approximately $19,800, for assistance in publica- 

 tion or original research in anatomy. 



Publications: American Journal of Anatomy, 

 bimonthly, current volume: 105-106, $15. Edi- 

 tor : Donald Duncan. Anatomical Record, 

 monthly, current volume: 134-136, $22.50. Edi- 

 tor : Charles M. Goss. 



69. American Association of Bioanalysts, 490 



Post Street, San Francisco 2, Calif. President: 

 William G. Gilleland, 1216 Pennsylvania Ave- 

 nue, Fort Worth, Tex. Term expires July 1, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Lucien D. Hertert. 

 Term expires July 1, 1961. 



History: Formed 1956 by a merger of The 

 Council of American Bioanalysts and The Na- 

 tional Association of Clinical Laboratories. 

 Incorporated under the laws of California. 

 Organized into four regions, each of whicli holds 

 scientific meetings throughout its geographic 

 area. 



Purpose: To provide for a common meeting 

 place of individuals teaching and applying the 

 bioanalytical sciences ; to encourage research 

 into all phases of bioanalytical tests and testing ; 

 to diffuse analytical knowledge that student, 

 teacher, analyst, and the health of the general 

 public be benefited by these efforts. 



Membership: Active, open to scientist- 

 directors of clinical laboratories, 480 ; Honor- 

 ary, 3. Total membership 483. 



Afectings: Annual, rotating through the four 

 regions. 



Professional activities: Margaret Beattie Lec- 

 ture, annual ; Herbert Johnstone Memorial 

 Fund ; maintenance of Central Standards 

 Laboratory. 



Publications: Abstracts of Bioanalytic Tech- 

 nology, quarterly, current volume : 8, $9. Editor : 

 H. B. McDaniels. Bulletin, quarterly, current 

 volume : 4, free. Editor : Lucien D. Hertert. 



Library: A slide library of permanent 

 specimens. 



70. American Association of Blood Banks. 30 



North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 2, 111. 

 President: John R. Schenken, Nebraska 

 Methodist Hospital, 3612 Cuming Street, 

 Omaha, Nebr. Term expires October 27, 

 1961. Manager, Central Office: Miss Lois J. 

 James. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded November 19, 1947, at 

 Dallas, Tex. Central Office established in Chi- 

 cago March 3, 1958. 



Purpose: To furnish guidance and advice 

 on problems in establishment and administration 

 of blood banks, provide information regarding 

 schools offering blood bank training, and dis- 

 tribute informative material on blood banking. 



Membership: Individual membership open to 

 any person interested in blood banking and 

 transfusion therapy. .Associate institutional 

 membership open to hospitals and clinics which 

 do not operate blood banks. Institutional mem- 

 bership open to ethical institutions, including 

 those operated by American Medical Association 

 registered hospitals engaged in blood banking. 

 Total membership, including both individual 

 and institutional, approximately 3,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: John Elliott Award; 

 Landsteiner Award. 



Publications: Bulletin, montlily current vol- 

 ume : 13, $5. Editor : Kurt Stern. In January 

 1961 the Bulletin will be discontinued and re- 

 placed by a new scientific journal, Transfusion, 

 bimonthly, members $6, nonmcmbers $8. Editor : 

 T. J. Greenwalt. 



71. American Association of Botanical Gardens 

 and Arboretums. 1632 Chestnut Street, Phila- 

 delpliia 3. Pa. President: John E. \'oight, 

 Alfred L. Boerner Botanic Garden, 5819 

 South 92nd Street, Hales Corners, Wis. Term 

 ex])ires October 1961. Secretary: Carl W. 

 lenninger, P. O. Box 216, Lima, Pa. Term 

 e.xpires October 1961. 



History: Organized September 1940. 

 Purpose: To promote the interests of botan- 



