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ical gardens and arboretums, and public, includ- 

 ing municipal, interest in living plants. 



Membership: Requirement for voting mem- 

 bership : association with a botanic garden or 

 arboretum. Associate membership : no special 

 requirement. Total membership 160. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, free to 

 members. 



72. American Association of Cereal Chemists, 



Inc. 1955 University Avenue, St. Paul 4, 

 Minn. President: John A. Johnson, Kansas 

 State University, Manhattan, Kans. Term 

 expires April 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Raymond Tarleton. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded May 8, 1915, at Kansas 

 City, Mo. Merged with the American Society 

 of Milling and Baking Technology March 28, 

 1923. Sections : Northwest ; Pioneer ; Kan- 

 sas City ; Nebraska ; Central States ; Niagara 

 Frontier; Pacific Northwest; Midwest; New 

 York ; Lone Star ; Toronto ; Cincinnati ; Cana- 

 dian Prairie ; Northern California ; Southern 

 California ; Chesapeake. Committees : Fifteen 

 Association Committees, thirty-five Technical 

 Committees. 



Purpose: To encourage and advance scientific 

 and technical research in cereals and their prod- 

 ucts, particularly milling and baking, but in- 

 cluding other industries utilizing cereals and 

 products ; to study analytical methods used in 

 cereal chemistry and develop and adopt uni- 

 form or standard methods of examination and 

 analysis ; to promote spirit of scientific coopera- 

 tion among workers in field of cereal knowledge 

 and maintain high professional standards in 

 .Association as conditions of membership ; to 

 encourage more general recognition of the 

 chemist and biologist as essential factors in de- 

 velopment of cereal industries. 



Membership: Active: Individuals having B.S. 

 degree or four years in recognized institution, 

 or minimum of two years chemistry and four 

 years practical experience ; Sustaining : indi- 

 viduals interested in or concerned with use of 

 cereals or cereal products ; Corporate : corpora- 

 tions interested in or concerned with use of 

 cereals or cereal products. Total membership 

 1,300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Thomas Burr Osborne 

 Medal, awarded at irregular intervals for dis- 

 tinguished contributions to field of cereal chem- 

 istry ; established 1926. 



Publications: Cereal Chemistry, bimonthly, 

 current volume: 2,7, $15. Editor: W. F. Geddes. 

 Cereal Science Today, monthly except June 

 and August, current volume : 5, $3. Editor : 

 Paul E. Ramstad. 



73. American Association of Clinical Chemists, 



Inc. Lebanon Hospital, New York 57, N. Y. 

 President: Arnald Ware, Los Angeles Coun- 

 ty Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires June 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Robert L. Dryer, State University of Iowa, 

 Iowa City, Iowa. Term expires June 30, 

 1962. 



History: Organized December 15, 1948; in- 

 corporated in New York State. Sections : 

 Metropolitan New York; Boston; Philadelphia; 

 Chicago : Washington - Baltimore - Richmond ; 

 Southern California ; Midwest ; Upper New 

 York. 



Purpose: To raise the level of clinical chem- 

 istry, stimulate development of new methods, and 

 maintain a forum for discussion and exchange 

 of ideas. 



Membership: Fellows, 145, require certifica- 

 tion by American Board of CHnical Chemistry; 

 Members, 650, require Ph.D. degree and one 

 year's experience, or Master's degree with three 

 years' experience, or Bachelor's degree with 

 five years' experience ; Associate members, 

 144; Honorary, 6, by vote of Executive Com- 

 mittee. Total membership 875. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Ames .Award, formerly 

 the Ernst Bischoff Award, annual, $1,000, 

 scroll, and medal. 



Publications: Clinical Chemist, bimonthly, 

 current volume: 12, $5. Editor: H. D. 

 Appleton. 



74. American Association of Colleges of Chiro- 

 pody-Podiatry. 926 West Lehigh Avenue, 

 Philadelphia 23, Pa. President: Donald V. 

 Anderson. Term expires .August 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: L. C. Numbers. Term 

 expires August 1961. 



History: Founded August 2, 1932, by repre- 

 sentatives of California College of Chiropody, 

 Chicago College of Chiropody, Illinois College 

 of Chiropody, First Institute of Podiatry, Ohio 

 College of Chiropody, and School of Chiropody 

 of Temple University. 



Purpose: To improve the quality of chiropod- 

 ical education. 



Membership: Colleges must be accredited by 

 the Council on Education of the American 

 Podiatry Association. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 50, $10. Editor: A. Rubin. 



Library: 3301 16th Street, N.W., Washington, 

 D. C. 1,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 chiropody. 



