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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



75. American Association of Colleges of Phar- 

 macy. 833 South Wood Street, Chicago 12, 

 111. President: Henry M. Burlage, University 

 of Texas, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Tex. 

 Term expires July 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Charles W. Bliven, George Washington Uni- 

 versity, School of Pharmacy, Washington 6, 

 D. C. Term expires July 1961. 



History: Organized May 1900 as the Ameri- 

 can Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties ; 

 name changed to present title August 1924. 



Purpose: To promote pharmaceutical educa- 

 tion and research. 



Membership : Active, 76 : college must have 

 its full curriculum in operation and must be 

 accredited by the American Council on Pharma- 

 ceutical Education ; affiliate, 3 : must be a 

 member of the Canadian Conference of Phar- 

 niaceutical Faculties. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual seminar for 

 teachers in the professional areas of instruction, 

 witli a general teaching seminar every third 

 year. 



Publications: American Journal of Pharma- 

 ceutical Education, quarterly, current volume : 

 24, $5. Editor: Melvin R. Gibson, Washington 

 State University, Pullman, Wash. 



76. American Association of Correctional Psy- 

 chologists. President: Raymond R. Gilbert, 

 Massachusetts Department of Correction, 120 

 Tremont Street, Boston 8, Mass. Term in- 

 definite. Executive Secretary: Sheldon B. 

 Peizer, Federal Correctional Institution, Ash- 

 land, Ky. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized September 1953 as a 

 special interest group under Division 18 (Psy- 

 chologists in Public Service) of the American 

 Psychological Association, with the name So- 

 city of Correctional Psychologists. Name 

 changed to present title in 1957 and the Asso- 

 ciation became an affiliate of the American 

 Correctional Association. 



Purpose: To further application of psy- 

 chological knowledge to solution of correctional 

 problems, and to work toward improved stand- 

 ards for psychological services in the correc- 

 tional field. 



Membership: Professional: Members of 

 American Psychological Association presently 

 employed in correctional work; Affiliate: psy- 

 chologists, not members of American Psycho- 

 logical Association, who are employed or inter- 

 ested in field of correction. Professional mem- 

 bers, 78 ; Affiliate members, 38. Total member- 

 ship 116. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal of Correctional Psy- 

 chology, quarterly, current volume: 4, $5 (in- 

 cluded in dues). Editor: Sheldon B. Peizer. 



77. American Association of Cost Engineers, c/o 



University of New Hampshire, Durham, 

 N. H. President: Bernard J. Gaffney, Wood 

 Conversion Co., St. Paul, Minn. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Edward D. Shanken, 32 Garden Lane, Dur- 

 ham, N. H. Term permanent. 



History: Founded June 2, 1956 at a meeting at 

 the University of New Hampshire. Commit- 

 tees : Admissions ; Awards ; Bibliography ; 

 Capital Cost Control ; Capital Cost Estimating ; 

 Coordinating ; Cost Index ; Education ; Mem- 

 bership ; Operating Cost Estimating and Con- 

 trol ; Planning ; Profitability ; Publications ; 

 Publicity ; Regional Activities. Sections : 

 Boston ; Chicago ; Cleveland ; Houston ; New 

 York ; Philadelphia ; Pittsburgh ; San Fran- 

 cisco ; Baton Rouge ; Detroit ; Kansas City ; Los 

 Angeles ; Miami ; Seattle ; South Charleston, 

 W. Va. ; St. Paul; Montreal; Ontario; Essex, 

 England. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 cost engineering ; to provide forums and media 

 through which experiences with the principles 

 and techniques of cost engineering may be re- 

 ported, discussed, and published for the com- 

 mon good; to promote standardization of 

 terminology in cost engineering and so far as 

 practicable develop standard methods ; to en- 

 courage instruction in cost engineering in stand- 

 ard engineering curricula ; to cooperate with 

 other organizations having common interests. 



Membership: Members, 807, engaged in cost 

 engineering and either graduates of a recognized 

 engineering curriculum, with at least five years 

 of experience in a responsible position, or holders 

 of a license to practice Professional Engineer- 

 ing, or having had at least ten years of experi- 

 ence in the engineering profession, at least seven 

 of which were in a responsible position ; Asso- 

 ciates, 64, persons interested in cost engineering 

 who do not qualify for membership ; Students, 6, 

 engineering students regularly enrolled in a 

 college or university. Total membership 877. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: A ACE Award of 

 Merit, to recognize outstanding service in cost 

 engineering ; active encouragement and par- 

 ticipation in undergraduate and graduate courses 

 in cost engineering in colleges and universities. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 2, $5, free to members. Editor : Edward 

 D. Shanken. 



