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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Mcnibcrship : Open to any engineer in any- 

 field, or of any grade ; student engineers. Total 

 membership 6,490. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Scholarships; student 

 loans. Clausen Medal awarded to person con- 

 tributing the most to the engineering profession 

 during a specified time. 



Publications: Professional Engineer, quar- 

 terly, $1.50. Editor: M. E. Mclver. 



Library: Over 1,800 volumes on engineering. 



82. American Association of Feed Micro- 

 scopists. c/o Missouri Department of Agri- 

 culture, Jefferson City, Mo. President: Albert 

 J. Gehrt, Moorman Manufacturing Co., 

 Quincy, 111. Term expires June 1961. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: G. M. Barnhart. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized 1953 at the University of 

 Kentucky. Distributed throughout the United 

 States, Canada, and Mexico. Committees in- 

 clude : Check Sample ; Methods ; Publications ; 

 Controversial Sample. 



Purpose: To study and advance the science of 

 feed microscopy. 



Membership: Open to qualified feed micro- 

 scopists or to persons showing an interest in 

 feed microscopy. State Control Departments, 30 ; 

 Feed and other Industrial Manufacturers, 100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



83. American Association of Genito-Urinary 

 Surgeons. President: Carl Rusche, 1400 

 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles 27, Calif. 

 Term expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 William J. Engel, Cleveland Clinic. 2020 East 

 93rd Street, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Term expires 

 1961. 



History: Organized October 16, 1886. 



Purpose: To promote scientific advancement 

 in treatment of diseases of the genito-urinary 

 tract. 



Membership: By invitation to urologists who 

 have demonstrated leadership in study of genito- 

 urinary diseases. Active members, 66 ; Fellows, 

 40. Total membership 106. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Keyes Medal, for out- 

 standing contribution to urology ; Barringer 

 Medal, for outstanding contribution to control 

 of malignant diseases of genito-urinary tract. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume: 51. Editor: J. A. C. Colston. 



84. American Association of Immunologists. 



President: Albert H. Coons, Harvard Medical 



School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston 15, Mass. 

 Term expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Calderon Howe, Columbia University College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th 

 Street, New York 32, N. Y. Term expires 

 1962. 



History: Organized 1914. 



Purpose: To advance knowledge of im- 

 munology and related disciplines, and to facilitate 

 interchange of ideas and information among 

 investigators in the various fields. 



Membership: Open to any qualified person 

 engaged in the study of problems related to the 

 purpose of the Association, -\ctive members, 

 543; Emeritus, 31. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications : Journal of Immunology, monthly, 

 current volume: 84, $15. 



85. American Association of Industrial Dentists. 



Pennsylvania Department of Health, P. O. 

 Box 90, Harrisburg, Pa. President: Robert 

 B. Nemeroff. 475 5th Avenue, New York, 

 N. Y. Term expires April 26, 1961. 



History: Organized February 1943. Fostered 

 by, and cooperating closely with, the z\merican 

 Dental Association. Closely allied with other 

 national industrial health organizations : Ameri- 

 can Association of Industrial Physicians and 

 Surgeons, American Industrial Hygiene Asso- 

 ciation, American Association of Industrial 

 Nurses, American Conference of Government 

 Industrial Hygienists. 



Purpose: To sponsor the study and discus- 

 sion of oral health as related to industrial health, 

 productivity, and safety ; to promote standardiza- 

 tion of methods for conservation or improve- 

 ment of oral health among persons in indus- 

 tries ; to initiate preventive industrial dental pro- 

 cedures ; to promote a more general under- 

 standing of purposes and results of dental health 

 care of persons in industry ; to encourage de- 

 velopment of new industrial oral health pro- 

 grams and promote mutual understanding with 

 other industrial hygiene personnel. 



Membership: Active: dentists who are mem- 

 bers of the American Dental Association officially 

 engaged in practice or promotion of an indus- 

 trial dental program and who devote a sub- 

 stantial part of their practice to treatment of 

 industrial injuries. Associate: persons engaged 

 in investigation, consultation, or promotion in 

 connection with industrial health. Sustaining: 

 any individual, group, association, company, cor- 

 poration, or agency who displays interest in the 

 improvement of industrial dental health by con- 

 tributing financial support to the -Association, 

 i'otal membership 148. 



