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94. American Association of Obstetricians and 

 Gynecologists. Secretary: Clyde L. Randall, 

 100 Meadow Road, Buffalo 16, N. Y. Term 

 expires 1962. 



History: Organized 1888. 



Purpose: The cultivation and promotion of 

 knowledge in whatever relates to obstetrics and 

 gynecology. 



Membership: Fellows, must be citizens of a 

 country in the Western Hemisphere and have 

 completed medical school training and one year's 

 internship at least ten years prior to election ; 

 must be recommended by one or more of the 

 Fellows, and have read an original paper or 

 formally discussed a paper at an annual session 

 by invitation of the Executive Council ; Emeritus 

 Fellows, any Fellow who has served the Asso- 

 ciation as an Active Fellow for twenty years 

 or more. Total membership 200. 



Meetings: Annual, in September; Clinical, 

 in March. 



Projcssional activities: Association Founda- 

 tion Prize, awarded for the gathering, promotion 

 and dissemination of theoretical and practical 

 knowledge upon subjects of obstetrics and 

 gynecology, capital $20,000. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume: 70 (1959), $13.50. Editor: Clayton T. 

 Beecham, Assistant Secretary, 105 Schoolhouse 

 Lane, Philadelphia 44, Pa. 



95. American Association of Orthodontists. 225 



South Meramec Avenue, Clayton 5, Mo. 

 President: William R. Humphrey, 1232 Re- 

 public Building, Denver, Colo. Term expires 

 April 16, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Earl E. 

 Shepard. Term expires April 1962. 



History: Organized 1900 as American Society 

 of Orthodontists and incorporated February 

 1917; present name adopted 1937. Cox- 

 STiTUEXT Societies : General Section, Great 

 Lakes, Middle Atlantic, Northeastern, Pacific 

 Coast, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwestern. 



Purpose: To promote the art and science of 

 orthodontics ; to adopt rules and regulations for 

 their government and code of ethics. 



Membership: Persons in exclusive practice of 

 orthodontics who are members of local. State, 

 and national dental organizations, have practiced 

 five years, and have completed orthodontic 

 courses of 1,500 or more hours. Total member- 

 ship 2,084. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Milo Hellman Award; 

 Ketcham Award ; Mershon Award. 



Publications: American Journal of Ortho- 

 dontics, monthly, current volume : 46, $10. 

 Editor: H. C. Pollock. 



96. American Association of Orthoptic Tech- 

 nicians. University of California at Los 

 Angeles, Medical Center, Los Angeles 24, 

 Calif. President: Miss Frances Fowler. Term 

 expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Miss Julie Mimms, Mississippi Optical Dis- 

 pensary, Medical Arts Building, Jackson, 

 Miss. Term expires October 1961. 



History: Organized 1940. 



Purpose: To maintain orthoptic standards and 

 promote related knowledge. 



Membership: Requires certification by Ameri- 

 can Orthoptic Council. Total membership 265. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Walter B. Lancaster 

 Award, established 1953, in recognition of out- 

 standing contribution to orthoptics, for a tech- 

 nique, paper, or book, or for teaching or leader- 

 ship. 



Publications: American Orthoptic Journal, 

 annual, current volume : 9, $2. 



97. American Association of Osteopathic Col- 

 leges. Kirksville College of Osteopathy and 

 Surgery, Kirksville, Mo. President: Joseph 

 M. Peach, Kansas City College of Osteopathy 

 and Surgery, 2105 Independence Avenue, 

 Kansas City 24, Mo. Term expires July 1961. 

 Secretary: J. S. Denslow. Term expires July 

 1961. 



History: Established in June, 1898, in Kirks- 

 ville, Mo., as The Associated Colleges of 

 Osteopathy; name changed in 1941 to present 

 title. 



Purpose: To established and maintain a high 

 standard of osteopathic education and to advance 

 osteopathic knowledge. 



Membership: Accreditation as an osteopathic 

 college by the American Osteopathic Associa- 

 tion. Total membership six colleges. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



98. American Association of Pathologists and 

 Bacteriologists. President: Douglas H. 

 Sprunt, Institute of Pathology, University of 

 Tennessee, 858 Madison Avenue, Memphis, 

 Tenn. Term expires December 31, 1960. 

 Assistant Secretary: Jack P. Strong, School 

 of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New 

 Orleans, La. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1900. 



Purpose: Advancement of the knowledge of 

 disease. 



Membership: Active members must be nomi- 

 nated by two members of the Association, accom- 

 panied by evidence of accomplishment of 

 creditable research in pathology or bacteriology. 



