28 



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Active, 960; Emeritus, 20. Total membership 

 980. 



Meetings: Anmial, usually in April. 



Professional activities: Gold-Headed Cane, 

 awarded to members distinguished in their fields 

 and held for life or until the holder desires to 

 pass it on. 



Pnblieations: American Journal of Pathology, 

 monthly, current volume: 36, $10. Editor: Ed- 

 ward A. Gall, Department of Pathology, Cin- 

 cinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati 29, Ohio. 



99. American Association of Petroleum Geol- 

 ogists. P. O. Box 979, Tulsa 1, Okla. Presi- 

 dent: Ben H. Parker, 4040 East Louisiana 

 Avenue, Denver, Colo. Term expires April 

 27, 1961. Executive Director: Robert H. Dott. 



History: Organized at Tulsa, February 10, 

 1917, as the Southwestern Association of Petrol- 

 eum Geologists ; name changed to present title 

 in 1918; incorporated in Colorado, April 1924; 

 domesticated in Oklahoma, February 1925. Sec- 

 tions : Pacific. Rocky Mountain, Eastern. Di- 

 visions : Paleontology and Mineralogy. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geology, 

 especially relating to petroleum and natural gas ; 

 to promote technology of petroleum and natural 

 gas, and to encourage improvements in methods 

 of exploring for and exploiting these substances ; 

 to foster spirit of scientific research among 

 members ; to disseminate facts relating to the 

 Association's fields of interest. 



Membership: Active members, 10,687, must 

 be college graduates with majors in geology 

 and must have 3 years experience in petroleum 

 geology or in application of geology to explora- 

 tion, development, research or other phases of 

 petroleum technology; Associate, 1,001, college 

 graduates in allied sciences with 3 years experi- 

 ence ; Junior, 3,658, must have one-half year of 

 graduate study in geology as regularly enrolled 

 student, or bachelor's degree plus 1 year experi- 

 ence, and be engaged in graduate studies, teach- 

 ing, or petrolum exploration or research ; Hon- 

 orary. 36; Life, 38. Total membership 15,420. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Funds specially allo- 

 cated as needed. Powers Medal, awarded for 

 outstanding achievement in petroleum geology. 

 President's Award, $100. to author, under 35 

 year of age, of most significant article in the 

 monthly Bulletin during year. Distinguished Lec- 

 tures, bringing outstanding speakers on geology 

 to affiliated societies on self-supporting, non- 

 profit basis. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 44, $18, free to members. Editor: Grover 

 E. Murray, Louisiana State LTniversity, Baton 

 Rouge, La. 



100. American Association of Physical Anthro- 

 pologists. President: Walter W. Greulich, 

 Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. Term 

 expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: T. Dale 

 Stewart, L'^nited States National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. Term expires 1964. 



History: Organized 1928. 



Purpose: To promote research, publication, 

 teaching, and study in physical anthropology ; to 

 encourage cooperation with anatomists, physi- 

 ologists, biologists, physicians, dentists, and 

 scholars in various brances of anthropology in 

 this and other countries. 



Membership: Candidates must be sponsored 

 by two members and must have a scientific 

 background and training applicable to the study 

 of biological man. Total membership over 400. 



Meetings: Annual, in the spring. 



Professional activities: Viking Fund Medal 

 and Prize in Physical Anthropology, $1,000 per 

 year; to be discontinued after 1961. 



Publications: American Journal of Physical 

 Anthropology, quarterly, current volume : 18, 

 $10 domestic, $11 foreign, free to members. 

 Editor: W. S. Laughlin, Department of Anthro- 

 pology, University of Wisconsin. 



101. American Association of Physics Teachers. 



American Institute of Physics, 335 East 45th 

 Street, New York 17, N. Y. President: L. O. 

 Olsen, Case Institute of Technology, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. Term expires February 1961. 

 Secretary: Frank Verbrugge, University of 

 Minnesota. Term expires February 1961. 



History: Organized December 1930. Sec- 

 tions : Appalachian ; Central Pennsylvania ; 

 Chesapeake ; Chicago ; Colorado-Wyoming ; 

 Eastern Pennsylvania; Illinois; Indiana; Ken- 

 tucky ; Michigan ; Minnesota ; New England ; 

 Northern California ; Oregon ; Southern Cali- 

 fornia ; Texas ; W' estern Pennsylvania ; Wash- 

 ington; Wisconsin; Puerto Rico. Commit- 

 tees : Awards ; Taylor Memorial ; Visual 

 Aids ; Relations with Secondary Schools ; 

 Physics in Engineering Education. 



Purpose: Advancement of teaching of physics 

 and furtherance of appreciation of the role of 

 physics in our culture. 



Membership: Regular membership restricted 

 to teachers of physics in institutions of college 

 and university grade, and teachers of physics 

 in secondary schools who have demonstrated an 

 active interest in the objectives of this Associa- 

 tion, and such other persons as the council may 

 deem likely to contribute materially to its ob- 

 jectives. There may be elected as junior mem- 

 bers only college or university students who 

 have a major interest in physics and who have 

 completed at least two 1-year college physics 



