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courses. Regular members, 3,945 ; Junior, 921 ; 

 Emeritus, 48; Honorary, 5. Total membership 

 4,919. 



Meetings: Annual, in January or February. 

 Summer, in June. Regional meetings. 



Professional actiznties: Oersted Medal, award- 

 ed for notable contributions to teaching of 

 physics. Richtmyer Memorial Lecture. Subsidy 

 for annual lecturer selected each year by Com- 

 mittee action. Award to high schools for 

 superior physics teaching. 



Publications: American Journal of Physics, 

 monthly, current volume : 28, $7.50. Editor : 

 W. C. Michels. 



102. American Association of Plastic Surgeons. 



President: Herbert Conway. 525 East 6Sth 

 Street, New York 21. \. Y. Term expires 

 May 21, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Thomas 

 D. Cronin, 6615 Travis Street, Houston 25, 

 Tex. Term expires May 21, 1961. 



History: Organized July 28, 1921, as Ameri- 

 can Association of Oral Surgeons ; name 

 changed in 1934 to American Association of 

 Oral and Plastic Surgeons, and in 1942 to 

 present title. Sections in tlie United States and 

 Canada. 



Purpose: To stimuate and advance knowledse 

 of the science and art of plastic surgery and 

 tliereby to improve and elevate the standard of 

 practice of this specialty. 



Meuihership: .Active Fellows. 88, by invita- 

 tion only, must be certified by American Board 

 of Plastic Surgery; Senior Fellows, 30, all 

 Active Fellows who have attained the age of 

 sixty-five, and Active Fellows who have been 

 members for twenty years and are recommended 

 by P>oard of Trustees and confirmed by mem- 

 bers ; Honorarv Fellows, 7. Total membership 

 125. 



Mecfinfis: .Annual. 



103. American Association of Psychiatric 

 Clinics for Children. 250 west 57th Street, 

 Xew York 19. N. Y. President: Othilda Krug, 

 3140 Harvey Avenue, Cincinnati 29, Ohio. 

 Term expires spring 1961. Secretary: Mrs. 

 Geraldine J. Korda, 322 ^Vest 21st Street, 

 Los Angeles 7, Calif. Term expires spring 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1946. Charter member 

 clinics formally ratified plan for national asso- 

 ciation, 1948. Organization stemmed from for- 

 mer Division of Community Clinics of the 

 National Committee for Mental Hygiene. Co^r- 

 MiTTEES : Maintenance of Membership Stand- 

 ards, Membership, Training in Child Psychiatry. 



Purpose: To provide coordination of activities 



of psychiatric clinics serving children in the 

 L'nited States, its territories, and Canada. 



Membership: Active members, 117; Associate, 

 11; Inactive, 1. Of total number of member 

 clinics (active), 54 are approved training cen- 

 ters. An Active member shall be a clinic whose 

 basic service is psychiatric work with children 

 and whose basic discipline is psychiatry, working 

 in collaboration with psychiatric social work and 

 psychology, and which meets standards set up 

 for this classification of membership by the 

 Association. An Associate member shall be 

 elected for a period not to exceed 3 years, dur- 

 ing which it shall have opportunity to qualify, 

 by developing its standards, for Active member- 

 ship. An Inactive member shall be a clinic which 

 has been found by the Committee on Mainte- 

 nance of Membership Standards to have ceased 

 to meet membership qualifications. Total mem- 

 bership 129 clinics. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly. Editor : 

 Phyllis D. Schaefer. 



104. American Association of Public Health 

 Dentists. President: David B. Ast, New York 

 State Health Department, 84 Holland Avenue, 

 Albany 8, N. Y. Term expires October 15, 

 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : Charles L. Howell, 

 1330 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Ind, 

 Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1937. 



Purpose: To promote dental public health, 

 maintain the ideals of organized dentistry in all 

 public health projects, and afford opportunity 

 for constructive discussion of administrative 

 problems of dental health programs. 



Membership: Requires interest and engage- 

 ment in dental public health. Total membership 

 178. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 20, $2. Editor : Harry Draker. 



105. American Association of Railway Sur- 

 geons. 5800 Stony Island Avenue, Chicago 

 Z7, 111. President: \\^ilter D. Abbott, 900 

 Des Moines Building, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Term expires April 15, 1961. Secretary: Carl 

 Y. Werelius. Term expires April 15, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Frank Parker, 59 East 

 Van Buren Street, Chicago 5, 111. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Founded June 28, 1888, as National 

 -Association of Railway Surgeons ; incorporated 

 in Illinois, April 13, 1897; membership enlarged 

 in 1898 to include surgeons in Canada and 

 Mexico, and name changed to International 

 Association of Railway Surgeons, which in turn 

 was changed to present title. 



