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History: Organized June 8, 1947; incor- 

 porated September 13, 1948, in Delaware. 



Purpose: To encourage the study, maintain 

 and improve the standards, and advance the 

 knowledge of ultraviolet blood irradiation in 

 accordance with the Knott technique. 



Membership: Open to members of American 

 Medical Association, or corresponding associa- 

 tions of other countries. Total membership 

 approximately 70. 



Meetings : Annual. 



Publications: News Letter, quarterly, free to 

 members. Editor : H. T. Lewis, Jr. 



117. American Board for Psychological Ser- 

 vices, Inc. Glendale, Ohio. President: Karl 

 F. Heiser, 10 East Sharon Avenue, Glendale, 

 Ohio. Term indefinite. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Wendell S. Dysinger, MacMurray College, 

 Jacksonville, 111. Term indefinite. 



History: Established 1954 by the American 

 Psychological Association as an independent 

 body with the functions of recommending stand- 

 ards of competence and quality for agencies and 

 individuals who offer psychological services to 

 the public, publishing a directory of voluntary 

 applicants who meet the Board's standards, and 

 evaluating and certifying agencies and individ- 

 uals who seek registration with the Board. 



Purpose: To inform the public how to dis- 

 criminate between competent and well-qualified 

 psychological services, and those which do not 

 meet professional and scientifically acceptable 

 standards ; and to inform the public and the 

 related professions through the Director where 

 the services of competence and quality may be 

 obtained. 



Membership: Six elected members. Services 

 of 201 agencies and individuals in the United 

 States and Canada have been evaluated and 

 approved. Agency requirements : must have 

 chief psychologists who have doctoral degrees 

 in psychology and four years of approved, super- 

 vised experience in professional work. Individ- 

 uals in private, independent practice must be 

 Diplomates of the American Board of Examin- 

 ers in Professional Psychology ; Diplomate must 

 have been examined by that Board in the field of 

 his specialized knowledge, and must have had 

 extensive experience as a psychologist. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Directory of American Psy- 

 chological Services, biennial, $1.50. 



118. American Board of Bio-Analysts. 81 East 

 Front Street, Red Bank, N. J. President: 

 Melvin S. Chuker, 2530 East Broadway, 

 Tucson, Ariz. Term expires June 15, 1963. 

 Secretary: William H. Krieger, 5407 56th 

 Place, East Riverdale, Md. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated in New Jersey, August 

 18, 1959. Registered at Washington, D. C., 

 October 20, 1959. 



Purpose: To certify qualified bio-analysts in 

 one of 13 sciences pertinent to practice of bio- 

 analysis ; to conduct seminars and publish scien- 

 tific papers. 



Membership: Requires baccalaureate degree 

 and ten years' practice. Admission by examina- 

 tion only. Total membership 272. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: American College of 

 Bio-Analysts. Awards : Dean Emeritus, Profes- 

 sor Emeritus, Philosopher Emeritus. 



1 19. American Board of Laboratory Animal 

 Medicine. President: B. D. Fremming, 1887 

 Saw Mill Run Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Term expires December 31, 1962. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: R. J. Flynn, Argonne, 111. Term 

 expires December 31, 1962. 



History: Incorporated 1957. Affiliated with 

 the Animal Care Panel 1960. 



Purpose: To encourage education, training, 

 and research in Laboratory Animal Medicine; 

 to establish standards of training and experience 

 for qualification of specialists in Laboratory 

 Animal Medicine ; and to further the recognition 

 of such qualified specialists by suitable certifica- 

 tion and other means. 



Membership: Fellows, 51, veterinarians of 

 good moral character who meet the require- 

 ments, training, and experience set by the Board, 

 and who have satisfactorily completed the Board 

 examination and been elected by a majority vote 

 of all Council members ; Associate, 14, veter- 

 inarians who have had at least three years post- 

 graduate experience in Laboratory Animal 

 Medicine and who can meet all prerequisites for 

 the Board examination excepting the advanced 

 training and experience requirements. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Examination and cer- 

 tification of specialists. 



120. American Board of Neurological Surgery. 



300 Longwood Avenue, Boston 15, Mass. 

 Chairman: E. Jefferson Browder, 200 Hicks 

 Street, Brooklyn 1, N. Y. Term expires 

 September 1962. Secretary-Treasurer : Don- 

 ald D. Matson. Term expires September 1964. 



History: Incorporated 1940. 



Purpose: To conduct investigations and ex- 

 aminations to determine the competence of 

 voluntary candidates for certificates issued by 

 the Board ; to grant and issue certificates of 

 qualification to candidates successful in demon- 

 strating proficiency ; to stimulate development 



