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Grants, and Personnel for Research. These com- 

 mittees are charged with: (a) recommending 

 approval or disapproval of applications for 

 grants ; (b) evaluating and reporting progress 

 and initiating activity in their respective assigned 

 areas. 



Ad Hoc Scientific Review committees are 

 appointed as advisory groups to the Research 

 Advisory Council. Certain aspects of progress 

 made in cancer research are evaluated, and 

 specific recommendations are made relative to 

 further research. 



In the period 1945 to April 1960. the Society 

 allocated $78,385,000 to support research en- 

 deavors. During a twelve-month period in 

 1959-1960, expenditures for research amounted 

 to $11,883,256, and on March 1, 1960, there 

 were 620 grants in effect which represented total 

 expenditures of $16,603,693. 



Publications: Cancer, bimonthly, $15. CA, a 

 Bulletin of Cancer Progress, bimonthly, $2.50. 

 Cancer News, 3 times a year, free. 



Library: 7,000 volumes. 



129. American Catholic Psychological Associa- 

 tion. Tordham University, New York 58, 

 N. Y. President: William C. Cottle, Guid- 

 ance Bureau, University of Kansas, Law- 

 rence, Kansas. Term expires August 31, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Rev. William C. Bier, 

 S. J., Fordham University, New York 58, 

 N. Y. Term expires August 31, 1961. 



History: Organized 1948. 



Purpose: To interpret to Catholics the mean- 

 ing of modern psychology and to advance its 

 acceptance in Catholic circles ; to provide a 

 forum for the discussion of psychological ques- 

 tions of special interest to Catholics. 



Membership: Constituent members must be 

 Fellows or members of the American Psy- 

 chological Association ; Associate members must 

 be associate members of the APA or meet the 

 same membership requirements as APA asso- 

 ciates. Constituent members 525 ; Associate 

 members 117. 



Meetings: Annual, at time of the APA 

 Convention. 



Publications: Newsletter, bimonthly, current 

 volume : 10, $10. Editor : Rev. William C. Bier. 



130. American Ceramic Society, Inc. 4055 North 

 High Street, Columbus 14, Ohio. President: 

 George Spencer-Strong, Pemco Corporation, 

 5601 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore 24, Md. Term 

 expires April 25, 1961. President-Elect: J. S. 

 Nordyke, 440 Sulgrave Road, Pittsburgh 11, 

 Pa. Term expires May 1. 1962. General 

 Secretary: Charles S. Pearce. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized 1899, incorporated 1905, 

 reorganized 1918. Twenty-four local sections. 

 Committees : Executive ; Rules ; Member- 

 ship ; Research ; Classification, Nomenclature 

 and Glossary ; Standards ; Publications ; Fi- 

 nance ; Classes and Divisions ; Sections ; Stu- 

 dent Branches ; Trustees Nominating ; Meetings ; 

 Pension Fund ; Patents ; Ceramic Education. 

 Divisions : Basic Science, Design, Electronics, 

 Enamel, Glass, Materials and Equipment, Re- 

 fractories, Structural Clay Products, White 

 Wares. 



Purpose: To promote the art, science, and 

 technology of ceramics. 



Membership: Open to any individual interested 

 in any phase of ceramic work. Personal mem- 

 bers, 5,178; corporation members, 309; sub- 

 scriptions, 2,003. Total membership 7,490. 



Meetings: Annual in spring; division meet- 

 ings also annual in fall. 



Professional activities: Frank Forrest Award, 

 for the promotion of research papers in the field 

 of glass technology; S. B. Myer, Jr. Award, for 

 the promotion of research papers in the field of 

 glass technology ; Ross Cofiin Purdy Award, for 

 outstanding paper in ceramic literature ; John 

 Jeppson Medal, for scientific, technical, or 

 engineering achievements in the ceramic field ; 

 Binns Medal, for outstanding work in ceramic 

 design ; Orton Lecture ; Fellow, for broad and 

 productive scholarship in ceramic science and 

 technology. Honorary Membership accorded 

 to persons of professional eminence and achieve- 

 ments in ceramics. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 43, $20. Ceramic Abstracts, monthly. 

 Bulletin, monthly current volume : 39, free to 

 members. Editor : C. S. Pearce. 



Library: 1,100 volumes. 



131. American Chemical Society, 1155 16th 

 Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. President: 

 Arthur C. Cope. Term expires December 31, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Alden H. Emery. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized April 20, 1876; incor- 

 porated 1877; reorganized 1891-1892 to secure 

 national participation ; incorporated under Fed- 

 eral Charter, 1937. Sections : There are 159 

 local sections ; boundaries determined geo- 

 graphically. Divisions : Agricultural and 

 Food Chemistry ; Analytical Chemistry ; Bio- 

 logical Chemistry; Carbohydrate Chemistry; 

 Cellulose Chemistry ; Chemical Education ; Chem- 

 ical Literature ; Chemical Marketing and Eco- 

 nomics ; Colloid Chemistry ; Fertilizer and Soil 

 Chemistry ; Gas and Fuel Chemistry ; History of 

 Chemistry ; Industrial and Engineering Chem- 

 istry ; Inorganic Chemistry ; Medicinal Chem- 

 istry; Organic Chemistry; Organic Coatings 



