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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Landscape Architects; Student Affiliates, 191, 

 students of Landscape Architecture in profes- 

 sional courses. Total membership, 1,747. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Certificates of Merit, 

 annually recognizing outstanding performance 

 by students in schools of Landscape Architecture 

 accredited by the Society. 



Publications: Landscape Architecture, quar- 

 terly, current volume : 50, $4. Associate Editor : 

 Grady Clay. 



321. American Society of Limnology and 

 Oceanography. Department of Zoology, Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 President: W. Thomas Edmondson, Depart- 

 ment of Zoology, University of Washington, 

 Seattle, Wash. Term expires September 1, 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : George H. Laufif, 

 Department of Zoology, University of Michi- 

 gan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires Sep- 

 tember 1, 1961. 



History: Organized as the Limnological So- 

 ciety of America in 1936 ; expanded in scope to 

 become in 1948 the American Society of Limn- 

 ology and Oceanography (ASLO), in recogni- 

 tion of the complementary nature of these two 

 branches of hydrospheric science ; the Oceano- 

 graphic Society of the Pacific became the Pacific 

 Section of ASLO in 1949; ASLO incorporated 

 in Wisconsin in 1956. 



Purpose: To promote interest in limnology 

 and oceanography and related sciences, and to 

 further investigations dealing with these sub- 

 jects. 



Membership: Open to persons actively inter- 

 ested in any aspect of limnology or ocean- 

 ography. Candidates for membership must be 

 nominated by two active members of the Society. 

 Total membership 925. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Limnology and Oceanography, 

 quarterly, current volume: 5, $10. Editor: K. M. 

 Rose, A & M College of Texas, College Station, 

 Tex. 



322. American Society of Lubrication Engineers. 



5 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago 2, 111. 

 President: L. O. Witzenburg, Cleveland 

 Worm and Gear Company, 3249 East 80th 

 Street, Cleveland 4, Ohio. Term expires April 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Calvert L. Willey. 

 Term expires April 1961. 



I-Iistory: Organized and incorporated March 

 3, 1944. Thirty-nine geographic sections. Gen- 

 eral Technical Committees : Bearings and 

 Bearing Lubrication ; Engine Lubrication ; 

 Fluids for Metalworking ; Gears and Gear 



Lubrication ; Hydraulics and Hydraulic Ma- 

 chinery ; Lubricating Equipment ; Lubricating 

 Fundamentals ; Lubricating Practices ; Lubrica- 

 tion Reconditioning and Disposal; Properties 

 of Lubricants; Seals and Packing. Industry 

 Councils : Aviation ; Machine Tool ; Marine ; 

 Mining ; Mobile Equipment ; National Railroad ; 

 Non-Ferrous Materials ; Paper ; Petroleum and 

 Chemistry ; Power ; Steel ; Textile. 



Purpose: A non-profit society to encourage 

 the active cooperation of industry and the pro- 

 fessions in advancing the knowledge of the 

 science of lubrication. 



Membership: Members, persons not less than 

 24 years of age who have an engineering or 

 science degree, or lacking the degree but hav- 

 ing, as evidenced by their experience, the 

 knowledge and skill approximating that of an 

 engineer qualified to practice lubrication engi- 

 neering, and a record of ten or more years in 

 active practice ; Associate Members, those who 

 do not meet the qualification outlined above; 

 Sectional Sustaining Members, organizations 

 contributing to the support of sections ; Indus- 

 trial Members, organizations contributing to the 

 support and purpose of the Society ; Honorary 

 and Life Members, elected by Board of Di- 

 rectors. Total membership, 3,100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: National Award, 

 signifying honorary membership in the Society ; 

 presented for an outstanding contribution to the 

 furtherance of the science and practice of 

 lubrication engineering. Capt. Alfred E. Hunt 

 Award, presented for best paper given at any 

 Sectional or National meeting, or published in 

 ASLE Official Journals. Walter D. Hodson 

 Award, presented to an ASLE member of thirty 

 years of age or less for best paper presented as 

 noted in Hunt award. Wilbur Deutsch Me- 

 morial Award, to an ASLE member for the best 

 paper on practical aspects of lubrication pre- 

 sented as above. 



Publications: Lubrication Engineering, 

 monthly, current volume : 16, $6 domestic, $7 

 foreign. Editor : John Boyd. Transactions, bi- 

 annual, current volume : 3, $5 to members only. 

 Editor : John Boyd. 



323. American Society of Mammalogists. Zool- 

 ogy Department, Oklahoma State University, 

 Stillwater, Okla. President: Stephen D. Dur- 

 rant. Department of Zoology, LTniversity of 

 Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Term expires 

 June 1962. Executive Secretary: Bryan P. 

 Glass. Term expires June 1962. 



History: Organized 1919; incorporated 1920. 

 Purpose: Promotion and publication of 

 knowledge concerning mammals. 



