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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Founded in 1888. 



Purpose: To foster naval engineering. 



Membership: Naval members, commissioned 

 officers of the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine 

 Corps of the United States, active or retired, 

 1,556; civil members, 8 years in the engineering 

 field (five years of important work), 1,289; 

 associate members, commissioned officers of 

 U. S. Army, U. S. Air Force, and foreign 

 military and naval services, and persons inter- 

 ested in naval matters, 529; junior members, 

 undergraduates from accredited schools, 8. 



Alee tings: Annual. 



Professional activities: American Society of 

 Naval Engineers Award, for an outstanding con- 

 tribution in naval engineering ; Brand Award, 

 for Massachusetts Institute of Technology post- 

 graduate student who stands first in Course 13 

 A ; student awards for service academy gradu- 

 ates. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 72, domestic $12, foreign $20. Editor : J. 

 E. Hamilton. 



329. American Society of Ophtalmologic and 

 Otolaryngologic Allergy. President: Walter 

 E. Owen, 1105 North Street, Peoria 2, 111. 

 Term expires October 8, 1960. Secretary: 

 Daniel S. DeStio, 121 South Highland Ave- 

 nue, Pittsburgh 6, Pa. Term expires October 

 8, 1960. 



History: Organized October 1940. Organiza- 

 tion consists of eye, ear, nose, and throat special- 

 ists whose practice is concerned greatly with 

 allergy. 



Purpose: To advance the study of allergic 

 conditions of the eye, ear, nose, and throat. 



Membership: Regular members, 325, phys- 

 ician specializing in ophthalmology or otolaryng- 

 ology and having taken postgraduate work in 

 allergy. Honorary members, 30. Total member- 

 ship 355. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Annual Bulletin. 



330. American Society of Parasitologists. Presi- 

 dent: Harold W. Brown, School of Public 

 Health, Columbia University, New York 32, 

 N. Y. Term expires December 31, 1960. 

 Secretary: Francis J. Kruidenier, Zoology 

 Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, 

 111. Term expires December 31, 1961. 



History: Established February 21, 1925. Af- 

 filiate Org.anizations : Southern California 

 Parasitologists, 1958; Midwestern Conference 

 of Parasitologists, 1959; Helminthological So- 

 ciety of Washington, 1960. 



Purpose: To foster association of persons 

 interested in parasitology, to improve teaching, 



promote investigation, and advance knowledge 

 of this and related sciences. 



Membership: Total membership, 1,102, any 

 person with educational or other qualification 

 and activity within the field. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal of Parasitology, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 46, $9.50. Editor : E. 

 R. Becker. 



331. American Society of Pharmacognosy. Sec- 

 retary: Rolf S. Westby, Eli Lilly and Com- 

 pany, 740 South Alabama Street, Indianapolis, 

 Ind. Term expires August 1962. 



History: Plant Science Seminar founded 1923 

 at the University of Minnesota. Name changed 

 to present title 1959. 



Purpose: To promote the growth and develop- 

 ment of pharmacognosy, to provide the oppor- 

 tunity for association among the workers in 

 that science and related sciences, to provide 

 opportunities for presentation of research 

 achievements and to promote the publication of 

 meritorious research. 



Membership: Active, 118, open to pharmacog- 

 nosists of all nations; Associate, 12, open to 

 graduate students ; Patron, 3, person or organ- 

 ization. Total membership 133. 



Meetings: Annual. 



332. American Society of Photogrammetry. 1515 

 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington 

 5, D. C. President: G. C. Tewinkel. Term 

 expires March 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : C. 

 E. Palmer. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized August 1934; incorpor- 

 ated October 1934. Sections: Chattanooga, 

 Northern California, Rocky Mountain, Columbia 

 River, Central New York, Rolla, Puget Sound, 

 St. Louis, Southern California, Ohio, Metropoli- 

 tan New York, Virginia. Committees : Re- 

 search, Nomenclature, Photo Interpretation, 

 Map Specification and Tests, Professional Stat- 

 ure, Geographic Exploration, Aerial Photo- 

 graphy, Specifications for Highways, Weather 

 Research. The Society is a member of the 

 International Society of Photogrammetry. 



Purpose: To advance knowledge in the science 

 and art of photogrammetry ; to provide means 

 for the dissemination of new knowledge and 

 information and thus to encourage the free 

 exchange of ideas and intercourse among those 

 contributing to the advancement of the art ; to 

 stimulate student interest in the field of photo- 

 grammetry by advocating a strengthening of 

 college curricula ; to hold meetings for the 

 presentation of symposia, panels, papers and 

 discussions ; to exert its efforts toward the 

 improvement of standards and the betterment of 



