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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: P'ounded in 1937. Member society of 

 American Institute of Botanical Sciences and 

 affiliate of American Association for the Advan- 

 cement of Science. 



Purpose: To broaden the base of knowledge 

 upon which taxonomy rests and to lead in the 

 integration of taxonomy with other branches 

 of botany. 



Membership: Total membership, 550, any per- 

 son with an interest in plant taxonomy. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Cooley Award of $500 

 for best taxonomic paper dealing with plants of 

 the Southeast United States published each 

 year. Cooley Award of $100 for best taxonomy 

 paper given at annual meeting. 



Publieations: Brittonia, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 12, $6.50. Editor: Rogers McVaugh. 

 Taxonomic Index, irregular. Editor : W. H. 

 Camp. 



336. American Society of Plastic and Recon- 

 structive Surgery. President: Kenneth L. 

 Pickrell, Duke University Hospital, Durham, 

 N. C. Term expires October 1960. Secretary: 

 Thomas Ray Broadbent, 508 East South 

 Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Term 

 expires October 1960. 



History: Organized October 1931 as Society 

 of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Name 

 changed to present title in 1931. Incorporated in 

 New York, 1945. Sections : United States and 

 Canada. 



Purpose: To promote medical and surgical 

 research on the study and treatment of con- 

 genital and acquired deformities ; to keep the 

 medical profession informed of the scientific 

 progress and the possibilities of plastic and 

 reconstructive surgery ; to stress the social, 

 economic, and psychologic importance of this 

 specialty. 



Membership: Active, 368, certification by the 

 American Board of Plastic Surgery ; Candidate, 

 165, completion of training acceptable for Board 

 certification, Board qualified ; Corresponding, 

 34, foreign plastic surgeons of renown ; Life, 

 11, retirement or limitation of practice; Honor- 

 ary, 6, plastic surgeons. United States and 

 Canada, of high accomplishment and renown. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Essay contest in cHn- 

 ical and experimental research, traveling fellow- 

 ships, financial, certificate, and medal awards. 



Publications: Journal of Plastic and Recon- 

 structive Surgery, monthly, current volume : 25, 

 $12. Editor: Robert Ivy, 1930 Chestnut Street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Transplantation Bulletin, 

 quarterly, current volume : 5. Editor E. J. 



Eichwald, Deaconess Hospital, Great Falls, 

 Montana. 



337. American Society of Professional Biolo- 

 gists, Inc. President: Charles C. Croft, Ohio 

 Health Department Laboratory, Columbus, 

 Ohio. Term expires July 1, 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Elmer L. Shaffer, 213 Bucking- 

 ham Avenue, Trenton, N. J. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized September 1947; incor- 

 porated 1948. Sections : Western, Central, 

 Southern, Eastern. 



Purpose: To promote the professional welfare 

 of biologists through coordinated group action 

 guided by highest professional standards and 

 ethics, and through constructive action in the 

 field of education of biologists. 



Membership: Members, doctor's degree and 

 at least one year of professional experience in 

 biological sciences, or master's degree and at 

 least five years of education or professional 

 experience, or bachelor's degree in biological 

 field and at least eight years of education or 

 professional experience ; Affiliates, academic 

 degree with major work in a biological field 

 from a department of recognized standing. Total 

 membership 350. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: News, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 13. Editor : A. Dickman. 



338. American Society of Range Management. 



P. O. Box 5041, Portland 13, Oreg. President: 

 Fred H. Kennedy, U. S. Forest Service, New 

 Federal Building, Albuquerque, N. Mex. 

 Term expires January 31, 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: John G. Clouston. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1947; incorporated in 

 State of Wyoming, June 1949, Sections organized 

 1948; 18 sections in operation covering Western 

 States, Southeastern States, Mexico and Canada. 

 Six student chapters within Sections. One large 

 committee on cooperation with scientific organ- 

 izations with individual representatives assigned 

 each of ten other organizations. Committees : 

 Range Research Methods, Inventory of Range 

 Research, Pasture and Range Research Tech- 

 niques, Range Management Bibliography, Pro- 

 fessional Standards. 



Purpose: To foster advancement in the science 

 and art of grazing land management, to promote 

 progress in the conservation and greatest sus- 

 tained use of forage and soil resources, to 

 stimulate discussion and understanding of scien- 

 tific and practical range management problems, 

 to provide a medium for exchange of ideas and 

 facts among Society members and with allied 

 technicians, and to encourage professional im- 

 provement of members. 



