UNITED STATES 



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Membership: Regular, 2,952, persons who are 

 interested or engaged in practicing range or 

 pasture management or animal husbandry, 

 administering grazing lands, teaching, conducting 

 research, or engaged in extension activities in 

 range or pasture management or related sub- 

 jects; Life, 28; Students, 258. Total membership 

 3,238. 



Meetings : Annual. 



Professional activities: Publication of text on 

 range research methods and techniques and 

 range handbook for youth ; cooperation with 

 U. S. Civil Service Commission on preparation 

 of standard educational requirements for range 

 management positions ; awards to college teams 

 for range plant identification contest ; two schol- 

 arship awards by Sections ; five State range 

 youth camps or range judging contests by Sec- 

 tions ; conduct by each Section of range demon- 

 stration field trips ; cooperation with Interna- 

 tional Cooperation Administration in member- 

 ships for foreign range students and in their 

 recognition while in this country ; sponsorship 

 of medal awards to youth for range management 

 projects. 



Publications: Journal of Range Management, 

 bimonthly, current volume: 13, $8. Editor: E. 

 J. Woolfolk. 



339- American Society of Safety Engineers, Inc. 



5 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago 2, 111. 

 President: John F. Jones, Commonwealth 

 Edison Company, 72 West Adams Street. 

 Chicago 90, 111. Term expires October 1960. 

 Secretary and Managing Director: A. C. 

 Blackman. Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized 1911 ; present name 

 adopted 1914 ; incorporated as non-profit organ- 

 ization 1915; merged with National Safety 

 Council as Engineering Section of that organ- 

 ization in 1924; returned to independent status 

 1948; moved to own offices 1959. Organized 

 into eight regions and seventy-five chapters in 

 United States and Canada. Twelve standing 

 committees, including General and Technical 

 Publications, Cooperation with Engineering 

 Societies and Colleges, Safety Standards, Re- 

 search, and Laws and Regulations. 



Purpose: To promote the arts and sciences 

 in the prevention of accidents, and the conserva- 

 tion of life, health and property ; to attain a high 

 standard in safety engineering, and to encourage 

 the development of safety engineering as a 

 profession. 



Membership: Members, 3,407, thirty years of 

 age, degree in engineering or registration as 

 professional engineer plus six years qualifying 

 experience, other degree plus eight years quali- 

 fying experience, or no degree plus ten years 



qualifying e.N;perience ; Associate, 2,959, degree 

 in engineering or registration as professional 

 engineer plus one year experience, or other 

 degree plus three years qualifying experience, or 

 no degree plus five years qualifying experience ; 

 Affiliate, 814, twenty years of age plus one year 

 of qualifying experience, or twenty-five years 

 of age plus three years in related field ; Honor- 

 ary, 10; Life, 150. 

 Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Technical paper award 

 for best technical article published in Journal of 

 the Society from members of the Society and 

 Veterans of Safety. Courses and seminars in 

 accident prevention sponsored by chapters in 

 their localities. Underwriting research on 

 "Human Factors in Occupational Injuries" by 

 New York University Center for Safety Edu- 

 cation. 



Publications: Engineering for Safety, monthly, 

 current volume : 24. Editor : Robert E. Beighley. 

 Journal, quarterly, current volume : 5, published 

 as a bound-in section of National Safety News. 

 Editor : Robert E. Beighley. 



340. American Society of Sanitary Engineering. 



228 Standard Building, Cleveland 13, Ohio. 

 President: Arthur E. Whitney, 3181 Watson 

 Road, St. Louis 39, Mo. Term expires Octo- 

 ber 1960. Secretary: Sanford Schwartz. Term 

 expires October 1960. 



History: Organized 1906; incorporated. Sec- 

 tions : United States, Canada, Australia, South 

 Africa, England. Committees : Research ; Pipe 

 Corrosion ; Atmospheric and Ground Pollution ; 

 National Safety ; Disease Research ; Code ; 

 American Standards Association Sectional, Ex- 

 amination and Educational Standards ; Mechan- 

 ical Sanitation and Inspectors ; National Water 

 Conservation ; Research Endowment Foundation. 



Purpose: Research in plumbing engineering, 

 water supply, sewage disposal, and fixture 

 design. 



Membership: Those who have been or are 

 responsible for protecting and safeguarding 

 health. Total membership 2,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



341. American Society of Sugar Beet Technolo- 

 gists. P. O. Box 538, Fort Collins, Colo. 

 President: Dewey Stewart, Sugar Beet Sec- 

 tion, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agri- 

 cultural Research Service, Plant Industry 

 Station, Beltsville, Md. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 31, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: James H. 

 Fischer. Term expires December 31, 1961. 



History: Organized January 7, 1937, in Fort 

 Collins, Colo. Geographic Sections: Canada, 



