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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Eastern Slope, Eastern United States, Inter- 

 mountain, West Coast. Technical Sections : 

 Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Chemistry 

 and Factory Operation, Entomology and Plant 

 Pathology, Genetics and Variety Improvement, 

 Physiology. 



Purpose: To foster sugar beet and beet sugar 

 research, and to act as a clearing house for the 

 exchange of ideas resulting from such work. 



Membership: Active members, 600, all per- 

 sons, associations, corporations, and other organ- 

 izations interested in the advancement of knowl- 

 edge concerning sugar beet production or beet 

 sugar processing. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Professional acfizntics: Meritorious Service 

 Awards, Forty- Year Veteran Awards, Honor- 

 ary Memberships. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 11, $4.50 domestic, $5 foreign. Editor: 

 James H. Fischer. 



342. American Society of Swedish Engineers. 



235 West 46th Street, New York 19, N. Y. 

 President: Nils R. Bernz. 4 Peter Cooper 

 Road, New York 10, N. Y. Term expires 

 December 1962. Secretary: Ray U. Strand- 

 berg, 555 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn 26, N. Y. 

 Term expires December 1962. 



History: Organized February 11, 1888; in- 

 corporated July 14, 1890. 



Purpose: Promotion of arts and sciences con- 

 nected with engineering and mechanical con- 

 struction, and of scientific progress by readings, 

 lectures, and discussions. 



Membership: Active members, residing within 

 radius of thirty miles of Columbus Circle, New 

 York, N. Y. ; Passive members, residing in 

 the United States outside of above indicated 

 zone ; Corresponding members, located in other 

 countries, including Sweden. Total membership 

 302. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: John Ericsson Gold 

 Medal, awarded biennially in recognition of 

 extraordinary merit in technical or scientific 

 fields, alternately to Swedish subjects and 

 American citizens of Swedish descent ; Annual 

 Award, to an outstanding graduating engineer, 

 alternately in the United States and Sweden, 

 $300. 



Publications: Bulletin, annual, current vol- 

 ume : 54, free to members. Editor : Edwin W. 

 Dutcher. 



343. American Society of Tool and Manufactur- 

 ing Engineers. 10700 Puritan Street, Detroit 

 38, Mich. President: H. Dale Long, 1901 



South Rockwell Street, Chicago 8, 111. Term 

 expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: H. E. 

 Conrad, 6050 Tripp Road, Holly, Mich. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded January 1932 as American 

 Society of Tool Engineers ; name later changed 

 to present title. 167 senior chapters in the 

 United States, Canada, Australia, the Philip- 

 pines, and Mexico. 31 student chapters in 

 universities, colleges, and technical institutes of 

 the United States. 



Purpose: To advance scientific knowledge in 

 the field of tool and manufacturing engineering 

 and, through its members, engage in research, 

 writing, publishing, and disseminating such 

 information. 



Membership: Senior member, five years ex- 

 perience and proven ability to plan the order 

 of operations layout or supervise the design 

 and manufacture of tools and equipment; must 

 be qualified to recommend correct tools and 

 equipment for manufacturing processes ; may 

 also be executive personnel directing manufac- 

 turing operations. Total membership 40,700. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Student scholarships 

 given at chapter and national level ; Research 

 Fund ; national and local seminars, technical 

 sessions, and conferences ; equipment and pro- 

 cessing exhibitions ; standards research ; educa- 

 tional activities ; Progress Award ; Engineering 

 Citation ; Joseph A. Siegel Memorial Award ; 

 Education Award ; Gold Medal ; Research 

 Medal ; Eli Whitney Award ; publication of 

 technical handbooks and manuals. 



Publications : Tool Engineer, monthly, current 

 volume : 44, free to members. Editor : Jack 

 Greve. Scope, bimonthly, current volume : 69, 

 free to chapter officers. Editor : Mel Stone. 

 News for Metalworking Executives, monthly, 

 free. Editor : Ted Black. 



Library: 2,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Tool and manufacturing engineering. 



344. American Society of Tropical Medicine 

 and Hygiene. 3575 Saint-Gaudens Road, 

 Miami 33, Fla. President: Willard H. Wright. 

 Term expires November 1960. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Rolla B. Hill. Term expires 

 November 1960. 



History: Organized November 17, 1951 ; 

 incorporated in Delaware on January 21, 1952. 

 Formed by amalgamation of American Society 

 of Tropical Medicine (founded 1903) and 

 National Malaria Society (founded 1916). 



Purpose: The advancement of tropical medi- 

 cine and hygiene in its various branches and 

 fields. 



