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Membership: Active, 1,150, interest in tropical 

 medicine or hygiene ; Honorary, 12, eminent 

 contributions to tropical medicine or hygiene, 

 non-Americans only; Emeritus, 6, retired from 

 active work; Life, 3. Total membership 1,171. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: C. F. Craig Lecture, 

 annual reviews by authorities. Walter Reed 

 Award, biennial, for meritorious achievement 

 in tropical medicine, medal and certificate. J. A. 

 LePrince Award, triennial, for achievement in 

 malariology, medal and certificate. Bailey K. 

 Ashford Award, biennial, for research in trop- 

 ical medicine, $1,000, medal and certificate. 



Publications : American Journal of Tropical 

 Medicine and Hygiene, bimonthly, current vol- 

 ume : 8, $10. Editor : Paul C. Beaver, Tulane 

 University, New Orleans, La. Tropical Medi- 

 cine and Hygiene News, bimonthly, current vol- 

 ume : 8, free. Editor: William H. DeWitt, 

 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 



345. American Society of X-Ray Technicians. 



16 14th Street, Fond du Lac, Wis. President: 

 Marjorie Cook Tolan, Emory University 

 Hospital, Atlanta 22, Ga. Term expires June 

 29, 1961. Executive Secretary: Genevieve J. 

 Eilert. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in Chicago, 1920, as 

 American Society of Radiographers ; name 

 changed to present title May 25, 1934. Forty- 

 seven state and ten local afiiliated societies. 

 Committees : Affiliation ; Careers ; Catholic 

 Hospital Association Joint ; Civil Defense ; Edu- 

 cation ; Membership ; Public Relations ; Publi- 

 cation and Essay Awards ; Radiation Safety ; 

 Resolutions and By-Laws. Commission on Tech- 

 nicians' Affairs, appointed by American College 

 of Radiology. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 radiography. 



Membership: Must be certified with American 

 Registry of X-ray Technicians. Active members, 

 8,442; Inactive status, 441; Associate, 92; 

 Fellows, 20; Life, 4; Honorary, 8. Total mem- 

 bership 9,007. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Jerman Memorial 

 Lecture, to perpetuate memory of Edward C. 

 Jerman. 



Publications: X-Ray Technician, bimonthly, 

 current volume: 31, non-members $2.50, mem- 

 bers of affiliated societies $1.50, free to members. 

 Editor: Jean I. Widger, 640 Delaware Avenue, 

 Detroit 2, Mich. 



346. American Society of Zoologists. President: 

 Emil Witschi, Department of Zoology, State 

 University, Iowa City, Iowa. Term expires 



December 30, 1960. Secretary: Gairdner B. 

 Moment, Department of Biology, Goucher 

 College, Baltimore 4, Md. Term expires 

 December 30, 1960. 



History: Founded in 1902 as the result of the 

 fusion of three older societies, the oldest of 

 which was established in 1890. Divisions : 

 Animal Behavior, Comparative Endocrinology, 

 Comparative Physiology, and Developmental 

 Biology. 



Purpose: The association of workers in the 

 field of zoology for the presentation and discus- 

 sion of new or important facts and problems 

 in that science and for the adoption of such 

 measures as shall tend to the advancement of 

 zoological science. 



Membership: Members, 1,920, those actively 

 engaged in the field of zoology who have 

 training in that science equivalent to that re- 

 quired for doctorate degree. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Organizes symposia 

 and brief refresher courses, sponsors summer 

 institutes for college teachers, publishes a 

 careers-in-animal-biology leaflet. 



Publications: Newsletter, semiannual. 



347. American Specification Institute. 134 North 

 La Salle Street, Chicago 2, 111. Chairman, 

 Board of Governors: Rollo E. Gilmore, 80 

 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111. Secre- 

 tary and Technical Director: Gerald L. 

 Palmer. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized March 17, 1921. 



Purpose: To increase and distribute the 

 knowledge and to improve the method of writing 

 specifications for architectural and engineering 

 materials, equipment and structures. 



Membership: Persons who devote all or part 

 of their time to the writing of specifications. 

 Total membership approximately 500. 



Meetings: Board of Directors meet every 

 two months ; also committee meetings. 



Publications: Bulletins, irregular, free to 

 members. Editor : G. L. Palmer. 



348. American Speech and Hearing Association. 



1001 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington 

 6, D. C. President: Stanley H. Ainsworth, 

 Director, Speech and Hearing Clinic, Univer- 

 sity of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Kenneth O. Johnson. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1925 as American Acad- 

 emy of Speech Correction ; title changed in 

 1927 to American Society for the Study of 

 Disorders of Speech ; changed in 1934 to Ameri- 



