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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



can Speech Correction Association ; changed to 

 present title in 1947. Incorporated. 



Purpose: To encourage basic scientific study 

 of the processes of individual human speech and 

 hearing, promote investigation of speech and 

 hearing disorders, and foster improvement of 

 therapeutic procedures with such disorders ; to 

 stimulate exchange of information among per- 

 sons thus engaged, and to disseminate such 

 information. 



Membership: Members, 4,946, bachelor's de- 

 gree or higher in field of interest ; Associates, 

 369, undergraduates in field of interest. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: American Speech and 

 Hearing Foundation, to advance scientific and 

 educational endeavor in speech pathology and 

 audiology. 



Publications: Journal of Speech and Hearing 

 Disorders, quarterly, current volume : 25, $5. 

 Editor : Mary W. Huber. Journal of Speech 

 and Hearing Research, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 3, $5. Editor : Dorothy Sherman. Asha, 

 monthly, current volume : 2, $7. Editor : Kenneth 

 O. Johnson. 



349. American Standards Association, Inc. 10 



East 40th Street, New York 16, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: John R. Townsend. Managing Director: 

 George F. Hussey, Jr. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1918 as the American 

 Engineering Standards Committee by five eng- 

 ineering societies, to act as a clearinghouse for 

 their standardization work ; reorganized under 

 present title 1928. 



Purpose: To provide systematic means by 

 which organizations concerned with standard- 

 ization work may cooperate in establishing 

 American standards in those fields in which 

 engineering methods apply to avoid duplication 

 of work and promulgation of conflicting stan- 

 dards ; to serve as a clearinghouse for infor- 

 mation on standardization work in the United 

 States and foreign countries ; to further the 

 standardization movement as a means of advanc- 

 ing national economy ; to promote knowledge 

 and use of approved American industrial and 

 engineering standards ; and to act as the author- 

 itative American channel in international coop- 

 eration in standardization work. 



Membership: Open to any national group or 

 industrial organization with a substantial inter- 

 est in standardization problems ; includes 123 

 organizations — trade associations, technical soc- 

 ieties, and consumer groups, and 2,300 companies 

 holding membership either individually or by 

 group arrangement through respective trade 

 associations ; Member-bodies, Company Mem- 

 bers, Associate Members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications : Magazine of Standards, current 

 volume : 24, free to members. 



Library: 70,000 volumes, including file of 

 approved national standards from thirty-nine 

 other countries. 



350. American Statistical Association. 1757 K 

 Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. President: 

 Morris H. Hansen, Bureau of the Census, 

 Washington 25, D. C. Term expires December 

 1960. Executive Secretary: Donald C. Riley. 

 Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized 1839; incorporated 1841. 

 Chapters in most major cities in the United 

 States, divided into ten districts. \'arious tech- 

 nical committees and advisory committees to 

 the Federal government. Sections : Business 

 and Economic Statistics. Training of Statistic- 

 ians, Biometrics, Social Statistics, Statistics in 

 the Physical and Engineering Sciences. 



Purpose: To encourage the improvement of 

 basic statistical data and statistical methods in 

 many fields of knowledge ; to foster contacts 

 and discussions among individuals concerned 

 with statistical material, problems, and methods ; 

 to encourage use of statistics in research and 

 practical aflfairs. 



Membership: Regular members, student mem- 

 bers, family members, fellows, honorary, senior, 

 institutional. Total membership 7,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 55, $8. Editor : Clifford G. Hildreth. The 

 American Statistician, five times annually, cur- 

 rent volume : 14, $1.50 ; Editor : Morris 

 Hamburg. Technometrics, quarterly, current 

 volume : 2, $8. Editor : J. Stuart Hunter. 



351. American Surgical Association. President: 

 John D. Stewart, 180 Soldiers Place, Buffalo 

 9, N. Y. Term expires March 24, 1961. 

 Secretary: W. A. Altemeier, Cincinnati Gen- 

 eral Hospital, Cincinnati 29, Ohio. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized May 1880, as American 

 Surgical Society ; name changed to present title 

 May 1882. 



Purpose: The cultivation and improvement of 

 the science and art of surgery, the elevation of 

 the medical profession, and such other matters 

 as may come legitimately within the sphere of 

 this Association. 



Membership: Active members, 250, thirty 

 years of age and graduate of five years' standing 

 from a recognized medical college, established 

 reputation as a practitioner, author, teacher, or 



