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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Active members, 1,577, trained 

 in all phases of urology and limitation of prac- 

 tice to that specialty for two years ; Senior, 

 231, twenty-five years' active membership and 

 age of sixty-five ; Associate, 9, scientists who 

 have worked in the interest of urology ; Honor- 

 ary, 9 ; Inactive, 26, active members who are 

 incapacitated by illness or accident or otherwise 

 from the practice of their profession; Corre- 

 sponding, 26. Total membership 1,878. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Yearly appropriation 

 for the recording and special study of all tumors 

 of the genito-urinary tract at the Tumor Reg- 

 istries maintained in the Army Medical Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. Three prizes, consisting of 

 certificates and money, are awarded annually 

 for the best scientific exhibits of original re- 

 search, clinical research, or instruments, at the 

 annual meeting, $50 first prize in each category. 

 Annual Prize Essay Competition, limited to 

 residents in urology in recognized hospitals and 

 to urologists who have been practicing for not 

 more than five years; $1,000 available to be 

 given at the discretion of the Committee on 

 Research as follows : $500 first prize, $300 

 second, $200 third. Ramon Guiteras Lecture, 

 established in honor of a founder and first 

 president of the Association, given at the annual 

 meeting by any physician, surgeon, or scientist 

 who has made a noteworthy contribution to 

 urology either within the field of urology or in 

 some related field. 



Publications: Journal of Urology, monthly, 

 current volume : 84, $6.50 members, $12 non- 

 members. Editor : J. A. Campbell Colston. 



357. American Vacuum Society Inc. P. O. Box 



1282, Boston, Mass. President: Wilfrid G. 

 Matheson, Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., 

 60 Boston Street, Salem, Mass. Term expires 

 October 1960. Secretary: Harold C. Wein- 

 gartner, Arthur D. Little, Inc., 35 Acorn 

 Park, Cambridge 40, Mass. Term expires 

 October 1960. 



History: Society is the successor to the 

 Committee on Vacuum Technique which was 

 organized in 1953 to sponsor symposia on vac- 

 uum technology, and to assist in the dissemina- 

 tion of related knowledge. A non-profit organ- 

 ization. 



Purpose: To promote communication among 

 people interested in vacuum science and engi- 

 neering. 



Membership: Open to any individual with 

 expressed interest in vacuum science or eng- 

 ineering. Total membership 800. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume: 6, $15. Editor: Robert Meissner. 



American Venereal Disease Association. See 



Addenda No. 1588. 



358. American Veterinary Medical Association. 



600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 5, 111. 

 President: E. E. Leasure, School of Veteri- 

 nary Medicine, Kansas State University, 

 Manhattan, Kans. Term expires August 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: H. E. Kingman, Jr., 

 American Veterinary Medical Association, 

 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 5, 111. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized as LTnited States Veter- 

 inary Medical Association in 1863. Name 

 changed to present title 1898. Councils : 

 Judicial, Biologic and Therapeutic Agents, 

 Education, Public Health and Regulatory Medi- 

 cine, Research, and Veterinary Service. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 veterinary medicine, including its relationship 

 to public health and agriculture. 



Membership: Open to graduates of accredited 

 veterinary colleges. Total membership 14,753. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research Fund to 

 promote postgraduate study by veterinary grad- 

 uates ; Twelfth International Veterinary Con- 

 gress Prize awarded annually for noteworthy 

 contributions to the advancement of veterinary 

 science ; AVMA Award for meritorious service ; 

 Borden Award administered by the Association, 

 the recipient being selected annually for out- 

 standing research in diseases of dairy cattle ; 

 Practitioner Award in recognition of research 

 work by a practitioner. 



Pubications: Journal, semimonthly, current 

 volume: 136, $15. Editor: Donald A. Price. 

 American Journal of Veterinary Research, bi- 

 monthly, current volume: 21, $5 to members, 

 $10 to non-members. 



359- American Water Works Association, Inc. 



2 Park Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: C. F. Wertz, Department of Water, 

 Miami, Fla. Term expires June 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Raymond J. Faust. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1881 ; incorporated 1912. 

 Thirty-two geographic sections in the United 

 States, Canada, and Cuba. Sections : Water 

 Works Administration, with nineteen com- 

 mittees ; Water Works Practice, with forty-six 

 committees and twelve task groups. 



Purpose: Advancement of knowledge of de- 

 sign, construction, operation, and management 

 of water works. 



Membership: Requires interest in public water 

 supply. Active members, 10,850; Corporate, 

 1,300; Associate, 350; Student, 70; Honorary, 

 50 ; Life, 370. Total membership approximately 

 13,000. 



