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Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: John M. Diven Mem- 

 orial Medal, awarded annually to member who 

 has rendered most outstanding service to 

 Association during year; Publications Prize, 

 certificate and $50, awarded annually to member 

 who has made most notable contribution to 

 science or practice of water works development ; 

 George Warren Fuller Memorial Award, an- 

 nual, to members designated by geographic 

 sections for distinguished .service in water 

 supply field; Harry E. Jordan Achievement 

 Award, established 1951, for recognition of dis- 

 tinguished public service outside line of duty. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 52, $8. Editor: E. F. Johnson. Willing 

 Water, monthly, current volume : 4. 



for his lecture, presenting some new and dis- 

 tinctive development in the field of welding. 

 Honorary Membership, awarded to person of 

 acknowledged eminence in the welding profes- 

 sion, or to one accredited with exceptional 

 accomplishments in the development of the 

 welding art. Lincoln Gold Medal awarded to 

 the author of the paper published in the Welding 

 Journal which has contributed most to the 

 advancement and the use of welding. A. F. Davis 

 Silver Medals (3), awarded to authors of papers 

 published in the Welding Journal and judged 

 best in fields of (a) machine design, (b) main- 

 tenance and hard facing, and (c) structural 

 design. 



Publications : Welding Journal, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 39, $8. Editor: B. E. Rossi. 



360. American Welding Society. 2i2i West 39th 

 Street, New York 18, N. Y. President: R. D. 

 Thomas, Jr., President, Arcos Company, 1500 

 South 50th Street, Philadelphia 43, Pa. Term 

 expires May 31, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Fred L. Plummer. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized March 1919. Sections: 

 Eighty- four, covering most of the large indus- 

 trial cities in the United States. Technical 

 Committees : Symbols ; Definitions and Charts ; 

 Filler Metal ; Safety Recommendations ; Meth- 

 ods of Inspection ; Standard Qualification Pro- 

 cedures ; Resistance Welding ; Metallizing ; 

 Brazing and Soldering; Building Codes; Welded 

 Bridges ; Marine Construction ; Field Welding 

 of Storage Tanks ; Field Welding of Steel 

 Water Pipe Joints ; Automotive Welding ; 

 Welding Iron Castings ; Welding Concrete 

 Reinforcing Steel ; Missiles and Rockets ; Rail- 

 way Welding ; Piping and Tubing ; and seventy 

 subcommittees, covering various phases of the 

 foregoing. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 welding; to afford its members opportunities 

 for the interchange of ideas with respect to 

 welding and for the publication of information 

 thereon ; to sponsor or conduct welding research 

 cooperating with other societies, associations, 

 and governmental departments for the benefit 

 of industry in general. 



Membership: Sustaining Members, Members, 

 Associate, Student. Honorary, and Life. Total 

 membership 13,000. 



Meetings: Annual Meeting and Welding Ex- 

 position, fall technical meeting. 



Professional activities: Samuel Wylie Miller 

 Memorial Medal, awarded to a person who, in 

 the judgement of the Board of Trustees of the 

 Medal has contributed conspicuously to the 

 advancement of the welding or cutting of metals. 

 Adams Lecture Certificate and Honorarium, 

 awarded to an outstanding scientist or engineer 



361. Animal Care Panel, Inc. Argonne, 111. 

 President: Bennett J. Cohen, University of 

 California Medical Center, Los Angeles 24, 

 Calif. Term expires December 31, 1960. Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer: Robert J. Flynn. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Founded in Chicago, 1949; incor- 

 porated 1953 ; membership made available to 

 institutions, and local branches authorized, 1956 ; 

 affiliate sub-societies by profession or industry 

 authorized 1959 ; technicians' certification pro- 

 gram authorized and initiated 1960. 



Purpose: To serve as medium for exchange 

 of scientific information on all phases of labora- 

 tory animal care. 



Membership: Requires professionally active 

 engagement in care, production, or use of lab- 

 oratory animals. Total membership 765. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Griffin Award, for out- 

 standing contribution in field of laboratory 

 animal care ; Animal Technician certifying 

 program. 



Publications: Proceedings, quarterly, current 

 volume : 10, domestic $8, foreign $10. Editor : 

 N. R. Brewer. 



362. Animal Nutrition Research Council. Chair- 

 man: Douglas V. Frost, Abbott Laboratories, 

 North Chicago, 111. Term expires October 

 1960. Secretary: Philip H. Derse, Wisconsin 

 Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, Wis. 

 Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized November 1939 as the 

 Animal Vitamin Research Council ; name chang- 

 ed to present title October 1946. Sections : 

 United States and Canada. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in research in 

 animal nutrition ; to promote collaborative stud- 

 ies of assay methods for nutritional factors ; 



