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educational experiences, by supporting efforts 

 to improve and broaden the influence of con- 

 tinuing medical education, by developing the 

 knowledge and leadership necessary to provide 

 for the long-range progress and stability of 

 medical education and by creating and main- 

 taining effective avenues of communication be- 

 tween medical educators and the American 

 public. 



Membership: Individual, 2,500, medical school 

 and university faculty members and administra- 

 tors, the administrators and staffs of affiliated 

 hospitals, and any other individuals who wish to 

 be active in matters relating to medical educa- 

 tion ; Emeritus, 6, faculty members, deans, and 

 other administrative officers of medical schools 

 and universities who have demonstrated un- 

 usual capacity and interest in dealing with the 

 problems and in contributing to the progress of 

 medical education and who, because of retire- 

 ment, are no longer active ; Sustaining, 28, and 

 Contributing, 40, any person, corporation, or 

 agency that has demonstrated over a period of 

 years a serious interest in medical education and 

 wishes to make annual contributions to the 

 financial support of the Association ; Institu- 

 tional, 85, the accredited medical schools of the 

 United States and its possessions, the American 

 University of Beirut and the Mayo Foundation 

 for Medical Education and Research, Graduate 

 School of the University of Minnesota; Affiliate 

 Institutional, 13, the accredited medical schools 

 of Canada and the University of the Philippines. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Borden Award, an- 

 nually in medical sciences, $1,000 and a gold 

 medal. Abraham Flexner Award, annually for 

 distinguished service to Medical Education. 



Publications: Journal of Medical Education, 

 monthly, current volume : 35, $7. Editor : John 

 Z. Bowers. 



411. Association of American Pesticide Control 

 OflScials, Inc. Box HH, University Post 

 Office, College Park, Md. President: J. D. 

 Patterson, Department of Agriculture, Salem, 

 Oregon. Term expires October 1960. Secre- 

 tary: Albert B. Heagy. Term expires Octo- 

 ber 1960. 



History: Organized January 21, 1947; incor- 

 porated 1951. Committees: Toxicity and Anti- 

 dotes ; Investigators for Compiling Data on 

 Pesticide Chemicals. 



Purpose: To promote uniform and effective 

 legislation, definitions, rulings, and enforce- 

 ment of laws relating to the control of sale and 

 distribution of insecticides, fungicides, and 

 other economic poisons (pesticides). 



Membership: Membership includes all offi- 

 cials from thirty-nine states, Canada and 

 Hawaii working in the field. 



Meetings: Annual. 



412. Association of American Physicians. Presi- 

 dent: Cecil J. Watson, University Hospitals, 

 Minneapolis 4, Minn. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: Paul B. Beeson, Yale University 

 School of Medicine, New Haven 11, Conn. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1886. 



Purpose: To advance scientific and practical 

 medicine. 



Membership: Nomination by two members of 

 the Association. Total active membership 

 limited to 250. Emeritus members, elected at 

 age sixty-five, or after ten years as active 

 members at candidate's request. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: George M. Kober 

 Medal, from income of $1,000, awarded an- 

 nually to members who have contributed to the 

 progress and achievement of the medical sci- 

 ences or preventive medicine. George M. Kober 

 Lectureship, from income of $10,000, awarded 

 annually for lectures by men who have con- 

 tributed to the progress and achievement of the 

 medical sciences or preventive medicine. Lec- 

 turers are to be chosen in the following man- 

 ner : First year, from members of the Associa- 

 tion of American Physicians, designated by the 

 Council of the said Association. Second year, 

 from members of the Washington Academy of 

 Sciences, the National Tuberculosis Associa- 

 tion, the Medical Society of the District of 

 Columbia, and the Washington Anthropological 

 Society. The lecturer is to be designated by the 

 Executive Committee of the Medical Society of 

 the District of Columbia. Third year, from 

 members of the Medical Corps of the Army, the 

 Navy, the U.S. Public Health Service, and 

 members or fellows of the American Public 

 Health Association. The lecturer is to be 

 selected by the Executive Council of the Asso- 

 ciation of Military Surgeons of the United 

 States. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume : 73, price variable — usually $7, free to 

 members. Recorder : A. McGehee Harvey, 

 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 5, Md. 



413. Association of American State Geologists. 



President: John C. Frye, Illinois State Geo- 

 logical Survey, Natural Resources Building, 

 Urbana, 111. Term expires 1962. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Carlyle Gray, Topographic and 

 Geologic Survey, Department of Internal 

 Affairs, Harrisburgh, Pa. Term expires 1962. 



