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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



422. Association of Iron and Steel Engineers. 



1010 Empire Building, Pittsburg 22, Pa. 

 President: S. C. Read, Director Construction 

 and Maintenance, Jones & Laughlin Steel 

 Corporation, 3 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. Term expires December 31, 1960. Man- 

 aguig Director: T. J. Ess. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1907 as the Association 

 of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers ; name 

 changed August 1936 to present title. Sections : 

 Birmingham, Buffalo, Canton, Chicago, Clev- 

 eland, Colorado, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadel- 

 phia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, 

 Utah, Youngstown. 



Purpose: The advancement of the technical 

 and engineering phases of the production and 

 processing of iron and steel. 



Membership: Active members, persons en- 

 gaged in or identified with engineering or 

 operation of the iron and steel or allied indus- 

 tries ; Associate ; Junior ; Honorary. Total 

 membership 8,900. 



Meetings: Annual meeting in September; 

 spring conference ; western meeting ; each sec- 

 tion holds monthly meetings October through 

 April. 



Professional activities: Funds are appropri- 

 ated for specific research and educational proj- 

 ects, as approved by the Board of Directors. 

 Kelly Award, a certificate and monetary prize 

 given for the best papers published in the 

 Association's magazine during the year. AISE 

 Merit scholarships. 



Publications: Iron and Steel Engineer, month- 

 ly, current volume : Z7, $7.50. Editor : T. J. Ess. 

 Proceedings, annually. 



423- Association of Life Insurance Medical Di- 

 rectors of America. P. O. Box 594, Newark 

 1, N. J. President: Ennion S. Williams, 

 Life Insurance Company of Virginia, Rich- 

 mond, Va. Term expires October 1960. Secre- 

 tary: Royal S. Schaaf. Term expires October 

 1960. 



History: Organized December 6, 1889; incor- 

 porated July 9, 1902. Sections in the United 

 States and Canada. 



Purpose: Promotion of medical science as 

 applied to life insurance. 



Membership: Open to medical directors of 

 insurance companies and their medical associates 

 and assistants. Active members ; Emeritus ; 

 Flonorary. Total membership 527. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 44, $5, free to members. 



424. Association of Medical Illustrators. Presi- 

 dent: Mrs. Angela B. Mailer, Veterans 



Administration Research Hospital, Zii East 

 Huron, Chicago, 111. Term expires October 

 1, 1960. Corresponding Secretary: Rose M. 

 Reynolds, University of Nebraska College of 

 Medicine, 42nd Dewey Avenue, Omaha 5, 

 Neb. Term expires October 1, 1960. 



History: Organized July 1945; incorporated 

 in Illinois. 



Purpose: To promote the study and to en- 

 courage the advancement of medical illustration 

 and allied fields of visual education ; to advance 

 medical education and to promote imderstanding 

 and cooperation with the medical and related 

 professions. 



Membership: Active, 142, medical illustrators 

 who have met and maintained standards ap- 

 proved by this Association ; Associate, 20, 

 persons engaged in allied pursuits contributing 

 to the advancement of visual education in the 

 broad field of medicine ; Life, any Active 

 members or Associate members who upon 

 election shall make a payment of $250; Honor- 

 ary, 2, persons of distinction who are interested 

 in the welfare of this organization ; Emeritus, 

 active members of the Association who shall 

 have reached the age of sixty years and shall 

 have been a member since its organization or 

 for a period of twenty-five years ; Benefactor, 

 persons who have rendered illustrious service or 

 notable aid to the Association ; Contributing, 

 members of the Association in any category 

 who give financial aid to the Association in 

 addition to the payment of annual dues ; Sus- 

 taining. 3, societies, firms and foundations 

 which further the work of the Association by 

 financial contributions annually. Total member- 

 ship 167. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Association work car- 

 ried through Committees : Professional Rela- 

 tions and Ethics, Council on Education (super- 

 vises furnishing of information to those seeking 

 career of medical illustrator and investigates 

 areas related to training), Liason (makes con- 

 tact with illustrators in medical field throughout 

 the world). Cooperates with American Medical 

 Association in their award for best exhibit 

 presented by medical illustrator at annual 

 American Medical Association meetings. At 

 instigation and with and of the journal, Post- 

 qraduaie Medicine, the Association presented an 

 exhibit "Medical Illustration Today" at 1958 

 Association of Medical Illustrators meeting, 

 and subsequently sent to many national and 

 regional meeting at request of various organiza- 

 tions. 



Publications: Journal, annual, current vol- 

 ume: 12, $2. Editor: William A. Osburn, 20 

 Miller Avenue, Berwyn, Pa. 



