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425. Association of Military Surgeons of the 

 United States. 1726 Eye Street, N. W., 

 Washington 6, D. C. President: Richard A. 

 Kern, Temple University Hospital, 3401 

 North Broad Street, Philadelphia 40, Pa. 

 Term expires December 1960. Executive Sec- 

 retary: George M. Beam. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized September 1891, as the 

 Association of Military Surgeons of the National 

 Guard; name changed 1892 to present title. 

 Incorporated by Act of Congress, approved 

 January 1903, authorizing creation of an advis- 

 ory board consisting of the Secretaries of the 

 Treasury, War and Navy, and the Surgeons 

 General of the three government medical ser- 

 vices. Advisory board now consists of Secretaries 

 of Defense, Health,. Education and Welfare, 

 Army, Navy, Air Force, the Surgeons General 

 of the four goverment medical services, and 

 the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans 

 Administration. 



Purpose: To increase the efficiency of the 

 medical service of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 

 Public Health Service, National Guard, the 

 Reserves of all branches of the medical services 

 of the United States, and Medical Officers of 

 the Veterans Administration by mutual associa- 

 tion and the consideration of matters pertaining 

 to medico-military service of the United States 

 both in peace and war. 



Membership: Open to those who are or have 

 been at any time commissioned officers (either 

 Regular, Reserve or National Guard) of the 

 Federal Medical Services ; duly appointed full- 

 time civil members of the professional medical 

 stafiFs of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, 

 the U. S. Public Health Service, and the 

 Veterans Administration. (Professional medical 

 staffs include physicians, dentists, veterinarians, 

 nurses, dietitians, occupational therapists, phys- 

 ical therapists, and other allied medical profes- 

 sional personnel, including administrators.) Also 

 open to officers of the military medical services 

 of other countries. Classes of membership : 

 active, life, ex-officio, honorary, and sustaining. 

 Total membership 7,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sir Henry Wellcome 

 Medal and Prize, awarded annually by the 

 Trustees of the Wellcome Foundation in London 

 for the best essay on a military medical subject 

 submitted in the competitive contest ; established 

 in 1916 by Sir Henry Wellcome; consists of a 

 Silver Medal, a scroll, and an honorarium of 

 $500. Gorgas Medal, established in 1942 by 

 Wyeth Laboratories of Philadelphia in memory 

 of Major General William Crawford Gorgas ; 

 presented annually for distinguished work in pre- 

 ventive medicine for the Armed Forces ; consists 

 of a Silver Medal, a scroll, and an honorarium of 



$500. Stitt Award, established in 1954 by the 

 Pfizer Laboratories Division, Charles Pfizer 

 and Company, Inc., in memory of Rear Admiral 

 Edward Rhodes Stitt ; made for some meritor- 

 ious work in the field of antibiotics ; consists 

 of life membership in the Association, a bronze 

 plaque, and an honorarium of $500. Major Louis 

 Livingston Seaman Prize, established by Major 

 Seaman in 1900 ; given annually for some not- 

 able article published in Military Medicine 

 during the past year ; consists of a scroll and 

 an honorarium of $160, a sum made possible 

 by funds left to the Association by Major 

 Seaman. The McLester Award, established in 

 1954 by J. B. Roerig Company Division, Charles 

 Pfizer and Company, Inc. to honor the memory 

 of Colonel James Somerville McLester ; pre- 

 sented annually to the person who is, or has 

 been, at any time a commissioned officer, or of 

 relative status in the federal Medical Service, 

 and who has done outstanding work in the field 

 of Nutrition and Dietetics ; consists of a bronze 

 plaque and an honorarium of $500. Founder's 

 Medal, authorized by the Executive Council of 

 the Association in May, 1941, to commemorate 

 the 50th anniversary of the founding of the 

 Association; given for outstanding contribution 

 to military medicine and for meritorious service 

 to the Association ; recipients chosen by the 

 Executive Council. Sustaining Membership 

 Award, established in 1957, awarded annually 

 to an individual in any of the U. S. Government 

 Medical Services who has made some outstand- 

 ing contributions in the field of medical research. 

 The Andrew Craigie Award, established in 

 1959 by the Lederle Laboratories, Division of 

 American Cyanamid Company, to honor the 

 memory of Andrew Craigie, first Apothecary 

 General of the Military forces of United States ; 

 made for outstanding accomplishment in the 

 advancement of professional pharmacy in the 

 federal government. 



Publications: Military Medicine, monthly, 

 current volume : 25, $7.50, $6 to members, plus 

 $1 for foreign postage (formerly The Military 

 Surgeon). Editor: Robert E. Bitner. 



426. Association of Official Agricultural Chem- 

 ists of North America, Inc. P. O. Box 540, 

 Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington 4, 

 D. C. President: John B. Smith, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Kingston, R. I. Term 

 expires October 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 William Horwitz. Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized September 1884 at Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania. 



Purpose: To secure, devise, test, and adopt 

 uniform and accurate methods for the analysis of 

 fertilizers, foods, feeding stuffs, dairy products, 

 economic poisons, and other materials relating 



