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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



to agricultural pursuits ; also medicinal prod- 

 ucts ; cosmetics ; and caustic poisons ; to secure 

 uniformity in the statement of analytical results ; 

 to conduct, promote, and encourage research in 

 chemistry in its relation to agriculture ; and to 

 afford opportunity for the discussion of matters 

 of interest to agricultural chemists. 



Membership: Active, open to chemists and 

 other workers in analysis and research in the 

 areas mentioned in the Purpose, connected with 

 the following institutions of North America: 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture; any national, 

 state, or provincial experiment station, college, 

 or body engaged in research in agricultural 

 chemistry, or charged with official control of 

 any of the materials named in the Purpose; 

 Associate, open to chemists and other workers 

 in analysis and research in the areas mentioned 

 in the Purpose, connected with municipal lab- 

 oratories in North America charged with control 

 of any of the materials or subjects named in the 

 Purpose. Chemists engaged in research in 

 agricultural chemistry who are not eligible to 

 active membership, and active members who 

 lose their right to such membership by retiring 

 from the positions indicated as requisite for 

 eligibility, may be elected to associate member- 

 ship upon recommendation of the Executive 

 Committee. Honorary, upon recommendation of 

 the Executive Committee and two-thirds vote 

 of those present at any regular meeting. Over 

 100 institutional members; approximately 1,000 

 attend meetings. 

 Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 43, $10. Editor : Paul A. Clifford. Official 

 Methods of Analysis of the Association, Revised 

 every 5 years, current volume : 8th edition, $12. 

 Editor : William Horwitz. 



427. Association of Official Seed Analysts. 



President: C. M. Bass, State Department of 

 Agriculture, 1112 State Office Building, Rich- 

 mond 19, Va. Term expires June 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Dwight D. Forsyth, 

 Agronomy Building, Madison 6, Wis. Term 

 expires June 1962. 



History: Organized December 31, 1908 at 

 Washington, D. C. Committees: Legislative; 

 Referee (promote uniformity among seed lab- 

 oratories) ; Research; Rules (development of 

 Rules for Testing Seed) ; Standardized Tests 

 (for seed analysis). 



Purpose: To improve seed testing in all its 

 branches and to make it more useful to agri- 

 culture and society. 



Membership: Members, 68, official state seed 

 laboratories ; associate members, 425, those who 

 work in such laboratories ; Honorary members, 

 23. 



Mee tings : A nnual . 



Professional activities: Award of Merit, to 

 those individuals who have done outstanding 

 work with seed in research, teaching and tech- 

 nology, and for the Association. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume: 49, $3.25. Editor: O. L. Justice. News 

 Letter, quarterly, current volume : 34, $2. 

 Editor : Dan Niffenegger. 



428. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. 



President: Marion E. Marts, Department of 

 Geography, University of Washington, Seattle 

 5, Wash. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized 1935. The z\ssociation is 

 the Pacific Coast affiliate of the Association of 

 American Geographers. 



Purpose: The promotion of geographic re- 

 search and the diffusion of geographic knowl- 

 edge. 



Membership: Professional geographers ac- 

 tively engaged in teaching or research in 

 geography, and located in the Pacific Coast 

 area. Total membership 160. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications : Yearbook, current volume : 25, 

 $2. Editor: Frances Earle. 



429. Association of Professional Photogram- 

 metrists. 1346 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., 

 Washington 6, D. C. Executive Secretary: 

 John G. Ladd. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1951. 



Purpose: To promote the science and stan- 

 dards of photogrammetry. 



Membership: Must own photogrammetric 

 equipment and employ personnel capable of 

 producing topographic maps, and also own 

 allied equipment such as precision cameras and 

 surveying apparatus ; a member company must 

 have produced at least ten accepted topographic 

 maps or allied products by stereo-photogram- 

 metric means, and must employ at least one 

 registered professional engineer full time. Total 

 membership 20 companies. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



430. Association of Research Directors. Presi- 

 dent: Emil Schlittler, Douglas Road, New 

 Vernon, N. J. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Saul H. Rubin, 62 Beech 

 Street, Nutley, N. J. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized April 12, 1945. 



Purpose: To promote a spirit of profession- 

 alism and mutual helpfulness among directors 

 of research and give opportunity for discussion 

 of problems. 



